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SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. III. C$. 326. 1931. Improving and equipping navy yards for construction of ships Toward providing and reconditioning building ways and providing additional equipment and facilities at navy yards necessary for the construction and equipment of ships, $250,000 . That in the expenditure of appropriations in this Act the Secretary of the Navy shall, unless in his discretion the interest of the Govern- ment will not permit, purchase or contract for, within the limits of the United S tates, o nly arti cles of the growt h, produ ction, o r manu- facture of the United States, notwithstanding that such articles of the growth, production, or manufacture of the United States may cost more, if such excess of cost be not unreas onable . The appropriations made in this Act for the purchase or manu- facture of equipment or material or of a particular class of equipment or material shall be available for the purchase of letters patent, applications for letters patent, licenses under letters patent and applications for letters patent that pertain to such equipment or material for which the appropriations are made . No part of any appropriation made for the Navy shall be expended for any of the purposes herein provided for on account of the Navy Department in the District of Columbia, including personal services of civilians and of enlisted men of the Navy, except as herein expressly authorized : Provided, That there may be detailed to the Bureau of Navigation not to exceed at any one time six enlisted men of the Navy : Provided further, That enlisted men detailed to Designated services not D epartme nt detai l . the naval dispensary and the radio communication service shall not be regarded as detailed to the Navy Department in the District of Col umbia . No pay to officer, etc . No art of the appropriations made in this Act shall be available using time mea suring h dev ice on work of em- for the salary or pay of any officer, manager, superintendent, fore- ployees. man, or other person or persons having charge of the work of any employee of the United States Government while making or causing to be made with a stop watch or other time-measuring device a time study of any job of any such employee between the starting and completion thereof, or of the movements of any such employee while engaged upon such work ; nor shall any part of the appro- priations made in this Act be available to pay any premiums or bonus or cash reward to any employee in addition to his regular wages, except for suggestions resulting in improvements or economy in the operation of any Government plant ; and that no part of the mon eys herei n app ropr iated for the Naval Esta blis hment or h erei n made available therefor shall be used or expended under contracts hereafter made for the repair, purchase, or acquirement, by or from any private contractor, of any naval vessel, machinery, article or articles that at the time of the proposed repair, purchase, or acquire- ment can be repaired, manufactured, or produced in each or any of the Government navy yards or arsenals of the United States, when time and facilities permit, and when, in the judgment of the Secre- tary of the Navy, such repair, purchase, acquirement, or production would not invo lve an a ppreciab le increa se in co st to th e Govern ment : Provided, That nothing herein shall be construed as altering or repealing the proviso contained in section 1 of the Act to authorize the construction of certain naval vessels, approved February 13, 1929, which provides that the first and each succeeding alternate cruiser upon which work is undertaken, together with the main engines, armor, and armament shall be constructed or manufactured in the Government navy yards, naval gun factories, naval ordnance plants, or arsenals of the United States, except such material or parts as are not customarily manufactured in such Government plants . Navy yards, e tc . Addit ional equip . ment, etc ., for ship con- struction . Purchase of foreign products, etc ., forbid. den . Excep tions . Purch ase of e quip- ment availa ble for let- ters patent, etc . Department uses limited . Provisos. Det ails to Nav igat ion Burea u . Cash rewards, etc ., restricted . Repa ir and equi p- ment at other than navy y ards, et c„ re- stricted . Proviso . Construction, etc ., of first and alternate cruisers, at Govern- ment yards, factories, etc ., required . Vol. 45, p. 1165.
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