Volume 21
Public Law 46–186
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to introduce cotton cordage into the naval service of the United States.
Approved June 10, 1880
Statutory text
An act
authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to introduce cotton cordage into the naval service of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Navy be authorized and directed to introduce into the naval service rope and cordage manufactured of cotton according to the recent methods to such an extent as will furnish a fair test of the value and efficiency thereof as
Proviso.
compared with the kinds now in use: Provided however, That no person shall have any claim whatever against the United States or any department thereof or receive any compensation therefor.
Approved, June 10, 1880.