§ 630. Limitation on expenditure for purchase of dredges

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1922

   Pub. L. 67–427 § 5 · 42 Stat. 1038

   Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 630

   (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 5, 42 Stat. 1042.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Sept. 22, 1922, ch. 427, § 5, 42 Stat. 1042.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 5. That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to construct six seagoing hopper dredges for use in improvement and maintenance work on authorized projects on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts, the cost of said dredges to be paid from appropriations heretofore made, or to be hereafter made, for the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore authorized as may be most Provisos. Limit of cost. desirable in the interests of commerce and navigation: Provided, That the limit of cost of each of the dredges herein authorized shall Restriction on purchasing from private contractors. not exceed the sum of $750,000: Provided further, That no money authorized to be expended for the acquirement of any dredge or dredges shall be so expended for the purchase of any dredge or dredges from private contractors, which at the time of the proposed purchase can be manufactured at any navy yard or other Government owned factory for a sum less than it can be purchased for from such private contractor.

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