Chapter 188. To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to purchase from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a large dry dock and appurtenant lands
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CHAP. 188.— An Act To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to purchase from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a large dry dock and appurtenant lands. October 17, 1918.[[H. R. 12982](/us/bill/65/hr/12982).][[Public, No. 223](/us/pl/65/223).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of the Boston, Mass.Appropriation for purchase from Massachusetts of dry dock at.Vol. 39, p. 1180.Navy is hereby authorized to contract with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for the purchase of the dry dock, with its equipment, now under construction at Boston by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, together with the land adjacent thereto necessary for the proper utilization of said dock, and there is hereby appropriated for said purpose the sum of $4,550,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary: *Provided*, That the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, *Proviso*.Amount for expediting construction.in order to expedite the completion of the construction of said dry dock, may expend out of the sum above appropriated an amount not exceeding $350,000.
Approved, October 17, 1918.