U.S. GRANT.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, _February 7, 1871_.
_To the Senate of the United States:_
I hereby return without my approval Senate resolution No. 92, entitled
"A resolution for the relief of certain contractors for the construction
of vessels of war and steam machinery," for the following reasons:
The act of March 2, 1867 (14 U.S. Statutes at Large, p. 424), directs
the Secretary of the Navy--
to investigate the claims of all contractors for building vessels of
war and steam machinery for the same under contracts made after the 1st
day of May, 1861, and prior to the 1st day of January, 1864; and said
investigation to be made upon the following basis: He shall ascertain
the additional cost which was necessarily incurred by each contractor
in the completion of his work by reason of any changes or alterations
in the plans and specifications required, and delays in the prosecution
of the work occasioned by the Government, which were not provided for
in the original contract; but no allowance for any advance in the price
of labor or material shall be considered unless such advance occurred
during the prolonged time for completing the work rendered necessary by
the delay resulting from the action of the Government aforesaid, and
then only when such advance could not have been avoided by the exercise
of ordinary prudence and diligence on the part of the contractor.
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