The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-07-11

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toF, and nineteen clerks He receives and adjusts the
counts Of the and dsbursement appropr
Aons ana on q tne N st anu ner
Commissioner of the Customs and the First Comptroller re-
spectively, for their decision thereon
sesad Aadiiors QeePhilP Clayton, esq, Second Aaa
oF and tentyone clerks He receives and adjusts all
counts relating % The pay clothing and recruiting Of the
accounts relating to the Indian department. reports the
balances the Second Comptroller for his decision thereon
TAird Awdor's Q6Eee.Robert J.. Atkinson esq, Third
AUDITOR and ssventysht clerks He receives and adjusts
az accounts for Eaoslstenee q the army NH
tary Academy, military roads and the Quarermasters de-
sy services previous 1916 and for horses and other
property lost IN tie military service under various acts Of
Congress- and reports the balances to the Second Somptro
Ter for his decision thereon
Fourth AEdstors 0g7osAaroa o. Dayton, esq, Fourth
Auditor aud sxsa srk lie receives and adjusts all ac-
for the service a the Navy Department, and reports
The balances the Second Comptroller for his decision
thereon.
F6 Asdsor's Qos.Josiah Ninot, esq, Fifth Auditor,
and six clerks. He receives and adjusts all accounts for dip
oAe and similar services performed under the direction Of
the State Department and reports the balances to the First
Comptroller for his decision thereon
SirtL Aaduor's QgEee.-wiIAm +. Philips, ESQ., Sixth
Auditor and hundred and clerks he receives and
adjusts ali arising from The service Of ths Poet oce
Department Lis decisions are na unleas an appeal be Ia
months the First Comptroller he super
intends the collection q al debts due the Post oaee Depart
ment.
thirteen elerks de receives ard keers The moneys Of the
United States IN his oee and that q the dePostories
created by the Of the 9th August ls46 and pays out
upon drawn By the Secretary q the Treas
nry, eounterssnsd by the First CanptoleE, and
rants drawn by the Postmaster Gegera and c5unersgned
BY the Sixth Auditor, and recorded oy the Register. BE
also holds public oneys advanced by dsbnrsng
officers, and ps~s out the npon their checks
Regssters Finley Bigger, Register and twenty
clerks He keeps the accounts Of public receipts and
Psndares receives the returns and makes out the oa
statement Of commerce and o. the lnited States
ard receives from the First Comptroller and Commissioner
Customs all and vouchers decided by them, and
il charged By law with their safe keeping.
solestor's O5ce-Francis B. Sreeter Solicitor six
clerks He superiutends a civil suits commsnced By the
hted States ana inst1es he laitsa states
results DE receives from each term Of the United
states courts showing The Prorsss and condition q such
b the United states in ment Of debts aud has
se and dispose of the for the benefit Of tAe United
States
Light Boa-s Board.-Hon James Guthrie, president;
Com. w 3. shubrick United States navy chairman Gen
United army; Prot A. d. Bache, Superintendent Of
Coast SURVEYS Prof Joseph henry secretary q Smithsonian
Lieut. Thornten A. jenkins uaited States navy secretary
Capt Edmund L. F. Hardcastle United States army,
repairing lighthouses ght-vesses buoys and beacons
contracts for supplies OF oil, &c.
Coast Surrey Alexander D. Bsrhe esq, superintendent
and thirty eight assistant drsughisnen, &c.
sAvr DHrAnrnESr.
The Navy Department consists Of the Navy Department
proper being the Office Of the Secretary and Of FIVE bureaus
attached thereto viz Bureau Of Nayy-rards and Docks
Bureau Of Construction, Equipment, and Repair Bureau
Provisions and Clothing Bureau Of Ordnance and Hy
biography, and the Bureau Of Medicine and Surgery.
The following is of the duties of each Of these
Offices and Of the force employed therein:
Secretary. oes-Han. James c. Dobbin, Secretary Of
the Navy Charles W Welsh ESQ., chief clerk; and eleven
cleka The Secretary Of the Nary has charge Of
thing CONNECTED with the naval establishment and the
the general direction Of the President Of the United States
who BY the constitution, Is commander n-chef Of
and rf
commanders OF vessels all orders officers
officers both in the navy and ma inc CORPS arportnents o.
commissioned and officers orders for the enlistment
and discharge OF enanate from the Secretary Office
the authority Of the Secretary and their orders consd
cred as emanating from him The general superinendence
Of the marine corps forms also Of the duties of the
Secretary and all the orders Of the commandant of that
corps shouid be approved by him.
Bsream oF Nary Yards and Commodore Joseph
Smith chief Of the bureau four clerks civil engineer
and draughtsman- All the navy-yards docks and
wbarves buildings and machinery in yards and every
thing Immediately connected with them, are uader the
perinendence Of this bureau. II il also charged with the
management Of the Naval Asylum.
Bnreau Of TRACTION, Egaipmeaf and Repair.-John
Lsntha esq, chief Of the bureau eight clerks, and
Daniel B. Martin esq., attached this bureau as
sisted by three assistant engineers This bureau has charge
materials and providing Of all vessels their equip
Sails anchors, water tanks, Ac The engneer-in
chief superntends the construction Of all marine
gnes the navy and with the approval Secretary
decides upon plans ior their eonstructlon.
Bureau Of Provisions and Cothsag.H. Bridge, purser
United States navy, chief Of bureau, and four clerks. All
provisions for the Of the navy and clothing together with
the making Of contracts for furnishing the under
| the charge Of this bureau
Barsau o Ordnance and rographg.-Commodore Chas
Morris chief Of bureau four clerks and dranghtsan
This bureau has charge all ordnance and ordnance the
manufacture purchase ocennon powder shot, shells
&e, and the equipment of vesselswar with everything
connected herewith lt aiso provides them with maps
charts thermometers, barometers &e together with such
books furnished shps-of-war fThe United States
Naval Observatory and Hydrographical Office Wshing
ton and the Naval Academy Annapolis also under the
general supeintendenee Of the chief Of this bureau
Buveaa 81 Heiieiac AID Sargcry.-Dr. William Whean,
surgeon United States navy chief Of bureau passed
sstant United States and clerks Every
thing relating medicines and medical OF
sick and wounded and management Of hospitals with
IN the superiptendence Of this bureau.
roeT oFFIcE DgPARTsEsT.
Hon. James Campbell, Postmaster General The direction
and management Of the Post Office Department assigned
by the constitution and swsto the Postmaster General That
business may be the conveniently arranged and
pared for bis final action s distributed among several bu
resu follows The appointment oce in charge Of the
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