The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-08-08

public moneys By bursng 0o pays
Registers ob-Flnley Bigger Register, t~eny
he he KEEPS Tie accounts q Psec @ rso and ress
atn Of the United States and receives from the f Coor
them, and ia charged by law with their safe keeIaBg
SOLICITORS 0oFraneis sarecter, eeq solicitor and eerks
lie all civil suits By the United sates
ted attorneys, marsl clerks all matters relating 20
United states courts showing The progress and oondu sneh
has charge OF all lands other property assigned 10 tho United
% he rod oos Dsa. and has power 70 sci and dispose
the same for the benefit Of the United States
BeudIon Howell Cobb secretary the Treasury,
ere6o president Com W slubrck unite states chair
Toen, army A. A. Humphreys,
vey; Prof Joseph Horny, secretary Smithsonian nstuon Capt
% n0e ars % sa states ss W sap na s
ye clerks This board directs tho build
ing and rpang q gst houses euey' and osA'0n'
Coat sarpey 0os-Prossor Bache L. D.,
and superintendent Of weights and measures
Capt NJ smith Geographical engineers, assistant in charge Of
the ooas. Survey Once
! c. b. SNOW in charge Of archives.
iudes.
Assistant IIIeard, in charge of computing division.
Assistant l. y fourtales, in charge Of tidal division.
Lieut. j. Tdbal United States army charge Of drawing d
Lieut. sax.on United army, charge Of engraving dv
Samuel Helm disbursng agent
George Mathiot, eleotrotypist
Joseph saxon assistant superintendent Of weights and measures
DEPARTMENT.
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Department assigned
and the General That business may be
distributed among several bureaus as ows The Appontnea o
Once, charge General Fl
nance occ IN charge o. the Third Assistant Postmaster General and
the Inspection Office, In charge Of the chief clerk
Ap7snspea 0GeeIIoraio King esq., Assistant
General and nineteen clerks To this Office assigned all questions
changes c sites and appointment and rcova
e @ s agents. nes Is @ s % sms z nsp,ans n rans . po
and letter balances by this burcau which charged also with
agencies established supplying
posasters with blanks TO this bureau likewise assigned the su
the mn steamship lines and the foreign and in
iernalonai postal arrangements
0gce-wiam Dundas, esq, Postmas
arranging States placing
same aner al and proeeedss
and the the Of the mail between
regulations mail
unied s,aiss prepares the ADVERTISEMENTS Tor mail propoa re-
and the adjustment and execution Of the contracts All appca
appointment messengers, Office AD
cns should be submitted % for service not under
the Contract ONCE necessary authority for the proper credits
route, The statement o mail prescribed for the
respective weekly 70 the Auditor all contracts
parcs exhibits Of the mail service and the the
mail s M giving h saen s a@ @ on I
additional allowances granted within the year
oDsJom Mnrron oeq Third Assistant Postmaster Gen
vision Of the financial business Of the department
upon the Auditor embracing with the
derares q the department. the issuing of
70 be due 70 na contractors other persons the supervision
under orders deose their quarterly bal
designated points and hc Of the rendition
BY posnasiers Of their quarterly returns Of pagcs ha charge
envelopes m the Of postage and Of the accounts con-
TO be THIRD Assistant Postmaster General all pos,astsrs
direct their quarterly returns Of postage those at draft Offices their
a deping offices their certificates ds,s,e
weekly and monthly Of the eposarcs Of the
and stamped envelopes, and for dead letters
Iq~ain on oakssa ESQ., chief clerk and Seventeen m
the arrivals and departures Of the mails certificates Of the
nquenees @ ractors and preparing thereon the action
a General furnishing blanks for mail and
nccss and kcys dong ali things may
mail depreciation, Of violation Of law by
BY The forging or Illegal use q postage stamps are under
An eoannicaions respecting lost money letters mail dspreda
rsctcd Z Chief Clerk, Post Dcpartmenti
registers departures of the mails
blank registers and reports q failures aud all complains against
spse,ia @ once, Psi once ncpansni ''r 4
pRannarrr.
Navy Department Of the Department proper
Secretary attached
baTssn Navy yards and Docks gqrs.a cn,traeg1
lydrography and the Bureau q Medicine and surgery
The following statement o c duties Of each Of these Offices and
! Of the force employed therein;
Srsqrs Ocon aac Touccy Secretary Navy; Charles
W weh chief clerk and eleven clerks The Secretary o The
and the execution all laws relating toeo ntrnsol to him
general tho President Of the United States who
by constitution chief Of the and
commanders sqadros and commanders OF
orders Of commissions or officers both in the
navy corps appointments Of commissioned
officers the enlistment and discharge
secreiary different bureaus
orders
eanang from him. The general snpcrniendence
FORMS o. the duties Cd the scretary and
Of that shcd be approved By
! him.
Bayeau f Nary Joseph Smith chief
civ cransbsnsn
All the yards docks and wharvc buildings and machinery IN
yards and everything immediately cpunef with tcin
this bureau II also charged with the
management the Naval Asylum.
Bursaac If Construction Efpme, and RatJohn LenthaiI esq,
clerks draugisman The Office of
navy, Daniel Martin, attached
This bureau
charge the building and repairs o all vessels purchase
providing all vessels with their equipments
for The navy, and with
approval the Secretary decides plans for their cusrnc
| ton.
Bureuu n Proons CAine Bridge, puror United States
che OF bureau and four clerks All provisions r the ue
cthng together with
nshiug same, under the charge cfhis burcan.
Bas1a q and HgpgurAg Capt Duncan Iugraham,
OF clerks, dragman THIS burcnu has
charge ordnance and ordnance stores The manufacture or pur
chase powder shot shells nc aud the equipment
connected herewith
vics them maps charts chronomcters baomciers Sc TO
gchcr such books furnished ships ot The United
ami tc Naval Academy Annapolis under the
pcrintendcncc the chief OF this bureau
Iueau c ssygpyDr William whclan surgeon Uni
ted states navy passed assistant uncd
medical stores of sick and wounded and management
hospitals comes within The supernendence Of this bureau
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