The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-12-06


public adyancod BY warrant dbung oeers and pays
out the same upon their checks.
Regisas 0ce-Fney Bigger Register twenty clerks
the Official and
and Of Customs ali and vouchers By
them, and IS charged by law with their safe keeping
o experiments by United States
oa arising As o praamnt1 and ns,rcts the Uni
them and ,sir resas He receives
ba eare az All lands and oer property assigned 70 the
ssasss @ n payment o dsb s as assigned Il sy~st y
the same for iBo benefit q the United
Lga House Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury
0 Com .d u1a e fa' e sns
un States army Prof p Iaehe saps,p.enasI a Coast % sur
United states Commander Ihornton A. Jen
n United States navy and Spn T %m board The nsa nu
and repairing Of light light vsse buoys and bocons
Uased State cas s1vsy ogeeProssorA A Bsehe D.,
perenden and superintendent Of weights and measures
Capt l. smith Typographical engineers assistant IN charge Of
A. W Russell, chief clerk l .r
C b. snow in charge 0 archives.
PendletOn United States oomputsr of iOng
assistant chas sohoti in charge computing division
assistant l. y Pouriaies, N charge Of tidal division - n
icu Tdba United States army in charge OF drawing d
saxton army, charge Of engraving dv
samuel Helm disbursing agent.
George Maihot, electrotypst.
Joseph superintendent Of weights and measures
rcer OFFICE pxrARr,myr
Hon. Aaron " Brown Postmaster direction and
management oe Department assigned by the eon
tho convencnty arranged and prepared for his final aco
s % Of hs F the
ONCE charge o. the Second Assistant Postmaster General The n
the Inspection onicc, in charge Of the chief clerk
- o Ho5a,o King First assistant 4 Rosmsse.
hb ,, @ y, ,n % ana sscon,inuapss Of ss,st oses
changes and appointment and removal Of postaers
furnished with marking and rating stamps
and letter balances By this bureau which q charged Also With nth & pro
the Of the several agencies established for supplying
postmasters this bureau likewise assigned the
pervsion steamship foreign and In
tcrnational postal arrangements
Contract Oce-wam Dundas, esq., Second Assistant posmas
arranging OF the United States and placing the
under contract embracing all and
the the mail between
he regulations for The
United States peaas the cru os man rroposa O re-
g the adjustment and execution Of the contracts All appa
apnnen, Of mail messenger should be
claims should bo submitted 70 for service not und9r
the Contract Once authority for the proper credits a.
respective weekly to the Auditor all contracts exc
arcs exhibits Of the mail service and the reports Of the
mn lettings giving statement Of each bid also q the contracts
additional allowances granted within the year.
Finance Msrron esq., Third ssan, ros%asser @ Gen
vision ana management o. the financial business department
dra Offices other deposres department. issuing
and drafts In payment Of balances reported oy the Auditor
orders to dcpste their quarterly bal
by pomas,ers their quarterly returns postage charge
Of the oce Of the issuing postage stamps ane stamped
envelopes for inc repayment q po1ugei anu u ui' ~ ~
70 The Third Assistant Postmaster General all postnases
quarterly Of postage; those at draft Offices their
reporting quarterly the proee Of their Offices and those
depong oces certificates dspos,e to him should also
weekly monthly the deTstrics Of the
wen all applications and receipts for postage stamps
and stamped envelopes, and for dead letters
Yroaio Ooe-John oakford esq clerk, and
duty efrecvng and examining the
and OF mail failures Of noting the de
hsehs S M ms o s sSa aSa
mail failures providing and sending out mail bags and
sary faithful performance of all mail contracts
an Of mail depreciation q violation q law By private r , sn
supervision his once, and should be reported to H.
tons or other violations q law keys
rected Chief Clerk, Post once Department -..o.-.
e e service q route y a, q an m5 \.
contractors irregular service should be directed In
spection othce, Post onhcc Department"
NAVY DpArnESr. . ..a....
The Navy Department Navy Department be-
the oe Of Secretary and Ave bureaus attached thereto viz
Bureau Of Navy yards and Docks ueau OF Conairucon Equipment
Repair Provisions and Clothing reau OF Ordnance and
Hydrography, and Of Medicine and Surgery,
following OF the dutcs Of each Of these Offices and
of the force employed therein:
Toucey Secretary Of the Navy Charles
Welsh clerks The secretary ofthe
Navy has charge everything connected with The naval establish
execution all laws relating thoreio Is nruscd to him,
general the President Of the United States who
by the constitution commander chief Of the army and navy
commanders Of
yssse orders officers, commissions Of officers both in tho
navy Of commissioned and warrant
ocers the enlistment and discharge Of seamn, eanae
Of the different bureaus
performed authority The and their orders
considered from him The general o.
The marine corps forms part the duties the Secretary and
orders Of the comandant that corps should be approved by
him.
u of yarV Joseph Smith, chief
civil engineer and draugbtsInan
All the navy yards docks buildings machinery
Immediately connected with Them,
under aso charged with the
management OF the Naval Asylum ......
sr,gt Of Cnsfon Equipment and RepairJohn Lenha esq,
draughtsman The Office d
chief Daniel Martin Is attached 10
bureau by This bureau
Of materials providing all with their equipments
anchors The In chief supcrniends
al engines for the and with
The approval OF the Secretary, decides plans Tor their conuc
vaau r Iopons and cToino-H Bridge purscr United States
navy clerks All provisions for the
The clothing with the making contracts For fur
nshng same under the charge Of this bureau
oua es Ordnance Hyarsoraycapt Duncan Inrsiiam,
chief o bureau clerks drsaghtsnn This bureau has
charge the manufacture or
chase cannon powder shells &c. and the equipment
with everything connected herewih also pro
furnished shpsotwar The United
Photographed Oce at Washington,
Annapolis also under he general u
Iernsandenoe ~ the chief Of this bureau
navy passed assistant surgeon United
Everything relating TO medicines and
o wounded and management Of
hospitals comes within The snpcrntendence Of TINS eurenn