The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-01-08

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do ne Pot Q D1arn ali has power 70 ssa and dssess Of
Loht House BoarIiqp owc Cobb SECRETARY rreasuy
szo president: Com W. shubrck United states navy, chair
Major II Bowman, cons q engineers United STATES army
nns e Gesl SURVEY Lo p1 sg sss rs q s
Franklin, United saesamy, clerks
This board directs the building aud repairing O lighthouses hight
vessels buoys and bcacops, contracts for supplies oil &c
GHsd s,a,a Caaa S,reyrrofossor d Baohe III ~ superb
tepeeut and superintenden oweshis saa nssaaes ,,
Army charge Of the eoss, survey once Lieut. = HUI
United d sS az Army, assistant s tt
| c. B. snow, in charge Of archives. ~.
Professor A. rendleton, United navy, eompusr Of onE
ASSISTANT ohas A. seho,t ia charge Of computing ayon ~
Assistant L. ,. rourtses IN charge Of tidal dylsin.
lieut. D. c. rdba unei States army, N charge Of drawing d.
Lieut. sasiou states army charge sasrsvns div
Samuel Hon. disbursinS agent. ar R
Joseph xion assistant Of weights and measures
3 iaeeraa rosr osnes DurARrxusr ag}e5
Aaron Brown Postmaster General. The direction and
Department assigned BY thu eonst
and laws The Postmaster General That Is business may be
distributed among several bureaus follows The Aponimento
Ace charge Of tho FIRST Postmaster Generals the Contract
once, charge Postmaster Genera the "
nance Once IN charge q die Third Assistant Postmaster general and
pqons-n oG-Horar King, esq, Assistant Postmaster
General aud clerks To this chee assigned all questions
changes appointment removal Of posmastcr
and route aud local agents also the EWING q instructions post
and letter balances by this bureau which charged also with pre-
The several established Cor supplying
posiasters with blanks To this bureau Likewise assigned the s
pervon othe mail Steamship lines aud Of the foreign and in
| Sensational postal arrangements fbt
oonsracs William H nanda esq ro.,rnas
TER General and twenty clerks To this Office assigned the bus
arranging The mail the unet states and placing the
same I cdas s"stas a # a ana % az
parturcs and arrivals all the ut The 81 the mail hseen
limited states II crrs ,e adyer,eerts for mai, proposals re
bids charge Of the annual aud occasional mail lot
n and the adjustment, and execution Of the contracts All appsa
appointment Of mail messenaers shcmll this Office All
cams should be snbmed % Cor transportation service no, under
the recognition said serye rs be obtained through
the Contract oce authority for the proper credits
receive the statement e mail prescribed r
respective routes trcpo weekly 70 the Auditor all contracts eye
all orders for mail transportation pre-
parcs exhibits II the mail service and the reports Of tho
made originated crtmsrts ordered and the
additional allowances granted within the year faeF
Finance o John slarron THIRD Assian, Postmaster Gen,
vision ans management Of The financial business Of tho department
dcposiaries the departments the issuing
Warrants and drafts payment Of balances reported h hs Agoier
the Offices under orders deose their quarterly bal
by pomasters quarterly posagcs has charge
Of the office Of the sung Of postage stamps and stamped
nnss ,Sse r pis pre- ' ''' q lsO ' p e
To the rd Assistant Postmaster General all pos,mastcrs
direct their quarterly Of POSTAGE those At draft oco their
letters reporting quarterly The n proceeds Of their Offices and those
dcpotng Offices their certificates Of dcpote to him should also
be directed the weekly uos returns Of the deposiares Of the
department oil applications and receipts for postage stamps
and stamped envelopes and for dead letters
Insrscioa Qo Clements esq., cefclcrk md
clerks To this office assigned The duty and examining the
service agents reports failures; noting the
Of h Postmaster General furnishing blanks for mail registers and
reports mail failures providing and sending out mail bags and
sary faithful all mail CONTACTS.
Az mail depreciation Of violation of law by
the supervision Of this office and should be reported toll
lions or ether violation keys,
res,sa Chief Clerk Tost once Department,
Al registers Of the arrivals aud depriues q The mas rcndeaes
the service OF route agents, reports OF NAL failures applications
irregular imperfect service should be directed In
spc.ou oaicc Post Office Department. rig tgt f4Itrw
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Navy Department consists the Navy Department proper be-
Bureau Navy yards Equipment
and Repair BnrOan and Clothing Bureau Of Ordnance and
The following statement Of the duties Of each Of these Offices and
Of Che force employ therein; ~ M E
arys oucey Secretary Navy; Charles
W. Welsh esq chief clerk and eleven clerks The Secretary Of The
Navy has charge Of everything connected With he naval establish
direction of the Pcsdon of the United States wn
All Instructions 70 commanders uairons and commanders
vessels all orders Of officers commissions Of officers both IN the
oacers The and discharge seamen
Office AL the duties Of the different bureaus
performed Under the authority Of tho secretary and their orders are
considered enaatng from him The general q
all Che orders Of h commandment III thai corps on be aroyedby
him. 5-.sss 4s.f
sarau If No, yards Jose smith,
Of the bureau or clerks civil and Que drauehtan
Al decks aud wnrvcs buildings and machinery IN
supenieniencc Of This bureau II ao charged with the
management Of the Naval Asylum. ata
sqr II Construction, Eqlren,, Rrad.Johu Lcnhal esq,
the chief Of the Samuel archhoi Is attached 10
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