Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1862-03-21

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c,slon on each account to bo endorsed on It.
Hs shall siing to the notice Of the Secretary
9: Naral! accounts and matters OF account
tnat require or Herit it. When an account is
suspended OF dSallowed, the. bureau shall no,
eiiy It TO the cthcsr, that he mag hays early
u s!!d IS aSef:?s 81 er take
| When az account is suspended or disallow-
Cd IN tho proper oifica Of ths treasury do,
psrtmeht, or explanation CT evidence required
!con the ottctr, it shall DO promptly notified
to h:An by t.e lead of the military hureeu.-
AR:! sil vouchers, evidence, or explanation
Eosrrna'; hy him TO tho Treasury Department
sh::!!! t,ass through the bureau.
Chiefs o! the disbursing departments shall,
Gader the direction Of tho Secretary of Ws.,
designate, aS far az practicable the PLACES
wnsls the principal contracts snd purchases
sssll bo made md supplies procured Tor distri,
buiicH.
AL purchases aud contracts for supplies or
services !or the army, except persona! services,
waen the public exigencieE do not rsquire the
!intnt1iato delivery Of tic article Or perfcr-
nance Oh the service, shall be made by adver-
tisiHs sIbic!ert tilne previously tcr propo-
sails respecting the s.;Ias
I lbs ciiH@r advertising ioT proposals shAll,
Ni:eH tie intended contract CT purchase is
considerable, transmit forthwith copy Of
ti.e adTarjia=uent and repsrt OF tho case te
me nFnaor bureau Of tbs War Department.
OoisIT:cis vii. oe IlaGe with the lowest re.
! sra,is'c bidder, a.d purchases from the low.
est bidder Tiio produces Ike pi oper article
| ia: Then sucii !csaSt bids are unreasonable,
they will De rejected, ord bids again invited
By public notice pnl ell bids and advertise.
pea:s shall 30 son: to the bureau.
Wnan sealed bids are required, the time Of
opening snen shall be specified and bidders
have privilege to be present at the oponing-
When immediate delivery or performance
is required rs the public csi gency, the article
oF service required lusy be procured by opau
| purchase or contract AZ the places, and in the
mode III which saoh articles are usually bought
and sa!5, OF such services engaged, between
| Individuals,
C0n.racss shal be made in quadruplicate !;
cna 70 DO KEEP: by The officer, enc by tho coz
trscsoT, ana two TO be sent 20 the military
bureau, one 8! which for tas otice Of tie Sa-
ccad Comptroller Of ms Treasury.
| The contrsotoI shell give tond, with good
snd sufficient security, for the true ana faith
! frl performance OF lis contract, and each
; surety sslsll state his place OF residence.
| An expressed Condition shall be inserted In
| CONTRACTS that no msmbeT Of Congress shall
| be admitted to any share or Part therein, or
any benefit to .rise thersfrom.
n: ccatIac! shall hs mads under o. law au-
! saar'Sing il, or al appropriation adequate 70
i16 friutr;iant, except contracts by the Secre-
taIJ Gf We. ;5s the subsistence or clothing Of
inc army: or the QuerierRsster's Department.
Il IS tie duty OF every commanding officer
! 10 enforce gid ecouony In tho public ex-
penses.
The c5!auHJ;des OF geographical district
Or dcp=rtnea. Shall require abstracts to be
rendered to him, ct least onee in each quarter,
by every oiiicar undor his orders who Is
charged with the caro- Of public property Or
the disbursement OF public money, showing
al! property received ssasd, snd expended BY
tie oihccc rendering tho account, sud the pro-
perty remaining cn hand, and ali moneys .c-
oei7ed. paid, or contracted tc be paid by him,
end ne balances remaining il bis hands and
where such cincer is serving under sny inter.
.nediais commander, as Vi The post regiment
&C. tno ABSTRACTS shall 5s revised by such
! comnsndsr: and both :he accounting officer
and the commanding officer shall accompany
, the abstracts With full explanations Of eve:y
circumstance trat ulay 90 necessary to e COM
Diate understanding oy the commander Of the
department, e sll the items OF tie abstracts.
T..:-so abstracts, Gtera the sccounting officer
is sGrviaE in Eanre than one stat department..
will De !:sdc separately 10: each
Tic coGEnsuder Of the department shall
promptly cora ect ali irregularities and extrs-
! yagsaciee which be may discover. He shall
| also forward, cs sc1n as practicable, tbs money
aSss.sc.a 70 the bureau Of tie Var Depart
(! rent 20 =hich the accounts appsrtai1, with
sucii ,s9arks ss may 5s necessary to explain
| his opinions and ac;ion thereon
a.! estimates for supplies oi property or
Eioaey ior toe public servica githin depart.
nent shall be forwarded through the cpmlnan.
der o. tho department, and carefully revised
by him aud si such estimates shall go
| through tbs Immediate commander, il such
| .h.ro Ds, OF tie officer rendering Inc estimate,
ss ii the post or regiment, whc shall bs re-
qucod by the department commander TO re-.
viss tne ss:ma:ea f5c the service Of his eHh
cominalG.
'Ine administrative control exercised by de-
csrt;acn: commanders ahsl!, VIXEN troops arc
in The fed, devolve OH tha Commanders CT ciTi.
sioRs; CT, ;Shen the command is loss than q
division, Oh the commander OF the whole.
No land saa! 30 purchased for the Confed>
! ers!e States ezcspi under Law authorizing
such purchase.
No public .nonaF shsn te cxpsnd dad for the
purchase Of any land, 'aor fo7 erecting arno-
res, arscasis, forts forti6cstions or other per-
maaspt public buildings, until the written
opinion oe the Attorney General snail be had
10 favor Of tho validity OF the title to the land
or sile IoE, if TIE land DO within any State OF
tho Confederate States, until cesslon OF the
Jurisdiction by The Legislature of the State.
No permanent buildings for the army, IS
barracks, quarters, hospitals, store houses,
Offices, Of stsbles or piers, or 6herVos, shall be
erected but by order Of the Secretary OF War, ard
according to ths plan directed by him, and IN
consequences Of appropriations uade oy lRH.
and DO silsra,ioa shall be made in any suon
| public building without authority from the
War Department
Oamplato ti:is pspsE=, with full and exact
rnere, plans, and drawings Of tho public lands
| purchased, appropriated. or designed for per
msnent military Notifications, viii be collected,
recorded, and filed in the Bureau Of the Corps
C: Engineers Of :hc public lana5 appropriated
or designated ier aru;ors1, arsenals, and ord :
nanoa dcocts. will bs co..! -ctod. recorded, and
filed In tho Ordnance Bureau; Of all ctherla
| belonging 10 The Confederate States, and under
the chsrgo Of the War Department for bar
racks, pests, cantoaInenss; or other military
uses, will bs collected, recorded, end filed in
the afti:s CT the Qa..ternsster. General OF the
sruY.
A copy OF tho surrey of the land At each
pos!, fort, arsenal, and depot, furnished from
tbe propc; bureau, will be carefully preserved
| in tic cfico Of the commanding officer
ARTICLE XII
crAHTsRMAsrER's DEPARTMENT.
This department provides the quarters and
transportation OF the army; storage and trans
portation of al army supplies; army clothing;
camp and garrison equippage; cavalry snd ar
J tillory ho:ses fuel forage; 5tr:" anu sts-