stores, nor the sale of any article, unless specially directed or authorized by the Navy Department.

ARTICLE 14.

Slaves not to be employed, except.

No slaves are to be employed in navy yards without the previous sanction of the Navy Department.

ARTICLE 15.

Password and countersign.

The password for the night and the countersign, when he shall deem proper, may be issued by the commanding officer of the yard to such persons only as he may direct to be intrusted with them.

ARTICLE 16.

Police regulations.

He shall draw up regulations for the police of the yard, and transmit them to the Navy Department for alteration or approval.

ARTICLE 17.

Journal.

A regular journal shall be kept by the master, under the direction of the commanding officer, in which shall be entered the time when all officers report for duty at, or shall be detached from the yard, when any vessel is received for repairs or put in commission, the number of mechanics and others employed, the arrival and departure of all vessels-of-war and of vessels with stores of any kind for the yard, the time when any vessel is taken into or removed from the dock, the state of the wind and weather as well as the barometer and thermometer, and the other principal transactions of the yard.

ARTICLE 18.

He shall exercise no authority over vessels in commission, except.

He shall exercise no authority over, nor in any manner interfere with, vessels in commission, when they are not placed under his direction, unless in cases of urgent necessity; and should such cases occur, he shall give immediate information to the Secretary of the Navy.

ARTICLE 19.

When a vessel is placed in ordinary.

When a vessel is directed to be placed in ordinary, or given into his charge for repair, he will cause her to be properly moored or otherwise secured, in which he is to be assisted by the officers and crew of the vessel, unless otherwise directed by the department or the senior officer in command upon the station.

ARTICLE 20.

Commander of vessel to point out deficiencies.

Although the control of the commander of a vessel is to cease when the vessel is placed in charge of the commanding officer of a yard for repairs or equipment, it is hereby made the duty of such commander to point out to the commandant of the yard any defects or deficiencies which he may have discovered.

ARTICLE 21.

Officers andothers of a vessel undergoing repairs shall assist in equipping her.

Whenever the commander or other officers belonging to a vessel under repairs at a navy yard shall be directed to report to the commanding officer of the yard, such officers, and any other persons belonging to the vessel, may be employed in stowing or equipping her, or in preparing her equipments, whenever it can be done to advantage.

ARTICLE 22.

Crew of a vessel undergoing repairs to be removed to some other vessel or quarters.

When a vessel in commission shall be placed in a proper situation to receive any repairs that may have been ordered, her officers and crew may, if it is deemed necessary, be removed to some other vessel or quarters until her repairs shall be completed; and strict care must be taken that such vessels or quarters, and all articles belonging to them, are at all times kept perfectly clean and in good order by the persons using them for the time being.

ARTICLE 23.

Vessels in commission not to be repaired without permission, except.

No vessel in commission shall be repaired at a navy yard without the previous sanction of the Navy Department, except in cases of emergency; and in all such urgent cases surveying officers shall be duly appointed, and a copy of the report of survey shall be forwarded to the Navy Department without delay.

ARTICLE 24.

He will report to Bureau of Construction.

He shall report to the Bureau of Construction the time when he receives a vessel for repair, when the repairs are commenced, and the time when she is returned into the charge of the commander, or when her repairs are completed.

ARTICLE 25.

Equipment of a vessel for service to be under his direction.

When a vessel in ordinary is to be equipped for service, the equipments shall be made under the direction of the commanding officer of the yard, conformably to general regulations, or to such orders as he may receive from the proper bureau, or the Secretary of the Navy.

ARTICLE 26.

He will see that the commander of a vessel has plans of stowage.

When a vessel shall be stowed and equipped under his direction, he shall take care that the officer who is appointed to take command shall be furnished with plans showing the stowage of the ballast, water, and provisions, and with lists of all the stores and provisions which may have been put on board of her in the respective departments, and their cost, with the draught of water when the vessel is light and at other times.

ARTICLE 27.

Account to be opened against a vessel or building ordered to be built, repaired, or equipped.

When he shall be directed to build, repair, or equip any vessel, or to construct any building, or to make any improvement in the navy yard, he will direct an account to be opened against such vessel, building, or improvement, debiting it with the number of days' work, and the cost of labor performed by each class of mechanics and laborers, and the quantity and cost of the different materials used; detailed reports of which are to be forwarded to the proper bureau when the objects are completed.

ARTICLE 28.

Requisitions.

When requisitions duly approved are made upon the storekeeper for articles which are not in store, he will direct the storekeeper to make requisitions for such as he may deem necessary upon the navy

agent, and will approve and forward them, that the articles may be promptly furnished.

ARTICLE 29.

He shall keep a bill book.

He will keep a bill book, in which shall be copied all bills for articles which may be delivered for any special object in the yard, and be approved by him, keeping each appropriation and object distinct from every other. He shall keep marginal duplicates of all requisitions upon the storekeeper which he may approve. He shall cause his clerks to examine the entries in the storekeeper's returns, and compare them with the bill books and marginal duplicate requisitions, and certify that they are correctly entered, before he approves the storekeeper's returns of receipts and expenditures.

ARTICLE 30.

Distribution of workmen employed in the yard.

He will direct the constructor to furnish the clerk of the yard daily with lists of the distribution of the workmen employed under his superintendence; the chief steam and civil engineers, the same in reference to those employed under their direction; and the master workmen not under the constructor, chief or civil engineer, will report in the same manner as to those employed under them.

ARTICLE 31.

Scrutiny of articles passing in and out of the yard.

A prudent scrutiny must be exercised over all articles and packages passing in or out of the yard; and when articles or packages shall be suspected as improper to be passed, they are to be stopped and examined, and if found to be of improper character to be passed in or out of the yard, are to be detained and reported to the commanding

officer.

ARTICLE 32.

Mechanics and others to conform to regulations.

Mechanics and all others will consider it as one condition of their employment that they conform to the established regulations of the yard.

ARTICLE 33.

No smoking allowed in the yard, except.

No smoking will be allowed in the yard except in the officers' quarters and their enclosures, and the quarters of the ordinary men.

ARTICLE 34.

Entering gates to be closed at sunset.

The entering gates of all yards will be closed at sunset, and no visitors allowed after that time, unless to the officers attached to the yard, or persons on board vessels alongside the yard.

ARTICLE 35.

No alterations to be made in the equipment of a vessel, except.

No alterations must be made in the arrangements of the hull, the dimensions or arrangements of the masts, spars, boats, or other equipments of any vessel which may be ordered for repair or equipment, without the previous sanction of the department; but if, in the opinion of the commanding officer of the yard, any changes can be made to improve the qualities of a vessel, or increase the accommodation of her crew, he will make timely reports of the same to the proper bureau, with the reasons for recommending the alterations, and an estimate of the probable increase of expense which such alterations would occasion.

ARTICLE 36.

Two senior officers to be at all times in the yard.

When the commandant, commander, and two lieutenants reside within a navy yard, the yard is never to be left without the presence of two of said officers.

ARTICLE 37.

One officer to be at all times in the yard.

If there are fewer than four of said officers, and not less than two of them residing in the yard, one shall at all times be in the yard.

SECOND IN COMMAND.

ARTICLE 1.

He will perform the duties assigned to him by his commanding officer. During absence of commandant he will take command. Not to alter regulations.

The officer who shall be attached to a navy yard as second in command shall be considered as the executive officer of the yard, and perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the officer appointed