ARTICLE 549.

No slaves are to be employed in the navy yards without the previous sanction of the Navy Department; nor in any case must any be employed who are the property of any officer, or other person, connected with, or employed in, the yard.

ARTICLE 550.

The countersign and pass-word for the night shall be issued by the commanding officer of the yard, or, in his absence, by the navy officer, next in command, to such persons only as he may deem proper to be entrusted with them.

ARTICLE 551.

The commanding officer of the yard shall draw up regulations for the police of the yard, and transmit them to the Navy Department for approbation.

ARTICLB 552.

A regular journal shall be kept, under the direction of the commanding officer, in which shall be entered the time 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; when and how long a vessel may be hove out for repair, and other principal transactions of the yard.

ARTICLE 553.

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 554.

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 555.

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 discover, that such measures may be adopted as the case may require.

ARTICLE 556.

Whenever the commander, or other officers belonging to the vessel under repairs at a navy yard, shall be directed to report to the commanding officer of the yard, such officers, and any which may belong to the vessel, are to be employed in stowing or equipping her, or in preparing her equipments, whenever they can be employed to advantage, as by this course, the officers will have an opportunity of acquiring useful information in relation to the vessel, and the expense for hired riggers and other persons will be diminished.

ARTICLE 557.

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, if any are prepared for their reception, until her repairs shall be completed; and strict care must be taken that such vessel or quarters, and all articles belonging to them, are at all times kept perfectly clean and in good order, by the persons having charge of them for the time being.

ARTICLE 558.

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 commissioners without delay.

ARTICLE 559.

The commanding officer of the yard shall report to the navy conimissioners the time he receives a vessel for repair, when the repairs are commenced, and the time she is returned into the charge of the commander, or when her repairs are completed.

ARTICLE 560.

When a vessel in ordinary is to be equipped for service, her 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 navy commissioners, or the Secretary of the Navy.

ARTICLE 561.

When a vessel shall be stowed and equipped under his direction, he shall take care that the officer, who may be appointed to take

command, shall be furnished with plans, showing the sto of

the ballast, water, and provisions, and with correct 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 the immersion produced by taking on board different weights, as directed in chapter for masters, article 9th.

ARTICLE 562.

When he shall be directed to build, repair, or equip any vessel, or to construct any building, or make any improvement in the navy yard, he will direct the navy storekeeper to keep an account against such vessel, building, and improvement, debiting it with the number of days' work, and the cost of the 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 navy commissioners, when the objects are completed.

ARTICLE 563.

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 the same upon the navy agent, and will ap

prove them, that the articles may be furnished with the least possible delay.

ARTICLE 564.

The commanding officer shall keep a bill book, in which shall be copied all bills for articles which may be delivered in the yard under his command, and 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 clerk to examine the entries in the storekeeper's returns, and compare them with the bill books and marginal duplicates, requisitions, and certify that they are correctly entered, before he approves the storekeeper's returns of receipts and expenditures.

ARTICLE 565.

No article shall be taken out of the yard without a written permission from a commissioned officer belonging to the yard, which permission must be lodged with the porter, or sentinel, at a landing, and be by him returned to the commanding officer.

ARTICLE 566.

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No alteration must be made in the arrangements of the hull, dimensions or arrangements of 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 accommodations of her crew, he will make timely reports of the same to the navy commissioners, with the reasons for recommending the alteration, and an estimate of the probable increase of expense which such alteration will occasion.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

SECOND IN COMMAND.

ARTICLE 567.

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 to command the yard. During the absence of such commanding officer, by order or upon leave, or whenever unable to perform his duties, the executive officer shall perform all the duties assigned to the commanding officer of the yard.

CHAPTER XXXV.

NAVAL CONSTRUCTOR.

ARTICLE 568.

The naval constructor may, under the direction of the commanding officer of the yard, have a general superintendence and control over the inspector and measurer of timber, and all the master work. men, (except the master rope-maker, rigger and sailmaker,) and over the mechanics and laborers, who may be employed in building or repairing vessels within the yard.

ARTICLE 569.

He shall, under the direction of the commanding officer of the yard, be specially responsible for the proper distribution and employment of all carpenters, and carpenter's laborers, caulkers, and other persons employed upon the hulls of vessels, and shall frequently examine whether the persons so employed perform their duties in a proper manner, and immediately report to the commanding officer of the yard any mechanic or laborer whom he may consider negligent or incompetent.

ARTICLE 570.

He will take care that proper measures be taken to prevent any waste in the use of timber or other materials; or the use or conver sion of any timber, or wood materials or metals, until such account is taken of them as shall secure a correct expenditure, and that daily returns be made to the inspector and measurer of timber, of the particular timber, or wood materials, which may have been used or converted, and to what particular object applied, so that the inspector may, at all times, be able to furnish the information necessary