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 48 TITLE vii.-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.-Ch. 4. sitions drawn by the S€01'BlZ&l'lBS of those Departments, the examination of the accounts of which has been assigned to them. They shall annually, on the iirst Monday in November, severally report to the Secretary of the Treasury the a plication of the money approplriated for the Department of War and theli)epartment of the Navy, and they shall make suc reports on the business assigned to them as the Secretaries of those Departments may deem necessary and require. _ Semementogac. .51:0. 284. In every case of the loss or capture of a yessel belonging to countsofpunsersof the Navy of the United States, the proper accounting officers of the l08i 1** <‘**P*“'°d Treasury, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, are authorized, fEPl}_‘§Ff€;__ in the settlement of the accounts of the {paymaster] [pu1·.sc»·] of such vessel, 3 NM-. 1847. v- to credit him with such portion of the amount of the provisions, clothing, 48,;-§_; 9,}s’y;73· small stores, and money, with which he stands chargedon the books. of 80 ,,_ 1,; pj3i-I ’ ° the Fourth Auditor- of the Treasury, as they shall be satished was inevita- ’bly lost by such ca ture or loss of a public vessel; and such purser shall be fully exonerated) by such credit from all liability on account of the provisions, clothing, small stores, and money so proved to have been ca tured or lost. Disbursements, Sec. 285. Every disbursement of public moneys, or disposal of public &¢-. by Qfdér Of stores, made by a disbursing officer pursuant to an order of any com- "°'““2"}\S‘d}"g "H*' manding officer of the Navy, shall be allowed by the proper accounting fr.$°;j“y' _. officers of the Treasury, in the settlement of the accounts of the officer, _3 Mu-18*% REB- upon satisfactory evidence of the making of such order, and of the pay- 2;; ]7*S‘2*"‘ 19*** ment of money or disposal of stores in conformity with it; and the com- ` manding officer by whose order such disbursement or disposal n as made, shall be held accountable for the same. Fixing date of Sec. 286. The proper accounting officers of the Treasury are authorl05S0i missing \'€¤· ized, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, in settlin the sgi; eeee or __ accounts of seamen, and others, not officers, borne on the books of any 4 July, 18c+, c. vessel in the Navy which shall have been wrecked, or which shall have ?48» S- l» V- W P- been unheard from so long that her wreck may be presumed, or which `*89‘ shall have been destroyed or lost with the rolls ani papers necessary to a regular and exact settlement of such accounts, to iix a dav when such wreck, destruction, or loss shall be deemed to have occurred. Accoumsoipcm- S1-:0. 287. Theproperaccountingoflicersof theTreasurvare authorized, officers, seamen, in settling the accounts of the petty officers, seamen, aiid others, not offi- <ljj_fj*j_l<§¤£i§€l- cers, on board of any vessel in the employ of the United States, which by 4 July, 1864, Q_ any casualgy, or in action with the enemy, has been or may be sunk or 948, ¤.2,v.l3,p.390. otherwise estroyed, together with the rolls and papers necessary to the exact ascertaimnent of the several accounts of the same at the date of such loss, to assume the last quarterly return of the paymastcr of any such vessel as the basis for the computation of the subsequent credits to those on board, to the date of such loss, if there be no official evidence to the contrary. lVhere such quarterly return has, from any cause, not been made, the accounting officers are authorized to adjust and settle such accounts on rinciples of equity and justice. Gcmpcn aticnlcr Sec. 288. {The proper accounting officers of the Treasury Department {>e¤·¤<>¤¤1 8H60G are authorized, in settling the accounts of the petty officers, seamen, and _E·__ _* others, not officers, on board of any vessel in the employ of the United 4 July, 1864, c. States, which, by any casualty, or in action with the enemv, has been or gg. S- 2. V- 13. P· may be sunk or otherwise destroyed; to allow and pay to. each person, ‘ not an officer, employed on the vessel so sunk or destroyed, and whose personal effects have been lost, a sum not exceeding sixty dollars, as compensation for the loss of his personal effects. Payment of ,,,_ Sec. 289. In case of the death of any such petty officer, seaman. or counts of deceased other person, not an officer, such payment shall be made to the widow, petty officer? €¤¤~ child or children, father, mother, or brothers and sisters jointly, follow- 2*;;, &°·• ° °“ ing that order of preference; such credits and gratuity to be paid out of _;. any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. 4 July, 1864, c. 248, s. 3, v. 13, p. 390. Allowance for Sec.- 290. In case any officer_of the Navy or Marine Corps on board a pttects of ptlicer of vessel in_the employ of the United States which, by an Y casualty, or in °°*"°”°·_____ action with the enemy, at any time since the nineteenth day of April.,