[Copy.] [Instructions for the Naval Agent.] [Circular] [[undecipherable] 1] War Department You having accepted of the Agency of the Ship of war to be built at are to consider the Rules herein specified as the general principles where by to govern yourself in the execution of the agency. 1.^st You are to provided all the Artificers and Labourers of all descriptions excepting the constructor or master builder, necessary to build a Ship of Guns, the number to be such from time to time, as will be able to operate with the greatest Effect. These workmen to be provided upon the best terms, by the day, week, or month, as you shall judge conducive to the public Interests. 2^d You are also to purchase such materials for the construction and equipment of the said ship as shall not otherwise be provided by special contracts under the orders of the Secretary of the treasury, and to pay all other incidental or contingent Expenses. 3^d All the Workmen and materials for building the said Ship are to be obtained by you upon the [undecipherable] or Requisition in writing by the constructor countersigned by the Captain or Superintendant. other articles or labor necessary for the Rigging or equipping of the Ship are to be obtained by you upon the estimate of principal Artificer in each branch and also countersigned by the captain. 4.^th The Clerk of the yard will receive, distribute, and account for every article of public property 5.^th The Shipwrights and all other artificers employed in working at the yard upon the body of the Ship will be under the immediate directions and controul of the constructor. His certificate therefore signed by the Clerk of the yard will be your voucher for payment of the Wages according to the agreement you shall make. 6^th You will keep fair accounts of all transactions, stating all expenses for labor in one account and all purchases for materials in another, every expenditure must be accompanied with the Requisitions of the Super intindant or constructor as the Case may be, for which purpose you will take duplicate receipts for all expenditures, and also the Receipts for the sum paid. Abstracts of the expenditures must be transmitted monthly to this office and every three months the accounts and vouchers must be transmitted to the Auditor of the Treasury for the purpose of being adjusted and settled. You will in the first Instance Receive Dollars, and such further sums shall be advanced from time to time as the nature of the case may Require. But all monies which you shall Receive on this account must be kept by itself and deposited in the as naval agent, and bank Book kept exclusively for this object. You will be alloted Two & a half P^rCent Commission on the sums expended as full compensation for your Services on this occasion. You will in all respects consider yourself as charged with the general Superintendance of the public Interests as far as the building of the said Ship, and will correct and Report any conduct which may be improper in any of the branches. I am with Respect your obedient Servant