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Philadelphia] Quarterly Returns to be made by persons in charge of Public property, — The returns to specify the Stores on hand [undecipherable] [undecipherable] generally estimated — also those received and Delivered since, to the end that every quarter the Superintendent may be [able?] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the [persons?] under his [command?] [undecipherable] [reported?] to his own [account?], and [also?] [undecipherable] Once a year or [oftener?] if [required?] the superintendent to make out and deliver [to?] an Office a [Return?] of [undecipherable] the Receipt and Delivery of Stores, and of the Balance remaining, remaining at the several Posts — 4 All Quarter Masters Stores forwarded for the use of the Army, to be charged to the Quarter Master general — to whom [invoices?] of all Deliveries [made?] to any [such?] place [or Detachments?] of the Army shall be sent to the end that the expenditures of such arti- cles may be known to him and the amounts adjusted with him to enable him [from any One] 3 The Deliveries of Stores to be made but — on the order of the general superintendent, who himself will previously receive orders for such Deliveries from the Secretary of War — The [diligent?] enquirer after, and the receiving safe Keeping, also [oversight of?] all Stores [belonging?] to the Public is enjoined on every [person?] having charge of [Distant?] and [Separate?] Posts — 2 [X] The superintendent to visit as soon after his appointment as possible all [Public?] [entries?] of Public property, as come under his care to some place or places at the Territory of War may direct — The [General?] Superintendent to take an account of every Species of Stores [belonging?] [undecipherable] at his Office [undecipherable] and every Species of [undecipherable] and [belonging?] to the [under?] his Office [?] to [undecipherable] the property of the United States The [General?] Superintendent to take an account of every Species of Stores belonging to the Public at the time he enters on the Duties of his Office — [to the] 1 An accurate account taken of all the proper- ty of the United States — at the time the Super- intendent enters on his Office [undecipherable] The [undecipherable] to [register?] the [minute?] to [undecipherable] [undecipherable] as the Secretary of War may direct — 3 When the Stores are [Mustered?] and placed under the care of persons [undecipherable] [retain?] the [undecipherable] of receipts [for?] the taken for them and other [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to estimate an account [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [that?] [department?] a [regular?] [claim?] — [Quarterly?] returns to be made by persons in charge of any public property — and those returns to specify Stores on hand [undecipherable] [Last?] [partially?] [return?] — [the?] [some?] [agreements?] delivered, received for [undecipherable] when is to be [deliver'd?] and [vouchers?] and a complete [state?] and [undecipherable] the complete [returns?] [undecipherable] and [deduct?] from the amount [undecipherable] [undecipherable] to the [undecipherable] Stores on hand — [undecipherable] No Deliveries to be made [but?] under the order of the Superintendent who [undecipherable] will only [undecipherable] the [articles?] [belonging?] to the [undecipherable] receive orders for Deliveries of any [undecipherable] from the Secretary of War [undecipherable] after which the [undecipherable] is enjoined on every [undecipherable] [Superintendent?] [undecipherable] to [find?] and [mention?] the Stores [undecipherable] is enjoined on [undecipherable] all Public [undecipherable] — All Quarter Masters Stores forwarded for the Army shall be charged to the Quarter Master general, who [undecipherable] shall [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [January?] in every [year?] shall render an amount of such parts of them as are in a [further?] and of those that remain in hand particularly noting where the whole is deposited — and Military Stores sent to the Army shall be charged to the Commissioner of Military Stores — who on the order of the Commander — Ordnance and Military Stores sent to the Army, to be [devoted?] to the Commissioner of Military Stores — [undecipherable] supplies for any [undecipherable] [undecipherable] in [operating?] [in?] [undecipherable] [of?] the Army be by them Delivered to the Commanders [undecipherable] of Articles in whose care all Stores to be [found?] for the Army, shall remain — and both shall settle their amounts at the time and in the same manner as is directed for the Quarter Master — [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [to be packed] The Clothing for the Army, shall as possible [to] The Clothing for the Army shall be packed and marked agreeably to the Muster Rolls of each Legion and forwarded entire to the Army address'd to the Person specially appointed to receive it, who shall under the order of the Commanding Officer [give?] it to the respective Captains or Officers commanding the Companies [of?] [each?] Legion and make returns quarterly to the Superintendant of the receipts, the [Stores?], and the articles remaining on hand, and annually [he?] shall forward his amounts with the vouchers to the Superintendent for final adjust- ment — All Clothing forwarded or Delivered to [accounting?] [parties?] shall be charged to the Officers commanding the [party?] and [amounts?] thereof Shall be forwarded to the [person?] on charge of the Clothing in Camp, [then?] with the entire Deliveries before him [he?] may know, when each Company have received [undecipherable] supplies — and may, replenish accordingly — [Chirurgical] and [additional?] [undecipherable] All the Medicine sent to the Army shall be address'd to the [undecipherable] [person?] [undecipherable] who shall [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] [undecipherable] the Army, at the [undecipherable] of the [undecipherable] under him to deliver one of the Stores under him to deliver appointed as Apothecary [and?] Steward [undecipherable] safe Keeping, compounding, and Deliveries, on his order, and he shall make quarterly returns to the Superintendent of the State and quantity, of the several articles [undecipherable] to his charge — all [particular?] [undecipherable] of any of the above articles to be [observed?] The Surgeon general, that he may know and account for the [particular?] expenditure of the whole supplies provided for his Department