h representative of an Executive Department and the representatives
of the Smithsonian Institution, of the Agricultural Department, and
the United States Commissioner of Food Fishes will have charge of the
matters pertaining to his respective Department, subject to the general
advisement of the board; and all bills will be paid by the disbursing
officer upon vouchers certified by such representative and countersigned
by the chairman of the board.

The disbursing officer will render monthly accounts current of all
advances to and disbursements by him to the First Auditor of the
Treasury for audit and settlement in the same manner as are other
accounts of disbursing officers of the Government.

Each representative will be held responsible to the head of his
respective Department for all public property of the United States
furnished by the head of such Department or otherwise coming to his
hands for the purposes of the exhibition, and will render proper
accounts of the same to such head of Department until the property
is returned.

U.S. GRANT,

_President United States_.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT, _March 9, 1875_.

The BOARD OF EXAMINERS,

_Treasury Department_:

By direction of the President, the rules and regulations known as the
civil-service rules, etc., governing appointments and promotions under
the Treasury Department are hereby abolished, and hereafter all
appointments will be made as provided for by section 164, Revised
Statutes, enacted June 22, 1874.

You are instructed and directed to transfer all books, papers, records,
and public property in your possession to the chief clerk of the
Department, and notify all sub-boards of the promulgation of this order.

The clerks and other employees now on duty under the direction of the
board of examiners will report to the chief clerk for assignment to
duty. I am, very respectfully,

B.H. BRISTOW, _Secretary_.

[A similar order was, by direction of the President, issued by the heads
of the other Executive Departments.]

EXECUTIVE MANSION, _March 25, 1875_.

In pursuance of the fourth section of the act entitled "An act
making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876, and for other purposes,"
approved March 3, 1875, a board is hereby appointed, to consist of
Lieutenant-Colonel T.T.S. Laidley, Ordnance Department, United States
Army, president of the board; Commander L.A. Beardslee, United S