1823 Sept. 27

Constitutional Code Copd

7 2 o Ch. 10 Ministers

Severally §. 4. Navy Ministers

§. 4. Of the Navy Minister Art.

1. To the Navy Minister, under the Legislature and the Prime Minister, it

belongs, to give at all times execution and effect, to the matter of the

Navy Code, and to temporary orders, from time to time

ensuing from the Prime Minister.

Art. 2. In regard to the Government Navy, armed or unarmed,

to this purpose, it belongs to him, to this

purpose to exercise, under the direction of the Prime Minister,

as to all persons, in so far as employed in navy

business, the locative, suppletive, directive and

dislocative functions; as to his own office, the suppletive;

as to things, in so far as thus employed, the

procurative, custoditive, applicative, reparative, and elimi native

functions; as to persons and things the inspective; as to persons, things

and occurrences, the Statistic &

recondative; as to States of things, ordinances, & arrangements, the

inclination suggestive. EG: as to the naval exercise in particular the instructive.

Art. 3. Examples of things, which are the subject of these functions are the

following — I. Things moveable —

1. Arms, provisions, and

cloathing as per §. 3 Art. 4 2. Navigable vessels of all

sorts and sizes 3. Naval stores for the equipment of d o

II. Things Immoveable — 4. 1. Ships, for the

building of navigable vessels. 5. For 2. For

reparation Docks for reparation and out-fitting

of d o after return from

service. 6. Tether, for giving facility to the approach of large vessels

for reparation or outfit. 7. Harbours: with , , Breakwaters;

and all the appurtenances thereto belonging. 8. Arsenals. 9. Dock

Yards 10. Beacons // 11. Buoys.I