Commissioners of the Navy
Commissioners of the Navy : certain officers appointed to superintend the affairs of the marine, under the direction of the lord-high-admiral, or lords commissioners of the admiralty. The duty of these officers does not extend to the internal government of ships invested with a military command, either at sea or in the port. It is more immediately concerned in the building, docking, repairing, and cleaning of ships in the dock-yards. In consideration of this, all ships of war are commissioned from a report of their qualities presented to the Admiralty by the Navy-board. They have also the appointment of some of the inferior sea-officers, as surgeons and masters of ships. The principal officers and commissioners residing at the board, are, (1) The comptroler. (2) Two surveyors, who are shipwrights. (3) Clerk of the acts. (4) Comptroler of the treasurer's accounts. (5) Comptroler of the victualing accounts. (6) Comptroler of the store-keeper's accounts. (7) An extraordinary commissioner. Besides these, there are three resident commissioners, who manage the affairs of the dock-yards at Chatham, Portsmouth, and Plymouth, under the direction of the board at the Navy-office
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