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War Department,
Adjutant Generals Office,
Washington May 26, 1866

Maj. Genl. Howard
Commissioner DC.

From and after this date, public funds in the hands of offices of your Bureau will only be deposited with Asstant Treasurers, Special Government Depositaries, a list of which you will obtain from the Secretary of the Treasury.  
 
Offices receiving funds for sales of public property, except the ordinary sales of Subsistence stores, will, without unnecessary delay, make deposits in the nearest of said Depositories to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, on account of the appropriations to which they belong. 

Transfer from one Depository to another, shall not be made without special authority from the Secretary of War. Where there is no Assistant Treasurer, or Special Depository, a place of deposit is needed, the fact will be reported to the Secretary, and application made for leave to deposit in a National Bank.   Funds shall remain in the Depository until