secretary of the navy

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secretary of the navy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Secretary of the Navy
      n 1: head of a former executive department; combined with the
           War Secretary to form the Defense Secretary in 1947 [syn:
           Secretary of the Navy, Navy Secretary]

secretary of the navy - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, government. This officer is appointed by the 
  president. His duties are to execute all such orders as he shall receive 
  from the president, relative to the procurement of naval stores and 
  materials, and the construction, armament, equipment and employment of 
  vessels of war; as well as all other matters connected with the naval 
  establishment of the United States; act of 30th April, 1798, s. 1, 1 Story's 
  Laws, 498; he appoints his own clerks and subordinate officers. Various 
  other duties are imposed upon him by sundry acts of congress. Vide Gordon's 
  Dig. art. 370 to 375. 
       2. His salary is six thousand dollars. Act of 20th Feb. 1819, 3 Story's 
  Laws, 1720.