The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-14
rbe organization OF the Executive Depart
,aents OF the Government of the United states


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yed The number employed in the Department Of State
tbe United States only seventeen, follows One Sec
eary Of state tlon William = Marey,) one Assistant
twelve clerks, translator, and one librarian.
Dl3aaac Braach This branch Of the State Department
has charge Of all correspondence between the department and
er Diplomatic AGENTS Of the United States abroad and
bn of foreign pos accredited to this government In il
nj diplomatic instructions sent from the department and
e. &c. prepared copied and recorded and all Of like
aracteT received are registered and fled their
being first entered in analytic table or index.
psur Branch This branch has charge Of the cores
nden &C. between the department and the consus and
mmereal agents Of the United States. In il instructions
% those officers and their dispatches and
m from other persons asking for consular agency rea
ting 10 consular affairs, are prepared and recorded
The Disbursinq lgeat-e has charge of all correspond
ence and connected with accounts relating TO
any with the disbursement OF which the department is
charged
The Tsasyaor His duties to furnish such ransla
tons as the department may require He also records the
commissions Of consua and vice consu when nottn English
upon which exequaturs are issued
CLERK Of Appointments and Commissioas-Ie makes out
and records commissions, letters Of appointment and nom
nations to the Senate makes out and records exeqna9rs
and records when in English the commissions on which they
aeissued Has charge Of the library
CLERK of he Rols and ArcAiuese takes charge Of the
rolls or enrolled and resolutions Of Congress- they
received at the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
pares for and supernends their publication and that of
les in the newspapers and in book form attends to their
and publications in regard to which this duty
assigned TO the department. writing and answering all let
r connected herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto
gets of Naturalization and CopyrfqhtsHe has charge
o. the seals the United States and of the department.
prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented for
entcaon receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrights; records and indexes their titles
all letters from the department. other than the dplo
matte and consular.
Ct Of Poraons and Passortse prepares and records
pardons and emissons and registers and files the petitions
and papers which they founded Makes re-
cords passports Keeps daily register of all letters other
than diplomatic and CONSULAR received and of the DISPOSE
made them prepares letters relating this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
States r. H. Get esq. chief clerk. The ordinary bust
of this office may be classified under the following
l. Official opinions the current business Of the govern
Hn called for by the President BY any head of depart
ment or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
Examination of the titles of all land purchased as the
sites Of arsenas houses light and all other
public works OF the United States.
s. Applications for pardons in all Of conviction in the
courts Of the United States.
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the
cerned.
TO these ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office are
added at the present time the following, viz.
First The direction of all appeals land claims in Cali
bpa
Second The codfcaton and revision of the laws of the
District Of Columbia
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT..
Secretary of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Nc
4Geland, Of the State Of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists of chief clerk George c. Whiting, esq }
dbnrsng agent and ten other regular clerks and to
supervision and management are committed the following
branches of the public service:
M The Public LandThe chief of this bureau called the
Commoner Of the General Land Office The Land Bureau
charged with the
Domain and the issuing o.! titles therefor whether derived
rom enrmatons OF grants made by former governments
sales donations, OF grants for schools military bountes,
public improvements and likewise the revision of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip in lieu
hereof The Land 0Ihce ALSO audt its accounts The
present Commissioner is Mr. John Wilson, Of the District of
Columbia Its principal officers are recorder, chief or
principal clerk Of public lands, principal clerk of private
and Claims and principal clerk of surveysa of whom
popted by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides dranghtsman assistant draughtsman and log
clerks OF various grades.
.on 7. Waldo, OF Connecticut. The Commissioner is
ged with the examination and adjudication of all claims
M granting bounty land or pensions for military naval
Yces in the revolutionary and subsequent wars in which
9e United States have been engaged He has chief
Mk, tS. Cole, esq) and permanent corps consist
ns OF some seventy other clerks to which Congress
naos him to meet the extraordinary requirements Of the
Jew bounty land law has added temporary force Of about
! ny clerkships OF different denominations.
% Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Hon. George
,hanypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with chief
Tk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks
ith, Paiem Q&ce.To this bureau is committed the
Aecuon and performance OF all facts ard things touching
respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
useful discoveries inventions, and improvements - the
aecaon OF statistics relating to agriculture; the col
ana distribution OF seeds, plants and cuttings 1T
chief cerkwho is by law Gas at the present time) the
g Commissioner Of Patents In the absence Of the Com
principal and ten assistant examiners of pat
N.Y. besides some dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
besides these four principal branches of this executive
ment the organic act Of ls49 transferred TO it from
nf
United States marsbas and attorneys and the clerks
United States courts; the management of the lead and
sr mines OF the United States and the affairs of the pen
llary OF the United States In the District of Columbia
u rom the State Department the duty of taking and
nng the Of the United States of supervs-
g and directing the acts of the Commissioner Of Public
ng BY recent acts Of Congress- Also the hospital for
insane OF the army and and of the District of Colum-
under the management of this departments and by
Enmen from the President 1t has added its long list
ue the survey and demarcaon Of the unsettled boundary
@ between the States and Territories and bordering ma
ms department. is present very inconvenienty sepa-
@ and located, and should be appropriately and perma-
nty provided for The Secretarys office occupies por-
oa 81 thenew Patent Office building the General Land Office
PORTION Of the Treasury building, and the Pension Office
Fuon Of "Winder's building" now the property OF the
yernment whilst the Indian Office is located premise.
w are-proof, aud rented of their private owners.
TREASURY pEpARTMEST.
he Treasury Department consists Of the offices Of the Sec
a OF the Treasury, two comptrolers commissioner Of
SIX auditors treasurer, register solicitor light
,Tse NJ board, aad coast survey.
me tolowings brief indication OF the duties of these
A oees and Of the force employed therein respectively
Neoroarys 0ace-Hon James Guthrie Secretary OF the
.sSary Hon. p. g. Washington, Assistant Secretary
engineer in charges architect and three draugbtsmer
employed, and twenty three clerks. The secre
the Treasury is charged with the general supervision
% e osea transactions OF the government and of the exc
In o. the laws concerning the and navigation
nv we United States lie superinends the survey y the
he lighthouse establishment, the marine hospitals OF
United states, and the construction Of certain public