The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-05
Ihe Organlzatien Of the Executive Depart
wents OF the Government OF the United states

The Organization Of the Executive Depart
msnts Of the Government Of the United states.
pErAKrAESr ~ rTArE
The whole machinery employed 70 conduct the busisas
n ~ world far simple than i ganernF s1n
sred The numbsr employed in the Departneut u stais
n t United l. onls seventeen a. follows 0os set
,s-v n siats tHon. Willam l. Marcy IS one sssisssf
secretary q state tA iliafa Hanter,) chief clerk
u we've clerks, 0us uanslators and oee librarian.
Bagautis Erqneh.-Thfz branch of the STATE D,.-,,t
la charge y al correspondents between the and
other diplomatic agents Of the United States abroad and
ase foreign powers accredited ttis government Ii II
NJ 5aloHae instr from te depsrtegt and
communications to commissioners under bouna
rs 6e prepared copied and rererded; and all ~ ke
character received registered and Ied their cgaters
beng first entered IN aa analytic table index.
cea~iar BraauaThis branch has charge Of the eorre
ponaencs kc, between the department and the cass and
agents az the uuilsd States In il nstucos
those officers, and 90 their denpstcbes 70 let
from other perspnz asking for consular agencT ar re
ting 70 consular gAirs, are prepared ard reccrded.
The BsbursiAg AgesHe has charge Of al crrespond
and other matters connected wiki relating
any fund with the disbursement Of which department i
charged
TAs Tra4-qfar. His duties are 10 fzraish suc trara
nons a ths department may require e also reee the
commissions Of conus and vice consu when Engsh
apon which exeq latars are issned-
Cerk ef Appointments aad coa.issSoasIe makes out
nd rserds commissions letters Of appointment and
records when ii English commissions on which tey
issaed- has charge Of the library.
Clerk e the RaRs and AFcArssHe takes charge Of the
rolls enrolled and resolutions o Congress- they
received the department from the President prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called ar pre-
for, and sHperntends their publication and that o
ties, N the newspapers and in book form attends their
dstrbueu throughout the United states and tst Of all
documents and publications IN regard 70 which this Gty IL
assigned 70 the department writing and answering all let
connected herewith Has charge Of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of AutRentioafions and copyriohsue has charge
hg seals Of the United States and Of the department and
prepares attaches certificates to papers presented for
fort
publications transmitted To the department under the
relating To copyrights records and indexes their tas ~
cords all letters from the department other than the dpo-
matte and consular.
Clerk ef Pardoas mad Paports. prepares and records
pardans and remsions and registers and tiles the petitions
and papers on which they founded Makes out
cords passPor Keeps daiy register OF all letters other
On made q them prepares letters relating business
ArTonSxV NERAI's OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney Gensral Of the Cnlted
States; T. d. Get esq, chief clerk. The ordinary bn
Of this Office may be classified under the following
heads
Official opinions the current business Of the govern
nen called for By the President by any head Of depart
meut, By the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
Examination OF the titles all land purchased as the
sites Of arsena custom houses light houses, and all other
public works OF the United States.
Applications pardons cases Of conviction In the
courts Of the United States.
Applications for appointment all the Judicial and legal
business of the government
s. The conduct and argument Of all suits in the Supreme
Court Of the United States in which the government
To these ordinary heads o the business Of the oee are
added a the present time the following viz
First The direction Of al appeals land claims in Cali
fnrnia-
Second The coddcation revision Of the laws Of the
nrrRIon pEpAHTa1ESr.
Secretary of the interior Department, Hon Robert Nc
esiland, q The State Of Michigan It's clerical force
CONSISTS Of chief clerk George G. whiting esa
one dsbarsing agent and ten other regular clerks ana
ts supervision and committed following
branches OF the pabiic service
lst. TIE Pu5c LaoThe chief Of this hareau i called the
Commissioner Of the General Land The Land Bureau
lie domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from conhrraiiuns OF grants made by former governments
public improvements, and likewise the Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip lieu
present Commissioner is Hon. T. II. Hendricks Of In
diana. Its principal officers a recorder chief or
principal clerk OF public lands principal clerk og private
and caims ard principal clerk Of surveysa whom are
appointed by the President and BY the Senase
clerks of various grades.
ID present head Of this bureau is the Hon
josiah Minot. Of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the uinaton and adjudication o All
arising under the and laws passed h Con-
gress granting bounty land pensions for military
services IN the revolutionary and Subsequent IN which
the United States have been engaged He has cheI
clerk, 6 Cole, es4l and permanent corps consist
ing Of seventy other cerkz to which Congress
enable him TO meet the extraordinary requirements OF the
bounty land law has added temporary force Of about
fifty cAerkships Of different denominations.
Sd asoascommssioner Of Indian Affairs Hon Georre
W Manypenny, OF Ohio de is provided with a chef
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks
4th Patent OHce---T6 this bureau il committed the
execution and performance OF all and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
and useful discoveries Inventions, and improvements - the
collection q statistics relating agriculture the col
lection and distribution OF seeds plants and cuttings II
has chief ee-kvhe is by law the present ne) The
Acting Commissioner Of Patents the absence Of the Com
missionertsn principal and pat
besides dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
Besides these four principal branches Of this
Department. the organic Of ssg transferred
the Treasury Department the supervision Of the
the United states marssls and attorneys, and the clerks
the United States the management of the lead
other mines Of the United States and the affairs
tertiary Of the United in the District OF Columbia
and from the State Department the dutT taking ana re-
turning the OF the United States snerrts-
ing and directing tbs Of the Commissioner Puhc
Budings By acts of Congress also the hospital
the insane OF the and navy and Of the District C0uu-
bs u under the of this deparmenf and by
sgnmen from the President has added long list
due the and dernarcaton OF the unsettled
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tons.
This department present very sepa-
rated and ocated and head be appropriately perma-
nsnv provided for The ~ecretarv office Occupies por-
thenew Patent Office bnldnE General Land uce
pnrton II the Treasury budng and the Pension Oce
portion Of tWnder's building the property Of the
gUvernment whilst Indian Office located premises
not are-proof and rented Of their private owners.
Treasury pEPARTmKST.
The Treasury Department the offices Of the Sec
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