The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-20
rho organization of the Executive Depart
nsnts OF the Government of the United states.
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nsots OF The government of the Omitted states.
| pEPAnrHEST STATE.
ma whole machinery employed 20 conduct the business
ng out OF our foreign relations With all the
~ ne world is far simple than Is generally eon-
;d The number employed in the Department Of State
~ United states is only seventeen follows One Sec
.sry @ Of State Hon William L. Marcy) Assistant
Secretary Of State tWiliain Hunter one enef clerk
pLmot;e Byanch-This branch of the State Department
charge Of all correspondence between the department and
other diplomatic agents o. ths u % M aDa
IN duon,ac INSTRUCTIONS from the department and
commissioners under treaties OF 6ounda
cy received are registered and fled their contents
icing first entered in analytic table or index.
c,,Iar BranchThs branch has charge of the cores
odenee Sc between the department and the consuls and
agents of the United States In il instructions
y those officers and their dispatches and 10 let
, from other persons asking for consular agency or rea
ting 10 consular affairs, are prepared and recorded
r6, Dibursiag Agcnfe has charge of all correspond
nee and other connected with accounts relating to
sny fund with the disbursement OF which the department
charged.
TIA T,ansaor His duties are to furnish such trana-
lions "a the department may require. He also records the
commissions of consus aud vice consu, when not IN Lngsh
upon which exequaturs are Issued
,leyk Of Appointments and CoanissionsHe makes
and records commissions letters OF appointment and nomi-
nations 70 the seqate makes out and records exsqaatar
are issued Has charge OF the library.
Cek Of the Rolls aud ArehisesHe takes charge of the
rolls or enrolled and resolutions OF Congress- they
are received at the department from the Presidents prepares
tbe authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
ue for supentends their publication and that of trea
t in the newspapers and in book form attends to their
distribution throughout the United States and that of all
dcamens and publications in regard to which this duty
ters connected Herewith Has charge all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
CLERK Of AutAencations and Copyyiyhs He has charge
Of the seals United States aud of the department aud
and attaches certificates papers presented for
ibencaon receives and for the fees Has charge
Of publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrigs records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department. other than the dpo
matte and CONSULAR
CLERK of Pdrdons and PassportsHe prepares records
partons aad remon and registers and files the petitions
and papers which they founded Makes and
cords passports keeps sy register of all letters other
than diplomatic and consular received, and of the dsposi
made them prepares letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
States K. H. Gllet, esq chief clerk The ordinary bust
of this office may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions the business of the govern
nen called for by the President by head of depart
ment, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
Examination of the titles of all land purchased the
sites of arsenals, houses lighthouses and all other
public works of the United States.
g. Applications Tor pardons in all OF conviction in the
courts Of the United States.
A. Applications for appointment in 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
G. The supervision Of all other suits arising any Of the
departments when referred by the head thereof 20 the Ator
10 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
fornia. 1T,
Second The codifcaon and revision Of the laws of the
District Of Columbia. tt
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Nc
Cl6land Of the State of Michigan Its clerical force
consists Of one chief clerk, George G. Whiting esq.,
he Disturbing agent and ten other regular clerks and to
s supervision end are committed the following
branches of the public service;
h The Pnbc Laads.he cnefof this bureau is called the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office" The Land Bureau
lie domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from combinations of grants made by former governments
by sales donations, OF grants for schools military boune
public improvements and likewise the revision of Virginia
military bounty land Claims and the issuing of scrip lien
present commisnoner Is Hon r. r. Hendricks. Of Ine
diana. Its principal officers are recorder, chief
principal clerk OF public lands, principal clerk OF private
land claims, and principal clerk of surveya of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draugbtsman assistant draughsman, and LOG
clerks OF various grades.
3D. PnsionsThe present head of this bureau is the Hon.
Josiah Mnot of New Hampshire The Commissioner is
charged with the exa unaton and adjudication o all claims
arising under the and laws passed by Con-
gress granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged lie has CHIEF
Clerk Is Cole, ese.) and pernanent corps consist
hg OF seventy other cisrks 10 whon Uongrosa, TO
bounty land law has added poray force of about
htty clerkshps of different denominations.
80. LdidpsCommissipne of Indian Affairs Hon. George
W Manypenny of Ohio. He is provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
.,.o tai ra'sg 1 qosTe ths bureau i united the
and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
and useful discoveries Inventions and improvements " the
collection OF statistics relating to agriculture the col
lection and distribution of seeds plants and cuttings 1t
has chief clerkwho il by law the present ne the
Acting Commissioner of Patents the Of the
onerten principal and ten assistant examiners Of pat.
ss, Iesaes dozen oler subordinate permanent CLERKS
besides these four principal branches o this executive
departments the organic Of ls49 transferred from
the Treasury Department the supervision the accounts of
the United States marhas and attorneys and the clerks of
other mines Of the United States and the affairs Of the pepir
eniary CT the United States ia the District Of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty OF taking and re-
ing s1d directing the acts at the Commissioner Of Public
hpdrgs. BY ropen acts of Congress- Also the hospital for
,he naae OF tho and navy aud Of the District of Coum
sgnmen from the President has added It's long list Of
duties the and demarcaon OF the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering ma
tious
rated aud located and should he appropriately and perma
nenty provided for The Seoretarys Office occupies por-
ton Of hcnew Patent Office building the General Land Ooe
portion OF the Treasury building, and the Pension 0ce
government whilst the Indian Office is located premises
not fire proof, and rented Of their private
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
The Treasury Department consists OF the Offices of the Sec
retary of the Treasury, comproers, commissioner Of
the CUSTOMS six auditors treasurer register soccr light
LLaso uoafQ, ana coast bursev tt5tfI 4taf
The following i brief indication OF the duties Of these
several Qoes and OF the force employed heron respectively
sso,starys 09es.Hon. James Guthrie Secretary Of the
II. q. Washington ant