The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-23
The Organization OF the Executive Depart
nents Of the Government cfthe United states.
pEpAarnENr oF STATE.

retary Of State (Hon. William L. Marcy,) Assistant
Secretary Of State, [Wiam Huner,) chief clerk,
twelve clerks translator, and one librarian
pplona.c BraneRThs branch Of the State Department
has charge correspondence between the department
hoe OF foreign power accredited to this government In il
all diplomatic instructions sent from the department, and
communications commissioners under treaties of bounda
res &c. are prepared copied and recorded and all like
characte received registered and ed their
being first entered in an analytic table or index.
copkar BraaehTbis branch he's charge the CORES
pondence &c. between the department and the and
commercial agents OF the United States Ia instructions
70 those ocers answers TO their dispatches and to let
tors from other persous asking consular ageroy
ting to consular affairs, are prepared and recorded
The Distwsing Agent has charge Of all correspond
and other matters connected with accounts relating
any fund with the disbursement OF which the department is
charged.
The Translator His duties furnish such transla-
tons the department may require lie also records the
commissions Of con and vice consGs when not in English
upon which exequaturs are issued.
Clerk of appointments and lonlaissions.Ho makes out
and records commissions letters Of appointment and nom
nations to the Senate makes out and records exeqatqrs
and records when in English the commissions which they
issued. Has charge OF the library.
Clerk of e Rolls and Archipes.ii takes charge of the
rolls enrolled and resolutions of Congress-
received the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called tor pre-
psre and supernteno their publication and that OF
ties the newspapers and in book form attends their
distribution throughout the United States, and that Of all
and publications in regard to which this duty
assigned to the departments writing and answering all let
connected Herewith Has charge OF all Indian treaties,
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Auhencatioas and Copyrights-He has charge
of the seals Of the United States and of the department and
prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented Tor a
thencaton receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
publications transmitted TO the department under the laws
relating 10 copyrights records and indexes their ttie
cords all letters from the department. other than the dplo
matte and consular
Clerk Of Podoas and Paspor'sHe prepares and records
pardons and remson registers and tiles the petitions
and papers which they founded. Makes
cords passports keeps daily register Of all letters other
than diplomatic aud consular received and the dispose
oENERALs
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
States r. H. Gilet esq, , chief clerk. The ordinary bust
of this Office may be classified under the following
heads:
l. Official opinions on the business of the govern
ment called for by the President by any head of depart
nent, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury
Examination Of the titles of all land purchased the
sites of arsenas lighthouses, and all other
public works of the United States.
g. Applications for pardon in all OF conviction in the
courts of the United States.
a. Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
s. The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the government is
g. The supervision of all other arising in any of the
departments when referred by the head thereof the Aor
To these ordinary heads of the business Of the office are
added at the present time the following viz:
First The direction of a appeals land claims in Cali
forna.
Second The codfcation and revision of laws of the
District Of Columbia.
IsTERIoR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Celand Of the State of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists of chief clerk, (George c. Whiting, esq
one disbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and 70
its supervision and committed the following
branches OF the public service:
l The P5lc LandsThe chefof this bureau called the
Commissioner of the General Land 0ce The Land Bureau
charged with the survey management and sale of the pub
lie domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from combinations of grants made by former governments
by sales, donations, of gran for schools military bountie
public improvements and likewise the revision Of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip in lieu
thereof The Land uhce, also, auds its accounts The
present Commissioner is Hon. i. II. Hendricks, of In
diana lts principal officers arc recorder, chief or
land claims end principal clerk ofsurveysal Of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draug assistant draughtsman, and l06
clerks of various grades
I'd present head of this bureau Is the Hon
Josiah Minot, Of New Hampshire The Commissioner is
charged with the esannaon and adjudication all claims
arising under the and laws passed by Con-
gress granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the revolutionary and subsequent which
the United States have been engaged. lie has CHIEF
clerk, g. Cole esq.,2 and permanent corps consist
enable him to the extraordinary requirements OF the
new bopnyand law, has added porary force of about
hlty ccksbps of different denominations.
3d. daas-C Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hon. George
". Manypcnny, of Ohio. He IS provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
Ath. Patent Obfce.--To this bureau is committed the
execution performance all facts and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
collection OF statistics relating agriculture the col
lection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings 1t
has chief cerkwho is BY law present time) the
Acting Commissioner OF Patents absence Of the Com
missioner principal and ten assistant pat
ens besides dozen other permanent clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department. the organic act Of lS49 transferred to it from
Treasury Department the vision Of the f
the United States marshals and attorneys and the
the United States courts the management lead
other mines of the United States and the affairs peu
tentiary of the United States in the District Columbia
and from the State Department the duty of taking and
turning the Of the United States and of supervs-
ing aud directing the acts Of the Commissioner of Public
buildings By recent acts of Congress- Also the hospital for
the insane OF the and navy and of the District of Column
ba Is under the management of this department; and
sgnment from the President II has added long list
duties the survey and dearcaon of the boundary
lines between the States and Territories bordering na-
tions.
rated and ocated and should be appropriately pera-
neny provided for The Secetsrvs Office occupies por-
ton of thenew Patent oce building The General Office
portion Of the Treasury buildng and the Pension Office
government, whilst the Indian Office is located in premises
not hre-proot and rented of their private
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department Of the offices Of the Sec
retarY Of the Treasury comptrocrs commissioner OF
the CUSTOMS six auditors treasurer register solicitor light
house board, and coast survey
The following is brief indication of the duties of these
several offices and OF the force employed therein respectively
Seere,ars 0aceIon. james Guthrie Secretary OF the
Treasury; Hon. Y. G. Washington, Assistant Secretary
one engineer charges architect and three draughsmen
temporarily employed and twenty three clerks The Secre
Ty Of the Treasury charged with the general supervision
The fiscal transactions Of the government and OF the
chon Of the laws concerning the and navigation
the United States. He spperineuds the Of the
coast the lighthouse establishment the marine hospitals o
ha United States, and the construction OF certain public
buildings for custom houses and other purposes