The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-20
The OrganiEa fioa OF the Executive Depart
sDents Of the Government Of the United states.
prrAsrmEsr or srATs.

ORGANIZATION
Ipents Of the Government offhe United states.
prrAsTaEsT o. STATE
The whole machinery employed 70 conduct tie business
.sur out Of our foreign relations with all powers
osissS The number employed the Depsrslsa Il state
ge,s-r Il STATE Hon william u Msrsy.J one Assistant
Secretary Of state, (wiliam Hanler CHIEF clerk
twelve clerks, Translator, aud one librarian
,sorsa.sc raaoAThs branch Of the state Department
has charge oerrpondenoc between the department ard
other diplomatic ageis OF the United States abroad, and
those OF foreign powers accredited this government In
m diposaate FROM the depxrnea, and
COMMUNICATIONS commissioners uIder treaties % teurta
sracser received ressred and fled their contents
being first entered in analytic table index
oorsular BrarA This branch bas charge ~ the
sanmercia agents 81 the United States In Instructions
to those officers, and their dispatches and let
t from other persons asking for consular agency, rtla
ting 70 consular affairs, prepared sad recorded.
YBs Diabsriag 1ges,Be has charge ot a correspond
enee other connected with seceuU.s relating
any fand with the disbursement q rah the department.
charged.
The 7ropasor His duties are farnish such znsla-
tons the department may require He also records the
commissions Of oonsnis and vice consu when net N t,
upon which exequaturs are issued
Clerk ef Agpoi,tAesfs and CoHnissioas.-He makes
and records commissions letters Of appointment and Domi
nations TO the senae makes out and records eaequaturs
and records when in English, the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge Of the library
CLERK Of the Hoqs aad AroRfeesHe takes charge or the
rolls or enrolled and resolutions Of Congress- rs hev
received the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated eces thereof which called for pre-
psres Tor and supernends the publication and that OF
ties the newspapers and il book foF attends their
distribution throughout the United States, and that Of al
and publications in regard which this duty is
assigned 10 the Department. writing and aIswering all let
connected herewith Has charge Of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto
Clerk of AHtienficaoHs and Copyrtelis-e has charge
Of the seals Of The United States and Of the department and
prepares and attaches certificates papers presented
thentcson; receives aud for the fees. Has charge
opubeaons transmitted 70 the department under the laws
feaahg y sops resoas Aha hlaeses inelr tlle e
cords all letters ifo the department other than the dplo-
matte and consular
Clerk Of Paraons aad Passaor lie prepares and records
psrdcns reasios aad registers ss the petitions
and papers on witch they founded Makes and
cords passports keeps daily register Of ali letters other
than diplomatic and consular received and Of the dspos
ton made Of them letters relating to this business.
ATTnngEy orxEnaL's OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States; X. H. Ge esq, chief clerk The ordinary bGsi
OF this office aay be classified under the following
heads
Official opinions the business Of the govern
men called for by the President BY any head OF depart
Inent, by the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
Examination Of the titles of eli land purchased the
Of arsena custom houses houses, and all other
Applications for pGrdos all Of conviction in the
courts Of the United States.
Applications for appointment IN all the Judicial and legal
business OF the government
5. The conduct and argument Of all suits in the Supreme
Court OF tie United States IN which the government Is
g. The supervision Of al other suits arising in any Of the
departments when referred BY ths head thereof TO ts AttoF
10 these ordinary heads Of the bunsss of the Office are
added at the present time the oloring,
fornia.
District Of Columbia.
INTERIOR pErARTaEsT.
Secre.ary Of the Interior Department Hon Robert Nc
Celnnd, OF the State Of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists Of chief clerk, t6eorge C. Whiting, esq
dsbuisng agent and ten other regular clerks and
its supervision ard management committed following
branches Of the public service:
l TIE Pube LangsThe cefof this bureau called the
Commissions Of the tener Land Ocen The Iaa3 Bnreau
charged with the and sale of ae pub
lie domain the issuing Of titles therefor weher derived
from conrmstos OF grants made by former governments,
by sales, donations, OF grants for schools military boantes,
public improvements and likewise the of Virginia
military bounty aDd claims, and the issuing scrip
thereof The Lfnd Uee, also, aats its The
present Commissioner is Hon I. H. Hendricks OF In
diana. its principal officers a recnrder chief
principal clerk OF public lands, principal clerk o private
iand ealm ana pecpai esrk q surTeysa az q whom are
besides dranghsaan, assistant raagbtsnGn and some los
clerks Of various grades
Josiah Minot of New Hampshire. The Commissioner il
charged with the unaton and adjudication Of al claims
arising under the and numerous laws passed by Con-
gres granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the reFolatonary aad subengnt in which
Clerk Is eoe e'g-,l and permanent corps consist
ing Of seventy other clerks, 10 which Congress- To
new bounyand law has added temporary force OF about
fhy clerkshPs Of different denominations
ID Of Indian Affairs, Ecn. George
W. Manypenny, OF Ohio. He is provided With chief
clerk and about fifteen other snoordinaie clerks.
4th. Patent O5scc.-To this burezu committed the
execution aud performances or all sacs things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing Of patents for
and useful discoveries inventions, and ~ the
collection Of statistics relating acricaitare the col
lection and distbnton of seeds plants and cuttings Ii
has chief clekwho BY law as At the present teD the
Acting Commissioned Of Paents the Gbsenee the
1lssi0nerten ~ cipal and Of pat
besides dozen other subordinate permanent er
Besides these four principal branches ~ executive
department. the organic act Of lsaS transferred from
the Treasury Department the supervision OF the
the United Staes marshas and sttorney and the clerks
the United States the cement the head and
other mines OF the United States and the affairs Of
tertiary o the United States IN the District u Columbia
and from the State Department the eGty of taking
farming the Of the United States euperyis
Ing and directing the Of the Commissioner of Public
Buildings By act Of Congress, also, hospital
the insane Of the armY and nnyy and o the District Coa
ba under the management ~ this department and bv
Egnment from the President has added long list Of
duties the and dear Of the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tinns.
This department present VERY nuourenenty sepa-
rated and located and should be appropriately and pera-
neny provided for. The Office occupies nor
ton Of thenew Patent Oce building the General Land 0ce
portion az the rersury buding. and the Pension Dice
portion of ..winder building" the property o. the
government whilst the Indian oce Is located ia premises
not fre-proo, and rented Of their private
DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices of the Sec
retarv Of the Treasury. couptruliers commissioner Of
the customs, sir auditors treasurer register, solicitor, light
house board and coast survev
several Offices and Of the force employed therein respectively