The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-21
The Organization OF the Executive Depart
mepts OF the Government Of the United states.

The Organization OF the Executive Depart
mepts OF the Government ofthe United states.
pEPARrnEsr
Tbe whole machinery employed conduct the business
.risino out Of our foreign relations with all the powers
az the world Is far simple than Is generally
ceyed The plumber employed IN the Department ef State
IN the United states only seventeen, oows One See
petary Of State (Hon. William T. Aarey.) Assistant
SECRETARY of State (Wilan Hunter,) chief clerk
twelve clerks, one translator, ard one librarian
Dloatic BraaohThis branch Of the State Department
has charge Of all between the department
other diplomatic agents q ths oni,sH & alaes abroad and
an dioomae sent from the department, and
communications 70 commissioners under treaties o. 6ounda
res &C. are prepared copied and fecorded and all Of like
character received are registered and fled their
being first entered in snaly tic table or index.
Consular ronehThis branch has charge Of the
pondence &c between the department and the consu and
commerca agents OF the United States In II instructions
10 those officers and their dispatches and to let
srs from other persons asking for consular agency rea
t;nc 10 consular affairs, prepared and recorded.
Tie Dibarsng Agert has charge Of all correspond
enee and other connected with relating
any fund with the disbursement o which the department
charged.
The Tramsator His duties are to furnish such .ransa-
tons the department require He also records the
conuls and vice consuls, when not English,
upon which exequaturs are issued
Clerk Of Appointments and Consssions.IIe makes out
records commissions letters Of appointment and noi
nations the Senate makes out and dis exequaturs
and records when English the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge OF the library
CLERK Of the Rolls and ArchipeHe takes charge of the
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions OF Congress- they
received at the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
p,re for and upeneuds their publication and that of trea
es the newspapers and in book form attends 10 their
distribution throughout the United States and that of all
d,cumen and publications in regard 10 which this duty
assigned to the department writing and answering all let
connected herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties,
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Aaheatieaons ard Copyrights-IIe has charge
of the seals the United and of the and
prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented for
tbencaon receives and for the Has charge
opubicaton transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department. other than the dpo
matte and consular.
Clerk Of Pudons and PassporsEe prepares and records
radons and rsnssions and registers and files the petitions
and papers which they are founded Makes out and re-
cords passports Keeps daily register Of all letters other
than diplomatic and CONSULAR received and of the DISPOSE
cn made fthem prepares letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing Attorney General of the United
States; X H. Get esq, Chief clerk The ordinary brsi-
Of this office may be classified under the following
heads
Official opinions the business Of the govern
ment called for by the President by any head of depart
nent, or by the Solicitor OF the Treasury.
q Examination Of the titles Of all land purchased the
sites Of arsona custom houses, lighthouses and all other
public works of the United States.
Applications for pnrions in all of conviction in the
courts OF the United States.
Applications for appointment in ell the Judicial and legal
business Of the government
g. The conduct and argument Of all suits the Supreme
Court Of the United States in which the is
cerned.
departments when referred by the head thereof to the Attor
ney General. g.. #E
70 these ordinary heads of the business Of the office gro
added al lhe present time the following, Viz:
First The direction Of all appeals land claims in Cali
Second The codfcaton and revision Of the laws the
District Of Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department. Hon. Robert Nc
Clelland, of the State Of Michigan. Its clerical force
dbursing agent, and other regular clerks aud
its supervision and management committed the following
branches Of the public service:
LIST. The Puddle LaadThe chiefof this hureau called the
"Semmssoasr Of the General Laaa 0se The Land bureau
Lehaged With thsuryey management and sale Of the pub
from confrmaons Of grants made by former
by Gales donations OF grants for schools military tunes,
public improvements and likewise the Nrgnia
military bounty land claims, aud the issuing scrip lieu
thereof The Lind Office ALSO audits accounts The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. II. Hendricks, Of In
diana. Its principal officers recorder chief
principal clerk of public lands prncpal clerk private
land claims and principal clerk Of Of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by t,p SeHe,e
besides assistant draughtsman and some log
Clerks OF various grades.
3D. sioasThc ptesent head Of this bureau is the Ioa
Josiah hinot, Of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the ainatioa and adpeaian all claims
a'ag under the va Gus and numerous laws passed b. Con
gress granting bounty land or for military naval
services n the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged He has chieI
clerk, U.s. Cole, esq) and pernanent corps consist
Ing Of some seventy other clerks, to which Congress-
enable him to the extraordinary requirements the
new bounty land law has added porary force of about
MY c'ersships Of different denominat.ons,
indiaas Commissioner Of Indian Hairs, Hon. George
~ sManypenny, Of Ohio. He il provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks
sth, Patent QFce.-To this bureau Is committed the
execution and performance OF all and things touching
aud respecting the granting aud issuing patents for new
and useful discoveres Inventions and improvements " the
collection Of statistics relating agriculture the col
lection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings. Ii
has chief corkwho by law as at the present te) the
acting Commissioned Of Patents IN the absence If the cnn-
iaEiossren principal and assistant examiners pat
hesees dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
Beaides hese four principal branches this executive
department. the organic act Of is9 transferred to il irdm
the Treasury Department the scperTison the
the United states marsha and atnrEeys ard the clerks of
the United States courts; the management the lead and
other mines OF the United States and the affairs of the
ten''ary of the United States In The District Columbia
and from the State Department the duty Of taking re-
turning the OF the United States supervs
ing and directing the acts OF the Commissioner Of Public
lHdings. ny CT Congress, also, hospital
Via Is under the management o this department apd by as
rsgnea from tho President II h.s added rs long fist of
duties the survey and desrcatun of the unsettled boundary
lines between tho States and Territories and bordering
tions.
This department ia present very inconvenieny scpa-
rated and located aud should be appropriately aud para
nenty provided for. The Secrearys oce occupies por-
uon Of henew Patent Office building the General Land Oce
portion Of the Treasury building and the Pension Office
portion of ''Wnders building the property OF the
government whilst the Indian Office Is located in premises
not hre-proof, and rented OF their private
TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT..
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of The Sec
retarY OF the treasury two oomptraers commissioner of
the auditors solicitor
house board, and coast survey
The following brief indication of the duties of these
several offices and Of the force employed therein respectively
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