The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-16
Tbe organization of the Executive Depart
nantS Of the Government of the United states

Tbe Organisation of the Executive Depart
1 ,nepts of the Government of the United states
DEPARTMENr STATE.
Tb whole machinery employed to conduct the business
iny out OF our foreign relations with all the powers
n dc world s far simple than Is generally
tsd The number employed in the Department Of State
y M limited States only seventeen, follows One Sec
gstary d State, (Hon. William l. Marcy Assistant
Ser.ary Of State (lion. ID. :. Mann chief clerk
( we've clerks one translator, and one librarian.
nuof;e Esaaeh-Tbis branch Of the State Departnen
h charge correspondence between the department and
ibe Diplomatic agents Of the United States abroad and
nose az foreign powers accredited to this government In ii
II Automatic Instructions sent from the department, and
Az picsons 10 commissioners under treaties Of bounda
~ Se are prepared copied and recorded and all Of like
5asor received registered and fled their contents
ming first entered in analytic table or index.
r.lay BrauehThs branch has charge Of the cores
podnce &c. between the department and the consus and
commercial agents Of the United States In 1t Instructions
70 those officers and answers 70 their dispatches and to let
r from other persons asking for consular agency rela
ting 10 consular affairs, prepared ana recorded
TIE Dis6ursing Agsaiie has charge Of all correspond
ence other matters connected With accounts relating 70
any fund with the aou'Semeh y which ehs n
charged.
The Yransaor. His duties furnish such transla
tons the department may require He also records the
commissions consus and consls when not IN English
upon which exequaturs are issued.
CLERK Of appointments and Conmsions-He makes
and records commissions letters Of appointment and nom
nations the Senate; makes out and records exequaturs
and records when in English the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge Of the library.
of RoUs and irehees.-He takes charge
ros or enrolled and resolutions of Congress- they
are received the department from the Presidents prepares
he authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
e il tie newspapers and in book form attends to their
distribution throughout the United States, and that of all
documents end publications in regard which this duty
assigned the department. writing and answering all let
ters herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Aathencotons and Copyrights has charge
Of the seals the United States and the department and
prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented for
henaon receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
publications transmitted TO the department under the laws
relating copyrights records and indexes their titles re-
cords all letters from the department. other than the dplo
matte and consular
CLERK Of Pardons and Pasorts.He prepares and records
pardons and remson and registers and files the petitions
and papers which they founded Makes and
cords passports keeps daily register of all letters other
than diplomatic and consular, received and of the DISPOSE
made cthem prepares letters relating this business
ATTORNEY GESERALs OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Gushing, Attorney General of the United
States X. H. Gillet, esq chief clerk The ordinary bus
Of this Office may be classified under the following
heads
Official opinions the current business of the govern
men called for by the President by head Of Depart
nent, or BY the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
Examination Of the titles of all land purchased the
public works Of the United States.
Applications pardon all of conviction in the
courts Of the United States.
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
business OF the government.
The conduct and.argument of all suits in the Supreme
eerned.
To these ordinary heads business of the Office are
added the present time the following, viz.
First The direction of all appeals land claims in Cali
brnia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Nc
Cleland Of the State of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists of chief clerk, George c. Whiting, esq
dsbursing agent and ten other regular clerks and to
branches Of the public service:
l The Pabc chefof this bureau is called the
Commissioners the General Land Office The Land Bureau
hchged with the survey management and sale of the pub
domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from combinations Of grants made by former
BY sales Donations OF grants for schools military bnunes,
public mproveneuts and likewise the revision of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip in lieu
thereof The Land Office, also, aud its own accounts The
present Commissioner is Mr. John Wilson, of the District of
Columbia. Its principal officers recorder chief
principal clerk Of public lands, principal clerk Of private
land claims and principal clerk Of surveysa Of whom are
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughtsman assistant draughsman, and l06
clerks OF various grades.
3D. present head Of this bureau Is the Hon
Lorin ?. Waldo, of Connecticut. The Commissioner is
charged with the exanination and adjudication of all claims
arising under the and laws passed by Con-
gress granting bounty land pensions for military
services in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged. He has chief
clerk, Is. Cole esq.) and permanent corps consist
Ing Of some seventy other clerks which Congress- to
enable him 70 meet the extraordinary requirements of the
new bounty land law has added porary force of about
fifty cerkshps of different denominations.
3D. hdans.C Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
w. Manypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th Patent 0Hcc.-To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance of all acts and things touching
and respecting the granting and Issuing patents
and useful discoveries inventions and improvements - the
collection OF statistics relating TO agriculture the col
lection and distribution of seeds, plants and cuttings 1t
as chief clerkwho by law the me) the
Acting Commissioner OF Patents the absence Of the Com
mssioneren principal and examiners of pat
n besides dozen other subordinate
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department. the organic act OF lSt9 transferred it, from
e Treasury Department the supervision Of the accounts
e United States marsha and attorneys and the clerks
me United States courts the management Of the lead and
other mines OF the United States and the affairs
entsry Of the United States in the District Of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty of taking and re-
turning the Of the United States aud of
@ and directing the acts Of the Commissioner Of Pnbc
buildings BY acts Of Congress- also the hospital for
me insane Of the army and navy and Of District Coun-
a under the management Of this department and by
Enment from the President 1t has added its long list
duties the survey and dearcaon Of the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering ma
tons.
This department present very inconvenantly sepa-
ated and located and should be appropriately and pera-
neny provided for The Secretary office occupies por-
uon Of henew Patent Office buing the General Land Office
sporon Of the Treasury building, the Pension Office
portion Of "Windcrs bulldog" the property OF the
government whilst the Indian Office located in premises
not hre-proo, and rented Of their private owners.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department OF the Offices Of the Sec
Tetary ot the Treasury comptroers, commissioner o
customs six auditors, treasurer, register, solicitor light
The following brief indication OF the duties of these
several Offices and OF the force employed therein respectively
= Secretary 0BiceHon James Guthrie Secretary of the
treasury Hon. p. g. Washington, Assistant Secretary