The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-10-10
The Organization OF the Executive Depart
ments of fie Government of The United states.

The Organization OF the Executive Depart
DEPARTMENT or STATE
The whole machinery employed conduct the business
arising out OF our foreign relations with all the powers
Of lie world Is far simple than is generally
ceyod The number employed IN The Department Of State
o tie United States Only seventeen follows One Sec
reary Of State (Hon. William l.. Marcy,) one Assistant
Secretary OF State (Willam Hunter, chief clerk,
twelve clerks, translator, and one librarian
D;,maiic RranohThis branch Of the State Department
has charge ell correspondence between the department
other diplomatic agents o. the United States abroad and
those OF foreign powers accredited to this government In it
ali dipomac Instructions sent from the department and
communications commissioners under treaties OF baunda-
re &c prepared copied, and recorded and all like
baaeer received are registered aud filed their contents
being first entered in an analytic table or index.
ooasuar branch This branch has charge Of the
commercial agents Of the United States In il instructions
to those officers and to their dispatches and
er from other persons asking for agency or re-
ting to consular affairs, are prepared aud recorded
The Dtbursag AgsntHe has charge Of all correspond
ence and other matters connected with relating
any fund with the disbursement of which the department
charged.
The Transaior HE dutcs are to furnish such rausla
tion the department may require. lie also records the
commissions Of coals and vice eaasuls, Ne in Eag
upon which exequatnrs are issued.
Clerk Of 4lpoiaeuts and Oo,qnissio,s.Ee makes out
and records commissions letters Of appointment and nom
nations to the Senator makes aud records exequaturs
and records whom in English the commissions on which they
are issued. Has charge Of the library.
Clerk Of he Rolls and ArcisesIie takes charge Of The
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- as hoy
received at the department from the PRESIDENT prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
p,re for aud superntend their son and that Of trea
tics the newspapers and book form attends to their
distribution throughout the United States that OF all
documents publications regerd to which this duty
assigned TO the department. writing and answering all let
ers connected Herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk of Auheicatioas and CopurfqhtsIIe has charge
the seals Of the United States aud department.
prepares and attaches certificates papers for
henaon receives and accounts for the Has charge
opubcations transmitted 10 the department under laws
relating to copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department other than the plo-
matte and consular.
Clerk Of Pardons and PasortaHe prepares and records
pardons and emssons and registers and s the petitions
and papers on which they founded Makes ont and
cords passports; keeps daily register Of all letters other
than diplomatic and consular received and of the dspos
ton made Of them prepares letters relating this business
GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cashing, Attorney General of the United
States r. III. Get, osg chief clerk. The ordinary bust
of this Office may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions on The current business of the govern
men called for by the President by any head of depart
mont or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
q Examination of the titles Of all and purchased the
sites of arsenai custom houses light houses and all other
public works of the United States.
B. Applications or pardUns n'a Of conviction in the
courts Of the United States.
Applications appointment in all The judicial and legal
g. The conduct argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the government
The supervision Of all other suits arising in any of the
departments when referred b. the head thereof the
TO these ordinary heads Of the business of the Office are
added at the present time the following viz:
fornia " '9 - oA''
Second The codcaton and revision of the laws of the
District Of Columbia. t
INTERIOR pEPARrMsST
Secretary Of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
consists Of chief clerk George G.. Whiting esq >
dbursihg agent and ten other regular clerks and
its supervision and management committed the following
branches of the public service:
lst The Public chief this bureau is called the
Commissioners General Land Office The Land Bureau
charged with the survey aement sale the pub
lie domain and the issuing titles therefor whether derived
from Of grants made BY former governments
public improvements, and likewise the Virginia
military bounty land c!aims and the issuing of scrip lieu
thereof The Land Uice Also auts its The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. II. Hendricks, Of In
diana: Its principal officers are recorder, chief
land claims and principal clerk surveysal OF whom are
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
clerks OF various grades.
3D. PensionThe present head of this bureau is the Hon
Josiah Minot, Of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication Of all claims
arising under the and numerous laws passed By Con-
services in the revolutionary and subsequent which
the United States have been engaged He has cheI
g fFh a. oo eq2 2 and ~ % corps consist
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements the
new bounty law has added porary about
hity clerk-hips of different denominations.
3D. fadiansCommissione Of Indian Affairs lion. George
W. Manypenny, OF Ohio. lie s provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th Patent 0pice--To this bureau is committed the
execution aud performance OF all acts and things touching
ana respecting the granting and issuing patents for
ana useiu discoveries Inventions and improvements " the
collection OF statistics relating agriculture the col
lection and distribution of seeds plants and cuttings 1t
has chief cerkwho IL by ma at the present neA the
Acting Commissioner OF Patents tho absence the Com
nissionerten principal and ten assistant pat
nj rerln
Besides these four principal branches Of this new executive
department. the organic of Si9 transferred il from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the accounts Of
the United States marshas and attorneys and the clerks OF
tne United states courts the management of the lead and
other mines OF the United States the affairs OF the pen
tentiafy of the United States in District Of Columbia
and from the State Department the taking and re-
turning the Of the United States and OF superv
ing and directing the acts of the Commissioner
Buildings BY of Congress- also the hospital
ba Is under the management OF this department. and by
signment from the President ii has added list of
duties the aud deacaton of the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tions.
This department is at present very nconvenentiy sepa
rated ard located and sh~ud be appropriately and rern
nenty provided for The Secretary Office pies por
ton of thenew Patent Oice building the Gone Land Office
portion of 'Winders builings now the property OF the
government, whilst the Indian Office is located in premises
not hre-proof and rented Of their private owners.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department Of the offices OF the Soc
the CUSTOMS six auditors, treasurer register solicitor light
house board, and coast
The following is brief indication Of the duties OF these
several Offices and Of heiorce employed therein respectively