The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-25
The Organization or the Executive Depart
ments Of the Government of the United states.


The Organization or the Executive Depart
ments Of the Government of the United states
DEPARTMENT STATE
rba whole machinery employed TO conduct the business
i.;ng out Of our foreign relations with all the powers
~ M world Is more simple than Is generally tn-
eeiysd The number employed IN The Department Of State
Of the United States y only seventeen, as follows; one See
retary OF State Hon. W liam l.. MaFey,) Assistant
Secretary q State, ("iam Ienter,l one chief clerk
twelve clerks one translator, aud one librarian
D;l,ate BrnneA-Ths branch OF the State Department
b. charge Of all correspondence between the department and
other diplomatic agents Of the United States abroad and
h ~ nren powers accredited 10 this government In il
III dnlenate Instructions sent from the department, and
1nunieaons to commissioners under treaties OF bounda
e &C. are prepared, copied and reeorded and all Of like
reesyed are registered and filed, their contents
being first entered in an analytic table or index.
con.iar BrqucThs branch has charge Of the CORES
Sence kc between the department. and the consus and
Perea agents Of the United States. In It
~ tbe oicrs and answers their dispatches and let
@ non other rsons asking for consular agency or rela-
ting to consular affairs, are prepared and recorded
rB DiLtrsfad AgsEHd has charge of all correspond
enee and other matters connected with accounts relating %
any aud with the disbursement Of which the department
charged.
TAe T,aasator His duties are furnish such trsnsla-
tous as the department require lie also records the
commissions eoasu aud vice consus, when not in English,
upon which exequaturs are issued.
gleyk Of Appointments and conussions--E makes out
and records commissions letters Of appointment and nomi
nations the Senate makes out and records exequaturs
and records when in English the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge OF the library.
Clerk Of tie Rolls and AreaireHe takes charge of the
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- they
are received at the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
pares for and upernends their publication and that
ties the newspapers and in book form attends to their
distribution throughout the United Sats that of all
and publications in regard to which this duty
assigned 70 the department. writing and answering all let
ters connected Herewith Has charge OF all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Astotieatons and Coppight.. He has charge
Of the seas the United States and the and
prepares and attaches certificates presented for
hencaton receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
publications 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.
pafdons and remsson and registers and lilies the petitions
and papers which they founded. Makes and
cords pasporss keeps daily register of all letters other
than diplomatic and CONSULAR received and of the dspos
on made othem prepares letters relating this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States r. H. Giet, eg, chief clerk. The ordinary bust
Of this office may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions the business of the govern
ment or by the Solicitor of the Treasury
Examination of the titles of all land purchased the
sss Of asena custom hogses and all other
Applications padons in all of conviction in the
courts oi the United States.
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
business Of the government
s. The conduct and argument of all suits the Supreme
The supervision Of all other suits arising in any Of the
departments when referred By the head thereof to the Ator
10 ordinary heads Of the business Of The Office are
added at tbe present time the following, viz:
First The direction Of all appeals on sand claims in Cali
ornia
Second The codcaon and revision Of the laws Of the
District Of Columbia.
INTERIOR Department.
Secretary Of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
ltg force
consists Of chief clerk (George G. Whiting, esq.
one dbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and to
its supervision ard management committed the following
branches OF the public service:
Is TIE PaJc LaadsTbe obiefof this hureaus called the
Commissioner of the General Land Office" The Land Bureau
charged with the survey management and sale OF the pub
lie domain and the issuing titles therefor whether derived
by sales donations Of grants for schools military bounties
or public improvements and likewise the revision of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the Issuing ofscrp in lieu
thereof The and Office alo audits its acconts The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. III. Hendricks, Of In
diana. Its principal officers recorder, chief
principal clerk Of public lands principal clerk Of private
land claims and principal clerk of of whom
appointed BY the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides daughtsman assistant aughtsna and o6
clerks Of various grades.
ID PetsionsThe present head of this bureau the Hon.
Josiah Alinot, of New Hampshire. The Commissioner Is
charged with the examination and adjudication all claims
arising under the and laws passed BY Con-
gres granting bounty Land pensions for military naval
sevc in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged. He has cie
clerk, g. Cole, esT) and permanent corps consist
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements
bonntyand law has added temporary force of about
fifty clerkships Of different denominations
3d. hadiaas.Commissione Of Indian fairs Hon. George
W. Mmypenuy, Of Ohio. lie is provided with a chief
clerk and aboat fifteen other subordinate clerks.
fth Patent 0tee.--To this bureau Ia committed the
execution aud performance Of all and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing
and useful discoveries, Inventions and improvements - the
collection Of statistics relating to agriculture the col
lection and distribution of seeds plants and cuttings
has chief cerkwho by law the present tine) the
nissoneten principal and ten assistant examiners of pat
en besides dozen other subordinate clerks
department. the rganic act OF s49 transferred
the Treasury Department the supervision of the OF
the United States mashals and attorneys and the clerks e
the United States the management the lead and
Tertiary OF the United States in the District Of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty OF taking and
turning the OF the United Staes and supery
ing and directing the acts OF the Commissioner OF Public
the insane Of the and and the District Of Column
ba is under the management OF tins department and BY
agnmept from the PRECEDENT has aided 70 m long ist Of
duties the and deareton OF the unsettled BOUNDARY
tians.
This department is present very inconveneny sepa
Taed and located and should BE- appropriately and pera
tion Of thenew Patent oce building the General Land Office
sporon Of the Treasury bniIdng and the Pension Olce
portion Of 'Winders building" the property OF the
government, whilst the Indian Office il located in premises
not nre-Proot, and rented OF their private owners.
TEEksuRy pEPARTxENT
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices othe Sec
refsrF OF the Treasury comptroers, commissioned or
the customs SIX auditors, treasurer, register, solicitor light
house board, and coast survey
The following is brief indication Of tho duties of these
nd Of that.