The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-31
,se organization OF the Executive Depart
.,eo,s of the Government of the United States.
pEpAarnEsr or STATE.

s5 Tire number employed In The Department q State
e I United States il only seventeen ioliows One Sec
,svy of State, (lon. William H. Marcy,) one Asai.taa
Secretary or State (Wnism Hunter, one chief clerk,
sslse clerks, one translator, end one librarian.
,5,;. BraaehThis branch of the State Department
bege o all correspondence between the department. and
5sr diplomatic agents OF The United States abroad spd
% ~ ,reigu pow ers accredited 10 this government. In il
IN 5nIonsc inructons seq. from tae department, ard
ssnaeatjop to commissioners under treaties q bonude
e &c are prepared copied, and eeolded and all of1e
hecy received a. registered aud fled their copteuts
islag frs entered in am 1naly tic table or index
a,uiay Braaeh.--Ths branch has charge OF the
donce 6c between the department and the consus and
agents Of the United States. in Il instructions
= tSo olces answers their depatehes and TO lei
M nom other persons asking for consular egeney or resa
Ia u consrlar aasrs, prepared end recorded.
qBe p5araq Ageat.-iIe has charge of all correspond
p ard other matters connected with accounts relating TO
y dad with the disbursement OF which the department Is
fasss9l.-
Tle T,ansaior ls duties 10 furnish such ransia
aons the department oay require lie a'so reeea me
commissions Of consu aud vice consus when not IN bngsh
upon which exequatars ate Issued
gIerk of Appoatsaeas and Comr,issoas.He MAKES out
end records commissions letters Of appointment, and nou
raons the Senate makes ort and records exeqnGtars
and records when in English the commissions on which tny
ere issued. Has charge OF the library.
oisft u he Rol,s and drchsc.He takes charge Of the
rolls or enrolled resolutions cf Congress, they
rre received az department from the Presidents pepes
the authenticated copies thereof which called or
mares m and experiments their publication aud thai OF tca
ties n the newspapers and in book form attends 70 their
d.ribuon throughout the United States, and that OF al
documents and publications in regard 70 whleh TINS dlty IS
assigned the department; writing and answering al let
tiers connected herewith Has charge all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Authorizations and CapyrisksHe has charge
the seals the United States ana of the department. and
prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented tor au
entcaon receives aud accounts Tor the fees Has charge
o publications transmitted tie department under the
reati1g 70 copyrights records aud indexes their es
cords AL letters om the department. other than the dpo
matic and consnlar.
ieyk of Pordons end Passports prepares and records
pardous and emisons and registers and lilies the petitions
and papers wlich they founded Makespnt aud
oors passports; keeps day register of all letters other
than diplomatic and consular received aud Of the dsposi
ton made theo prepares letters relating TO this business
ArrosrEy GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney, General of the United
States H. H. Get, egq, chef clerk. The ordinary busi
ness O. this Office may be classified under the following
heads.
mca called for by the President by any head OF depart
usas or by tho Solicitor OF the treasury.
Examination OF the titles OF nil land purchased as the
sp30 afnas csom houses, lighthouses, aud all otbcr
pa5ic works O Vie United States.
Applications for padons in all cases of conviction In tho
ooaf's OF the United States.
L. Applications appointment in all the judicial and legal
business OF the government
s. Tie conduct and argument OF all suits in the Supreme
Coart Of the United States in which the
earned.
g. The supervision Of all ether arising any Of the
departments when reered by the bead thereof to the Ator
10 these ordinary heads of the business Of tho Office are
added at the pr time the following, viz:
First The direction OF al appeals land claims in Cali
second The codcaton and revision OF the laws Of tho
District OF Coluuibta.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Ce'land, Of the State Of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists OF chief clerk, George c. Whiting esq
one douspg agent and ten other regular Clerks aud to
It's supervision and management committed the following
brsnohes OF the public service
1t The Pubic LaadThe chefof this bureau is called the
"Conmssoner Of the General Land Office" The Land
tic domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from combinations Of grants made by former governments,
by SAFES donations, OF grants Tor schools military bountes,
orpnbc improvements, and likewise the revision ginia
military bounty lard claims and the Issuing scrip lieu
thereon The land Odce also eudits lis accounts. The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. Ii. Hendricks, of In
diana lts principal officers recorder, chief
land cam and principal clerk surveys-al OF whom are
appoatsd by the President and confirmed by the Senate
peses daughsnan assistant draashtsmap and LOG
clerks q various grades.
3D. PeasioasTbe present head Of this bureau is the Hon
Josiah Mnot of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication OF all caus
arising under the and passed by
gres granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services 10 the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged. He has one cbie
clerk, IS Cole esq.,) and permanent corps consist
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements the
new boapts law has added porary force Of about
hlty cerkships of different denominations
Sd hdiaas.C Commissioner OF Indian Affairs Hon. Gocrge
W. Manypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with chiet
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4tb. Patent Ogice.-To this bureau il committed the
execution and performance Of all things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing patents new
collection OF statistics relating agriculture; the col
lection and distribution OF seeds plants and cuttings It
has chief clerkwho by law present
Acting Commissioners OF Patents the absence o the Com
masionerten principal and examiners OF pat
en besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches this new executive
department. the organic act of lSl9
the Treasury Department the supervision Of the Of
the United States matsbas and attorneys and toe clerks Of
the United Statos courts; the management OF te lead and
ober mines OF the United States and The affairs pep
tertiary Of the United States he District OF Coua,a;
and from the State Department TIE Of ticking
turning the OF the United States supervis
ing aud directing the OF the Commissioner OF Public
Baudings Gy recent OF Congress- also be hospital for
the insane OF tue army aud fe District Of Cou-
ba Is under the management OF this departments nnd oy as
ugnment fom tho President IL has added its long ss OF
duties e and iamarcson OF the unsettled boundary
lines between the States End Territories and bordering
tOps.
rats and located aud should be appropriately and perla-
nenty provided Tor. The Secretary oce occupies por-
uon tenew Patent Oce building The GeDers Land Office
aporton % The Treasury building, end the Pension oce
portion o. "Winders bud'pg," ho property OF the
government, whilst the indian lice Is located in premises
nos hfeptoo5 and rented OF their private
TREAsuRY DEPARTMENT..
Ibe Treasury Department consists the Offices oe the Sec
rtarY OF the Treasury conptFolcr commissioner of
the cuetoms six auditors treasurer register solicitor qlt
house board, and survey
The following brief Indication OF the dntes Of these
several Offices end Of the force employed therein respectively
Secreys 06iee.lion. james Guthrie Secretary of dc
Treasury Hon. j. G.. Washington Assistant .eetsrv
one engineer IN charges architect and three
temporarily employed, and twenty three clerks The Sccre
% The Treasury is charged with the general vision
eauou OF the laws concerning the comtorce and nnveon
OF the United States. He superntends no suvov ~ tbe