The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-09

Il isJueasn saf ct4s Oh WEEKLY.
The Organization OF the Executive Depart
meats Of the Government ofthe United states.
oEpAHraEsr or STATE.
The whole machinery employed conduct the business
arising Of foreign relations with all the powers
sS TP6a bs number s snoTsa s m To- anaf = generally
the United states s only seventeen tolows One Sec
s,ary & y State wan aunts ONE oas sa A'1 as
twelve clerks, one translator, and one librarian.
Dipoaatic Braneh branch of the Department
charge OF all correspondence between the and
other diplomatic sgeuss United states abroad and
those Of foreign powers accredited to this government In
communications to commissioners under
e Se are prepared copied and reeordsd and all o. like
character received registered and fled their
being FIRST entered in analytic table index
Consular ancAThs branch has charge Of The CORES
pondence Ae between the depar and the consuls and
commercial agents Of the United States In It
to officers and their dispatches to let
from ether asking for consular agency rea
ting to consular affairs are prepared and recorded.
The Disbsiag AgenHe has charge of all correspond
and other matters connected with relating
any fund with the disbursement Of which the department
charged.
The Tronsiafor. His duties are furnish such transa-
tons the department require lie also records the
commissions of consus and vice consul when In English
upon which excquaturs are issued.
Clerk Of appointment and CopBssoas.He makes ont
and records commissions letters Of appointment and nomi
nations the Senate makes out and records exequains
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are issued. Has charge OF the library.
Clerk Of Rolls aud Archoes.He takes charge of the
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- they
received at the department from the Presidents
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
pes for and superinends their publication and that of
ties IN the newspapers and ID book orm attends to their
distribution throughout the United States and that of all
assigned to the department writing and answering all let
connected herewith. Has charge OF all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto
Clerk of Aathcnticaons aud CopyrightsHe has charge
the seals of the United States and of the department and
and attaches certificates to papers for
hentcation receives and accounts for Has charge
publications transmitted to the department under the
relating 70 copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords ali letters from the department other than the dpo-
matte and consular
cerh q Iasdoas and PassPor prepares and records
pardons and remssions and registers and files the petitions
and papers which they founded. Makes re-
cords passports keeps daily register of all letters other
made them prepares letters relating this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the Emitted
States K H. Get esq, chief clerk The ordinary busi-
OF this office may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions the business of the govern
ment called for by the President by any head Of depart
ment, or BY the Soictor'of the Treasury.
Examination Of the titles Of all land purchased, the
sites Of arsena ensom houses lighthouses and all other
Applications for pardons in all of conviction in the
courts Of the United STATES
A. Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
business OF the government.
The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court OF the United States in which the
cerned.
departments when referred by the head thereof to the Aor
10 these ordinary heads Of the business Of the office are
added at the present time the following, viz
=. .ka al appeals on land claims in Cali
Second The codcation revision of the laws Of the
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
sssrstary y Of the Interior Department Hon Robert Nc
consists OF chief clerk (George G. Whiting. esq.
one dsbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and
Its supervision and management committed following
branches of the public service:
lt The Pa LandsThe chiefof this bureau is 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
from conirmaon OF grants made by former
by sales donations OF grant for Schools military bounties
orpac improvements and likewise the revision Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip in lieu
thereof The Land Office also, suds accounts. The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. H. Hendricks Of In
DIANA. ts principal officers are recorder, chief OF
principal clerk of public lands principal clerk private
land claims and principal clerk Of suryeys Of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughtsman assistant dranghuan and loo
clerks Of vnrious grades
3D. present head Of this bureau Is the Hon
Josiah iinot, OF New Hampshire The Commissioner is
charged with the exaunaton and adjudication Of all claims
arising under the and laws passed by Con
gress granting bounty land pensions for military
services in the revolutionary aud subsequent in which
clerk Is. Cole, csq) and permanent corps consist
ing OF some seventy other clerks to which Congress,
enable him meet the extraordinary requirements
bounty land law has added ten orar force Of about
Fifty clerkships of different denominations.
3D. Indians sCommssoner Of Indian Afairs, Hon. George
W. Manypenpy, of Ohio. He is provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th Patent 09fce.-To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance of all and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing patents
and useful discoveries, Inventions and improvements " the
collection OF statistics relating agriculture the coll
lection and distribution OF seeds plants, and cuttings.
has chief cerkwho BY law the present tine)
Acting Commissioner of Patents the Com
missionerten principal and ten assistant examiners
besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department. the organic of 1s49 from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the
the United States marsa and attorneys and the clerks OF
the United States cnurts the of the lead and
other mines of the United States and the affairs of the pen-
tentiary OF the United States in the District of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty Of taking and
turning the of the United States and of supervs-
ing and directing the OF the Commissioner of Public
Budngs BY recent acts Of Congress also, the hospital for
the insane Of the and navy and Of the District of Coun-
gnDent from the President added its long list Of
duties the survey and demarcaon unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tions.
Tits department Is present very nconveneny sepa-
rated and located and should be appropriately pera-
neny provided for The Secretarys Office occupies
ton Of thenew Patent cce building the Land Oce
apoon of the Treasury building and the Pension Office
portion OF .sWinders building" the property OF the
government whilst the Indian Office Is located in premises
not hre-proof and rented OF their private
TRgAsCay DEPARTMENT.