The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-12-11
The Organization of the Executive Depart
,nenfs OF the Government of the United states.

The Organization of the Executive Depart
menfs OF the Government eft the United states.
pEPAHTnEET or sTAFR.
The whole machinery employed conduct the business
arising out Of cTeign relations With all the powers
81 the world far more simple than Is generally con-
cved The number employed in the Department OF State
~ ~ United states Z oBly seventeen follows One Sec
Tetary q STATE (IIon. William I. Marcyb Assistant
Secretary OF STATE (Wiliism Hanser) chief ee=k,
twelve clerks, one translator, and one librarian.
,o.atie BranchThis branch Of the State Department
b are f an correspondence between the department and
other diplomatic sents q tne enfa ~ states abroad ahd
IN automatic Instructions sent from the department and
commissioners under treaties Of ooanda
s &C. are prepared copied and recorded and all o. like
received are registered and fled their contents
being iirs. entered in analytic tabe or index
faa.uur BraueaThis branch has charge of the
narnee c between the department and the consuls and
paeciaI agents Of the United States In il instructions
- ba officers and their dispatches and to let
t from other persons asking for consular agency, or rea
tIpg 10 consular affairs, prepared and recorded.
The Dis5arsiag AyeatHe has charge Of all correspond
ence aud other matters connected with accounts reatng 70
any fund with the disbursement oil which the department
charged.
The Translnsor His duties are furnish such transla-
ons the department may require ne also records the
commissions OF consaa and vice consuis when not IN Engh
upon which exeqaatnrs are issued
6lerk ef appointments and oonmissong-He makes out
and records commissions letters Of appointment and nom
nations the Senate makes out and records eequaGrs
and records when in English the commissions which they
issued. Has charge of the library.
Clerk ef tie Rolls and Arehives.Ie takes charge OF the
rolls OF enrolled and resolutions of Congress- as they
received the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
psres for and snpernends their publication and that Of
ties The newspapers and in book form attends TO their
distribution throughout the United states, and that Of all
and publications in regard which this duty is
assigned to the department; writing and answering all let
connected Herewith Has charge Of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Authorizations and CopyrightsHe has charge
seals of tho United States and Of the department
prepares and attaches certificates to for
hentcaon and for the fees. Has charge
publications. transmitted to the department under the
relating copyrights records and indexes their Titles
cords all letters from the department. other than the dpo-
matte and consular.
padons resons 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 dposi
made hem prepares etter relating this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States; r. H. Glet esq. chief clerk The ordinary BUSH
of this office may be classified under the following
heads
Official opinions the business Of the govern
men called for by the President by any head Of depart
ment, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
Examination Of the tites Of all land purchased as the
public works Of the United States.
Applications for pardons in all of conviction in the
courts of the United States.
Applications for appointment in MI the judicial and legal
business of the government.
g. The conduct and argument all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the government
cerned
departments when referred by the head thereof to the Attor
10 these ordinary heads of the business Of the Office are
added at the present Time the following, viz
First The direction of all appeals land claims in Cali
f5rnia.
Second The coaacaon and revision OF the laws Of the
District Of Columbia
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT..
Secretary Of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Celand, OF the State of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists Of chief clerk, George c. Whiting ESQ.,
dsbnrsng agent and other regular clerks and to
and are Committed the floin
branches of the public service
st. The chief this bureau il called the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office The Land Bureau
Is charged with the survey and of the pub
lie domain and the issuing of titles therefor whether derived
from conrmaDns of grants made by former
BY sales donations of grants for schools military
rpubc improvements and likewise the revision of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the ssung of scrip
thereof The Lsnd Office, also, auds accounts. The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. H. Hendricks, of In
principal clerk Of public ands principal clerk Of private
land oaa and principal clerk Of surveysal of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed BY the Senate
besides draughtsma assistant draughsman, and los
clerks Of various grades.
I'd present head of this bureau is the Hon.
Josiah Minot, of New Hampshire The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication az all claims
arising under the and numerous laws passed
gress granting bounty or pensions for military
services in the revolutionary and subsequent wars in which
the United states have been engaged He has
ng o oo e ana permanent corps consist
enable him the extraordinary requirements Of the
new bounty land law has added temporary about
hHy cerkships Of different denominations
3d. Indiaas.Commssionor of Indian Affairs Hon. Georre
W. Manypenny, Of Ohio. Tie is provided with a chiei
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate cerks
afh. Patcat OFcc.-To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance OF all and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing patents for new
anu useful discoveries Inventions and improvements the
collection OF statistics relating agriculture the coll
lection and distribution of Seeds plants and cuttings Ii
has chief cerkwho il by law the present time the
eafth the
msonerten principal and assistant examiners of pat-
sn besides some dozen other subordinate
BESIDES these four principal branches this
department. the organic OF IS49
the Treasury Department the supervision the
the United States marshas and attorneys and the clerks
he United states courts the management Of the
ether mines OF the United States and the affairs pen-
tenary OF the United States in the District of Columbia
and from the State Department duty OF taking and
turning the censusss OF the United States snpervis-
ing and directing the OF the Commissioner OF Public
Bndiugs BY recent of Congress- also hospital for
the insane OF the army navy Of the District of olum
Dia under the this department and by
Ggnent from the President has added III long LIST "a
duties the survey and denarcaon ef the unsettled boundary
Lines between the States and Territories and bordering ma
tons =
This department is present very inconvenutlv
rated and located and should be appropriately and perna
nenty provded for. The Seoretey Office occupies nor.
hon of heDe~ kaent Office building The General Land tce
portion OF the Treasury building and the Pension Oico
portion OF sWihders building. the property of The
government whilst the Indian Office ID located IN premises
not Hre-proof and rented Of their private owners.
DEPARTMENT
The Treasury Department consists of the Offices Of the Sc
rearY Of the Treasury two coptroers commissioner Al
the customs six auditors treasurer reqister solicitor bt
house board, and coast survey
The following is brief indication Of the dues Of tbess
several offices and OF the force employed therein
sscrsiarys oeeHon; James Guthrie, Secretary of the