The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-18
r,e Organization OF the Executive Depart
nents Of the Government OF the United States.

M vh0I0 maCII0eTy tupIONtI
ring o1t of foreign relations with all the powers
g,bs world i far simple than is generally co1-
s1sd. TIE number employed IN The Department of State
s,,ry IL State (Ioa William i. Marcy) Assistant
Secretary Of State, Hon D. s Mann one chief clerk,
1--WE clerks, one translator, and one librarian.
b;r,sic Bsaaek--Ths branch Of the State Department
h charge all correspondence between the department and
other dpoac agents q ne United states abroad ana
M duloatc instructions sent IRON the department, and
ommuneaons to commissioners under treaties q 9ounda
srter received are registered and fled their contents
icing trst entered in anaytie table or index
coa.alar BraseaThs branch has charge Of the CORES
pdencc ae the department and the eonsuls and
ronraercsai agents OF the United states Ia 1t instructions
70 those officers and their Dispatches and 70 let
tes from other persons asking for consular agency OF rca
ting TO consular affairs, prepared and recorded
rae Disr.iny AgeaHe has charge Of all correspond
snce and other matters connected iih accounts relag y
say fund with disbursement Of which the department IS
charged
rke fSaaaaior. Ills duties 70 furnish such transa
ons the department may require lie also records the
eonsus and vice consuls, when not In Engish
upoa which exeq1aturs are issued
fi,,k az Agsoaiaacais and Coazssioas-Hc makes out
ana records letters OF appointment and noi-
natiou. 10 the senate makes and records
and records when in Englsh the commissions hch hpy
are issued Has charge of the library
fJ,rl f tAe Rolls aag ArcAiresTe takes charge OF the
rolls or enrolled acts and resolutions Of Congress- they
are received the department from the Presidents prepares
and supern,ends tneir publication, and that Of trea
M the newspapers and in book form attends to their
distribution throughout the United States and that of all
Documents and publications in regard to which this duty
assigned the department writing and answering all let
ter connected herewith Has charge OF all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
clsrs o 4sleafnafioas and CopyrigfsH He has charge
q. the seals United States and the department.
prepares aud attaches certificates to papers for
;henaon receives and accounts for the Has charge
ofpubcaons transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department, other than the dpo
nalic and consular.
Clerk 81 Pardons and Possportse prepares and records
pdoa and remssons 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 DISPOSE
tor made Of them prepares letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS oFrfcE.
Hon Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
States K. Ii. Giet, esq, chief clerk. The ordinary bust
Of this office may be classified under the following
heads
meu called for BY the President by any bead Of depart
ment, Or BY the Solicitor Of the Treasury
% o arsensls custom houses rhthouser and Ill Other
public works Of the United States.
Applications for pardons in all Of conviction in the
courts Of the United States.
Applications appointment all the Judicial and legal
business of the government
The conduct and argument Of all suits in the Supreme
ca Of the United States in which the government is
cernsd.
To 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
ieTnia.
Second The codcaion and revision OF the laws Of the
District Of Coluaba.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Of the Interior armenr, Hon. Robert Nc
Celland, Of the State OF Michigan Its clerical force
dbussng agent, and ten other regular clerks and
IL supervision and management are committed the following
branches Of the public service:
l The Public LandThe chief this bureau called the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office" The Land Bureau
charged with the survey, management and sale Of the pub
lie domar and the issung therefor whether derived
BY sales donations grants for schools military bountes
public improvements and likewise the of Virginia
military boun,and claims, and the issuing of scrip lieu
thereof The Land Office, also, aads its accounts. The
Columbia Its principal officers recorder, chief
PnncPa clerk Of public lands, principal clerk Of private
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughtsman assistant draughsman, and LOG
clerks Of various grades.
3D. present head this bureau is the Hon.
Lorin 7. Waldo, Of Connecticut. The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication Of all claims
ng under the raous and numerous laws passed by Com
ge granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the revolutionary and subsequent wars which
i6e United States have been engaged lie has chief
ing Of seventy othsr clerks to which concress. 10
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements Of the
new boGnyand law. has added temporary force about
my eierkshipa Of different denominations.
Indians Of Indian Affairs Hon George
Y. Aanypenny, Of Ohio He is provided with chief
aefs and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4ih. Patent 05ioeTo this bureau Is committed the
trscuton and performances OF al and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing o patents for new
~ uai discoveries Inventions and Improvements - the
collection OF statistics relating agriculture the col
lection ard distribution OF seeds, plants cutinzs Ii
ss che cierkwho by law (ss at the present me the
Acting Commissioner OF Patents the absence OF the Com
nls9nerten principal and ten assistant, examiners OF pat
t besides some dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
Besides these four principal branches this executive
aepatneni the organic act Of isA9 transferred
the Treasury Department the supervision Of the accounts o
e United States marshals and attorneys and the clerks Of
he United states courts the lead and
hef mines Of the United States and the affairs the peni
o A..
nd from the State Department the duty Of taking and re-
turning the OF the United States and superFis-
~ ana directing the Of the Commissioner Public
badings by recent acts Of Congress- aise the hospital
s nsan Ct the army and navy Of the District Of Colun
s under the management OF this department. by az
gnsn from the President, il has added long list Of
A The survey and demarcnton Of the unsettled boundary
tons.
This department present very incony enntlv sepa
Ae end located and should be appropriately and pere
1enty provided for The ecretarys Office occupies por-
nn q thenes Patent Office buiidng the Genera Land occ
portion Of the Treasury baildnE and the Pension Oace
PORTION Of ''NiBdes bridtng, the property Of the
government, whilst The Indian uoe i located IN premises
not hreProof, and rented Of their private owners.
TREASURY pxpaKT~pHT
The Treasury Department the Offices Of the Sec
afY q the Treasury, two comptrolers commissioner Of
e customs, sx audors treasurer, register, solicitor light
no2se board, and survey.
The following brief indication OF the duties of these
several Offices and of the force employed therein respectively
Sscaayys 0Gceiion. James Guthrie, Secretary oc the
Iseaury Hon. II. g. Washington Assistant Secretary
engineer in charge; architect and three aughtsgren
orafty employed, and twenty three clerks The Seofe
o. The Treasury IL charged with the general supervision
we hsca transactions s the governnent and Of the
shon % the laws conccrnng and navigation
q The United States. He supefinends the survey of the
sAs u lghihouse establishment the marine hospitals o
Saed States, and the Construction o. certain public