The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-29
,,.. oyganIZation of the Executive Depart
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DrPAErAEsT o. STATE.

ias sot, of the Government OF the United states.
DlPARrAEsT o. STATE.
hols machinery employed to conduct the business
L'Ls LfLs ,gord i FAR more simple than is generally con
sS The number employed in the Department Of State
o., n State (IIon. William l.. Magey,) Assistant
ss ssry q State, (on d. $. Mann,) one chief clerk
sjys clerks one translator, and one librarian.
olatic Branch-Ths branch of the State Department
pH N I'M correspondence between the department aud
s Automatic agents Of the United States abroad and
% Of foreign powers accredited TO this government In il
W tonac Instructions sent from the dcpartrnen and
acatons 10 commissioners under treaties Of bounda-
~, &c. are prepared copied and reeorded and all Of like
sctsr received registered and hed their contents
S;nS srst entered in an analytic table or index
Ct,y Braaek-This branch has charge Of the cores
Jcne dc between the department and the consns and
commercial agents Of the United States In IL nsrucaons
y h officers and TO their dispatches and to let
- @ other persons asking for consular agency or rela-
ling d consular affairs, are prepared and recorded.
"a, Disarsng agc He has charge Of all correspopd-
M s5 other naers connected with accounts rrlst. 10
wv fund with the disbursements ef which the department
charged,
T6e Eaaslafoy His duties to furnish such transla-
lions a. the department may require He also records the
Commissions Of consns and vice consa when in English
pbon which exequaturs are issued
clL of Appointments and Coma,issiona.He makes out
and records commissions letters OF appointment and nomi
cations 10 the Senate makes out and records exequatuIs
nd records when in English the commissions on which they
are issued. Has charge OF the library.
clerk Of he Rois aud ArchieesHe takes charge Of the
o or enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- as they
are received the department from the Presidents prepares
The authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
pares for and supentends their publication and that of
lies the newspapers and in book form attends to their
distribution throughout the United States, and that of all
eenmea end publications in regard to which this duty Is
assigned the department. writing and answering all let
ters herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto
Clerk u Anheaheations and copyrigts. He has charge
Of the seals of the United States and Of the department and
0 IN nI
enaon receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrigh records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department. other than the dipo
metc and consular
Clerk Of Pardoas and Passports prepares and records
dops and remsons and registers and files the petitions
cords passports keeps daily register OF all letters other
han diplomatic and CONSULAR received and of the dispos
ton made cthem prepares letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
States r. H. Glet esp chief clerk The ordinary bust
Of this Office may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions on the current business of the govern
meh called for By the President by any head of depart
ment or BY the Solicitor OF the Treasury.
. Examination of the titles of all land purchased the
sites Of asenal custom houses lighthouses and all other
public works Of the United States.
Applications for pardons in all of conviction in the
courts Of the United States
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
g. The conduct and argument of ell suits in the Supreme
Court Of the United States in which the is
sernet
70 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
Eeeond The codcatien and revision Of the laws of the
District Of Columbia.
iSTERIon DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
olelaud Of the State Of Michigan. Its clerical force
tat. af Al, Cai.uI k.t., 4
disbursng agent and other regular clerks and
supervision and management committed the following
branches of the public service:
M The Public LaniThe chief this bureau Ia called the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office" The Land Bureau
charged with the survey management and sale of the pub
h domain end the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
by sales donations, of gran for schools military bountie
public improvements and likewise the revision of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip in lieu
thereof The Lsnd Oice also audt its accounts. The
present is Mr. John Wilson, of the District of
Columbia Its principal officers are recorder chief or
principal clerk OF public lands, principal clerk of private
land claims, and principal clerk of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughsman assistant dranghsman and 06
clerks of various grades.
Id Pensions present head of this bureau the Hon.
Lorin 7. Waldo, Of Connecticut. The Commissioner is
arising under the and laws passed by Con-
ge granting bounty land pensions for military naval
rvcea in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
re United States have been engaged He has chief
clerk, Is. Cole, esq) and permanent corps consist
Ing of seventy other clerks to which Congress
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements Of the
new bounty land law has added temporary force Of about
NIFTY clerkships OF different denominations.
3D. iadiaHs- Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
w. ManYpenny Of Ohio He is provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4h. Patent 0fce.--To this bureau Is committed the
execution and performance of all acts and things touching
respecting the granting and issuing OF patents for
ana useful discoveries inventions and improvements - the
solection OF statistics relating to agriculture the col
lection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings. 1t
has chief cerkwho is By law the present time) the
acting Commissioner OF Patents in the absence of the Com
moneten principal and ten assistant examiners Of pat
en besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this
apartment the organic act Of lss9 transferred to it from
we treasury Department the supervision OF the accounts of
NE United States marshas and attorneys and the clerks Of
e United States conrts the management Of the lead and
other mines Of the United States and the affairs of the pen
tenary of the United States in the District Of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty OF taking
turning the OF the United States and Of supervs
ING and directing the acts Of the Commissioner OF Public
buildings By recent acts of Congress Also the hospital
e insane Of The army and navy and Of the District Of Coun
a under the OF this department and by
gnmen from the President it has added its long list Of
duties the survey and demarcaton Of the unsettled boundary
ne between the States and Territories and bordering
TONS
This department present very inconyenienty sepa-
rated and located and should be appropriately and pera-
ton Of henew Patent Office building the General Land Office
portion Of the Treasury building, and the Pension Office
portion Of s'Winders building the property the
government whilst the Indian Office Is located In premises
not hre-proof, and rented Of their private owners.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists offices Of the Sec
af The Treasury, two comptrolers commissioner OF
mouse board, and coast survey.
The following brief indication Of the duties of these
several Offices and Of the force employed therein respectively
S.eyearys oGeeron. james Guthrie, Secretary Of the
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