The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-19
The Organization of the Executive Dcpart-
mentS OF the Government of The United states

The Organization OF ths Executive Depapt.
nents Of the Government OF the United States
nEPAHTNEsr srArE.
The whole machinery employed 10 conduct the bu,ins.
arising out Of or foreign relations with a tho powers
Of the world far more simple than Is generally con
ceEed The number employed 10 the Department o State
of the United states i oay seventeen, oows One sees
Teary o. STATE Hon William l. narcy,) Assistant
Secretary Of State, (Miam Hunter one chief clerk,
twelve clerks, one translator, aid one iibi agian.
Diplomatic Braneh branch of the State Department
has charge o. an correspondence between the department
other diplomatic agents Of the United abroad and
those OF foreign powers accredited this government In Il
all diplomatic instructions from the department aud
re &c. are prepared, copied, and recorded; an OF Ike
character received registered and fled their contents
being hrst entered IN an analytic table or index.
coasor BrcHesThis branch has charge of The cores
pondence, Sc between the department and the consus and
commercial agents q the United States In it instructions
to those officers aud answers to their dispatches and
ter from other persons asking for consular agency or re
ting to consular affairs, prepared and recorded
Fhs Disrrsias Age lie has charge Of all correspond
tnCe and other matters cQpneoted With accounts relating b
any fund with the disbursement Of which the depar
charged.
The Tranater Ills duties are to furnish such transa
commissions Of cons and vice consu when not in English
upon which exequaturs are issued.
Clerk Of Appointments ard conmissions.IIo makes out
and records commissions letters of appointment and
nations to the senate makes out and records exequatur
and records when in English the commissions on which they
Clerk Of the Ros and ArohiresIIe takes charge OF the
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- as they
~ " tie iIoHl the fresiu4nt prepares
the uuthehucated copies thereof which Gro called for pre-
psre for and supentends their publication and TINT Of
ties n the newspapers and IN book form attends to their
documents and publications in regard which this duty
assigned to tse department writing aud answering all let
tiers connected Herewith Has charge OF all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Ause"teations and copyrigif. He has charge
Identification receives and for the fees Has charge
OF publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating to copyrights records and indexes their titles re-
cords all letters from the department. other than the po-
matte and consular.
Cterk o Paron and assorts He prepares and rerora
pardons and remssons and registers and tiles the petitions
and papers which they founded. Makes and re-
cords passports keeps daily register OF all letters other
than diplomatic and consular received and of the dsosi-
tion made ofthem prepares letters relating TO this business
GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States ~ H. Gflet, esq chief CLERK. The ordEary has
of this Office may be classified under the following
heads
Official opinions on the current business Of the govern
msnt called for by the President by any bead depart
ment, by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
Examination of the titles OF all land purchased as the
sites Of arsena custom houses light honse aud ali other
public works OF the United States.
Applications for psrdons in all Of conviction in the
courts OF the United States.
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
business Of the government.
B. The conduct argument Of an suits in the Supreme
Court Of the United States in which tho
oerned
g. The supervision Of all other suits arisipi1 snv Of the
departments when referred by the head thereof the Atto
ney General
TO these ordinary heads Of the business OF The Office
added at the present time the following yiz
First The direction Of all appeals land claims in Cali
Second The codifcaon and revision Of the laws Of the
District q Courbia,
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Cleland, OF the State Of Michigan. IL clerical fore,
clerk. G. \
one disburng agent and ten other regular clerks and
its supervision ard committed the following
branches of the public service:
1t The Public LandsThe chefofth this bureau IS called the
Commissioners Of the General Land Office The Land Bareau
lie domain and the Issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from combinations Of grants made by
by sales donations, oi gran for schools military bounes,
or public Improvements, and likewise the Of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip
thereof The Land Office, Glso auits its The
present Commissioner is Hon. 7. II. Hendricks, In
diana. Its principal officers recorder, chief or
princpa CLERK OF public lands principal clerk OF private
land claims and principal clerk Of urteysall Of whom
appointed by the President by the Senate
clerks of various grades.
3D. PeasionsThe present head this bureau i the Hon
Josiah Mnot OF New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication Of a claims
arising under the and laws passed b Con-
gre granting bounty land or pensions for military naval
services ia the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged He has ehet
CLERK, (S Cole, esq,l and permanent corps consist
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements Of the
new bounty law, has added force of about
flty cerkships Of different denominations.
3D. fadiaas.C Commissioner of Indian fairs, Hon. George
W. Manypenny, of Ohio. He Is provided with a chet
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks
tth. Patent 05ice.-To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance OF all ac and things touching
and respectnghe granting aud issuing OF patents
and useful discoveries nventiuns and improvements -
collection OF statistics relating TO agriculture the col
lection ana distribution Of seeds plants, and cuttings IL
has chief clerkwho is by law Gas nie)
Acting Commissioner o Patents the absence Com
msSoneen principal aud ten assistant Of pat
ents besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches Of this executive
department. the organic act Of lSi9 transferred it from
the Treasury Department the supervision OF the
the United States marsha and attorneys and tho clerks
the United States the management Of the lead and
other mines OF the United States and the affairs Of the pen
tentiary OF the United States the District of Columbia
and from the State DepaT the dutv taking
turning the the United States and OF
ng aud directing the acts Of the Commissioner OF Public
the insanc the army aud navy District OF Couu-
ba under the Of this department. and by
sgnment from the President ii has added long list
duties the aud demarcaon OF the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tons.
rated aud located and should be appropriately perna
nenty provided for The Secrearys Office occupies nor
ton OF thenew Patent oce building the General Land Office
portion of the Treasury building and the Pension Office
portion of s'Wnders building, the property Of tho
government whilst the Indian Office Is located in premises
not dre-prooi, and rented Of their private
Treasury DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists o the Offices Of the Sec
retarY OF the Treasury, comptr0crs commissioner Of
the customs, six auditors treasurer, register solicitor light
house board, and coast survey.