The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-30
The Organization of the Executive Depart
menis OF the Government OF the United states
pEpARrmRsr or STATE.

The Organization of tho Executive Depart
menis Of the Government of the United states.
DEPARTMENT. or STATE
The whole machinery employed conduct the business
arising Of foreign relations with all the powers
Of the wprd is far simple than Is generally
ceved The number employed in the Department OF State
Of the United States is only seventeen as foow One See
Secretary Of State, (Wiliiam Hunter chief clerk
twelve clerks, translator, and one librarian
Diplomatic BranehThs branch of the State Department
has charge Of all correspondence between the department
other diplomatic agents of the United States abroad and
those OF foreign powers accredited 10 this In it
all diplomatic instructions from the department. and
communications TO commissioners under treaties of bounda
re &c prepared, copied and recorded and all of like
character received registered and filed their contents
being first entered in an analytic table or index.
Consular BraueThis branch has charge of the CORES
pondence &c. between the department and the
commercial agents of the United States In Instructors
to those officers their dispatches and to let
other persons asking for consular agency
ting TO consular Affairs, are prepared and recorded
The Disbnrsing Agsn-He has charge of all correspond
and other matters connected with relating
any fund with the disbursement of which the department
charged.
The Transaor His duties are to furnish such trausla
,ions the department may require He also records the
Commissions Of eonsn and consuls when English
upon which exequanrs are issued.
Clerk of appointments and Commissions lie makes ont
and records commissions letters of appointment and nom
nations to the Senate makes out and records exequaturs
and records when in English the commissions which they
are issued Has charge OF the library.
Clerk of e Rols ArcLpes-He takes charge of the
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- as they
are received the department from the Presden
the authenticated copies thereof which are called TOR pre-
p,res for and aperinends their Publication that Of
@ " ,e anp N oook iora attends to their
dcdmen and publications in regard to which this duty
assigned to the department. writing and answering all let
ters connected Herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto
c,ers Of As.aenieae"s and coPyrg has charge
prepares and attaches certificates papers presented for
thentcaon receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
opubicaon transmitted to the department under laws
relating to copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department. other the dplo
matte and consular.
Clerk Of Pardons and PasporHe prepares and records
pardons and remssions and registers files the petitions
and papers on which they founded Makes and
cords passports keeps daily register all letters other
than diplomatic and consular received and of the dspos
ton made them letters relating this business
ATTORNEY oENERAL's OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States; X. H. Gle esq, chief clerk The ordinary bust
heads
Official opinions the current business the govern
ment, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
~, y Examination Of the titles Of al land purchased the
public works of the United States.
Applications for pardons in all of conviction in the
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
business Of the government.
s. The conduct and argument of all suits the Supreme
Court the United States in which the government
cerncd
he
departments when referred by the head thereof the
ney General.
70 these ordinary heads of the business Of the office ara
added at the present time the following, viz:
First The direction of all appeals land claims in Cali
Second The codfcaton and revision of the laws Of tho
District Of Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Cleand, of the State of Michigan Its clerical force
CONSISTS Of chief clerk George c. Whiting, esq -
and ton ot rclarh pd
It's supervision and management committed the following
branches Of the public service:
lst. The Public The this b,rea aled Tho
Commissioner the General Land Office The Land Bureau
charged with the survey management and sale of the pub
lie domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from combinations of grants made by former governments
by sales donations of grants for schools military bountes
orpublic improvements and likewise the revision Virginia
military bounty land claims the issuing Of scrip in lieu
thereof The Land Ohce also, auds its accounts. The
diana. Its principal officers are recorder chief or
prncpa clerk OF public lands, principal clerk of private
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughtsman, assistant draughtsma and
clerks of various grades
3D. PensioaThc present head of this bureau the Hon.
Josiah Minot, of New Hampshire. The Commissioner
charged with the examnatioh and adjudication all claims
arising under the laws passed by Con
gress granting bounty land pensions military or naval
services IN the revolutionary and subsequent in which
clerk tS Cole and orn mMs one
ing ol some seventy other clerks to which Congress-
bounty law added temporary force Of about
fifty cerkshps of different denominations
ID Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
W. Manypenny of Ohio. He is provided with chiet
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th. Patent ODice.--To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance of all and things touching
ana respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
and useful discoveries Inventions and improvements y the
collection OF statistics relating agriculture; the col
lection ana distribution of Seeds plants and cuttings 1t
mas chief cekwho by law Gas at the present tmc) the
Acting Commissioner of Patents the absence of the Com
missionerten principal assistant examiners pat
besides some dozen other subordinate clerks
BESIDES these four principal branches of this executive
the organic act of S49 transferred it from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the Of
e United states maras and attorneys, and the clerks Of
other mines of the United States and affairs of the pen
tentary OF the United States in District Columbia;
ana from the State Department the duty taking
turning the censues OF the United States supervis-
ing and directing the acts of the Commissioner Of Public
buildings BY of Congress- also the hospital for
pa under the management OF this department and by
sgnment from the President it has added to its long list
duties the survey and demarcaon the unsettled boundary
ne between the States and Territories and bordering
tions.
This department is at present very sopa-
rated and located and should be appropriately and pera
nenty provided for The Secrearys Office occupies por
ton of henew Patent Office building the General Land Office
aporion of the Treasury building, and the Pension Office
portion of Wndcr's building the property OF the
government whilst the Indian Office located premises
not treprooi, and rented of their private owners.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
The Treasury Department consists of the offices Of the Sec
arY OF the Treasury, two comptrolefs, commissioners of
he customs six auditors treasurer register solicitor light
house board and coast survey.
The following brief indication of the duties of these
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