The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-08-12
ne Organization OF the Executive Depart
,eots Of the Government the United states.

ne Organization OF the Executive DEPART
nents Of the Government OF the United states
DERARTMENr STATE
yl whole machinery employed to conduct the business
Sing out 81 foreign relations with all the powers
no ,a-d is far simple than Is generally CON
rcd TIE number employed in the Department of State
me United States u only seventeen follows One Sec
lsry IL state, ton William l., Marcy,) one Assistant
sasiary 81 state, (Wiliam Hunter chief clerk,
lfIye clerks, one translator, and one librarian.
Dlgtio BraRch This branch Of the State Department
charge Of al correspondence between the departure and
afr diplomatic agents Of the United States abroad and
ao OF foreign powers accredited to this government
diplomatic instructions sent from the department. aud
nmuucations to commissioners under treaties Of bounda
~ &c prepared copied and reeorded all of like
3ascr received registered and fled their contents
| siBg first entered in an analytic table or index.
Consular Braaeh.Ths branch has charge Of the CORES
nnarcia agents Of the United States In ii instructions
those officers and answers TO their dispatches and let
- from other persons asking for consular agency or re
sg to consular affairs are prepared and recorded.
TAs Dis5rsiag Agent He has charge of ali correspond
a aud other matters connected With accounts relating
81 nnd with the disbursement 6 which the depain
sssged.
ria Tqnsrto His duties are to furnish such transla-
the department may require He also records
COMMISSIONS OF consas and vice consa when not in English,
ggiE which ezeqaatnrs are issued
Clerk of 4ppoinipeats and Comissioa-Iie makes out
I'D records coInmssons, letters Of appointment and noi
ons g the senae makes out and records exequatars,
i records when in English the commissions which they
re issued Has charge of the library.
Gerk Of The Rolls aud ArchioeHe takes charge the
M or enrolcd acts and resolutions of Congress- as they
.r receiy department from the Presidents prepares
ID authenticated copies thereof which called for; pre-
gu for and snpernends their publication and that Of trea
ts ia the newspapers and in book form attends their
atributon throughout the United States and that Of all
qments and publications in regard to which this duty
gned 10 the department. writing and answering all let
m connected herewith Has charge all Indian treaties
nd business relating thereto
Clrk of Authorizations and Copyrgh-He has charge
Il e seals o the United States and Of the and
prepares and attaches Ger eate 10 pape presented for
hneation receives aud accounts for the fees Has charge
Qualifications transmitted to the department under the laws
rsug copyrights records and indexes their titles re-
cords all letters from the department, other than the dpo
asic and consular.
Clerk Of Pareons and Passpor prepares and records
ons and femssons and registers and hles the petitions
ds passports Keeps daily register Of all letters other
loan diplomatic and Consular received, and OF the disposi
ton made Of the prepares letters relating to this business
ATroasEy GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
Sses L. III. Gllct esq, chief clerk. The ordinary basi-
of this office may be classified under the following
beads
Ra called for by the President BY any head Of depart
nent by the Solicitor OF the Treasury.
2 Examination Of the titles Of al land purchased the
public works OF the United States.
Applications for pardons in all Of cyctica in the
courts of the United States
Applications for appointment all the judicial and legal
business OF the government
s. The conduct and argument OF all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the government is
sorned.
G. The supervision Of all suits arising in auy OF the
apartments when referred by the head thereof to the Ator
nsy General.
10 these ordinary heads the business OF the oce are
idied at the present time the following, viz
First The direction Of all appeals land claims in Cali
second The eodifcaon and revision the laws Of the
district Of COLUMBIAN
pEPAgrMENr.
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Csland, of the State Of Michigan ts clerical force
disbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and
i sapergson and management committed the following
tranches OF the public service:
M The Public LandsThe chief this bureau is called the
Commissioners Of the General Land Office" The Land Bureau
arged with the survey management and sale Of the pub
lie domain and the issuing titles therefor whether derived
from combinations Of grants made by former governments
BY sales donations Of grants for schools military bounties
public Improvements, and likewise the revision Virginia
Military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip in lieu
hereof The Land oice alse andit The
PRESENT Commissioner Is Hon. Il. III. Hendricks of In
dana. rs principal officers recorder, chief Or
principal clerk Of public lands principal clerk OF private
and claims and principal CLERK surveysal whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides dfanghtsman assistant draughtsnsn and Oe
clerks nf various grades.
"a Psesosefho present head of this bureau the Hon.
josiah Minot Of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
:harged with the examination and adjudication Of all claims
Arising Under the and nuIaerous laws passed by Con-
grantiDg bounty land pensions for military naval
Yiees IN the revolutionary and subgcquoDt in which
atrk, (S. Cole, esq.,l and permanent corps consist
Tx a seventy other cerks, 70 which Congress
bounty land las, added porary force OF about
hfy clefkships of different denominatons
Sd. hfdius Commissioner 0f lnan Affairs, Hon. George
Y Menypenny. Of oiio. He Il provided with a obiei
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
!h Paseat Ogics--,fo this bureau i committed the
uecuon aud performance Of al and things touching
and respecting the granting and Issuing IL patents Cor es
and useful discoveries inventions, aud improvements ~ the
leeton of statistics relating TO agriculture the col
lection and distribution Seeds plants. and cuttings il
h chief eerk-who is by law at the present tiiie) the
Acting Commissioner of Patents the absence 81 the Com
nonerten principal aud assistant examiners of pat
% besides dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
Besides these four principal branches OF this executive
cpartncnt the organic act o lSs9 transferred il
Tie Treasury Department the supervision Of the
The United States marshals and attorneys and the clerks of
e United States courts; the management the lead and
ether Of the United States and the affairs Of the pen
ntary Of the United States Ia the District Of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty taking and
farming cersaes oil the United States superv-
Ing aud directing the acts OF the Commissioner of Public
buildings BY of Congress Also the hospital for
NE insane OF the army and navy and Of the District of Conp
Ha h under the apag Of this department. and BY
gumeut from the resident has added to it, long list of
e between the States and Territories and bordering
tons.
Tbs department present very nyenieny sepa-
e and located and should be appropriately aud perna
hny provided for. Tho Secretarys olca occupies por-
on Of thoaew Patent Mice baildng the General Land Office
aporton OF the Treasury building and the Pension Office
gFernment, whilst the Indian uice l. located in premises
@' hre-pFoaf, and rented Of their private
rReAsuaY nrpARrMENT
The Treasury Department Of the Offices of the Sec
GARY Of the Freaauryt two comptroers, commissioner OF
house board, and coast survey.
Tie following Il brici Indication OF the duties of these
several Offices and Of The force employed therein respectively
rSsgearys 0Ges Hon. lanes Guthrie, Secretary Of the
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