The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-11-14
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Secretary or the Interior Department. Hon. Robert Nc
Clelland Of the State Of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists of chief clerk, George c. Whiting esq,
disbursng agent and ten other regular CLERKS and TO
its supervision and management committed the following
branches OF the public service;
lst Tie PEbe LeadsThe chief this bureau is called the
Of the enera Land oice The Land ureau
charged with the management and sale of the pub
lie domain and the Issuing Of titles therefor whether derived
by sales donations Of grants for schools military bounes
public improvements and likewise the revision Of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the ssunp OF ecrp ia lien
thereof The Land oice also andits The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. H. Hendricks, Of In
diana Its principal officers are recorder, chief or
principal clerk OF public lands principal clerk Of private
land claims aud principal clerk Of Of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughtsnan assistant draughsman and log
clerks OF various grades.
3D. present head Of this bureau is the Hon.
Josiah Minot, Of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication OF all claims
arising under the and laws passed by Com
gre granting bounty land pensions for military naval
in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged He has chief
ing Of seventy Other clerks to which Congress- to
enable him 70 meet the extraordinary requirements Of the
bountya law has added porar force Of about
fifty clerkships Of different Denominations.
3D. Tsdians Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
W. Manypenny: Of Ohio He Is provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th Patent O6ea.--To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance OF all facts and ng touching
aud respecting the granting and issuing patents
and usen discoveries Inventions II the
collection OF statistics relating TO sgrcutnre the coll
lection and distribution Of seeds plants aud cuttings 1t
has chief cerkwho is by law the present nie) the
Acting Commissioner Of Patents the absence of the Com
principal and ten assistant examiners o pat
ents besides dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department. the organic act of Islg transferred TO il from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the
the United States marshas and attorneys and the clerks Of
the United courts the Of the lead and
other Of the United states ana tie affairs Of The en
tenary OF the United States In the Eisrct Of Columbia
and the State Department The DUTY f taxing ana re-
turning the OF the United states and III superv
ing and directing the Commissioner Of Public
Baiings By recent aets of Congress alo me basita for
Of III
bn under the management Of this department and BY
sgnment from the President has added 10 its long LET Of
duties ihe survey and demsrcaon Of the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
hous.
This department at present very inconvenieptIv seps
rated and located and should be appropriately era-
ton o tbencw Patent oee building tie General Land Once
portion Of The Treasury building and the Pension Oce
portion q "Wnders building nov the property q the
not hre-pFoof and reatsd Of their private owners
TRFksuRv DEPARTMENT
The Treasury Department consists the Offices Of the Sec
retarY OF the Treasury, comptrcers commissioner
The casiom six auditors treasurer, register SOLICITOR light
house board, and coast
The following brief Indication Of The duties Of these
several Offices and Of the force employed therein respectively
Secrsfarys oFceon. James Guthrie Secretary Of the
Treasury Hon. y. @. Washington Assistant Secretary
one engineer charge; architect and three draughsen
temporarily employed and twenty three clerks The secre.
try Of the Treasury charged with general supervision
Of the fiscal transactions Of the government and Of the
cuton Of the laws concerning the and
OF United States lie superinteuds the survey sf the
coast the lighthouse establishment the marine hospitals
the United States, and the construction of certain public
buildings for custom houses and other purposes.
Firsi CoHpfroes Obfce.-klisha Whttesey, esq., Comp
troer, and fifteen clerks He prescoes the mode o keep
ing and rendering accounts for the cy and diplomatic
vice well the public lands and reves and certhes the
balances arising thereon.
Second Corpirofer's Otfcs.John ". Brodhead, esq.
Comptroer and seventeen clerks He prescrbes the mode
Of keeping and rendering the Of the army, navy,
and Indian departments Of the public service and revse and
o.-'laes the balances arising thereon
U6iee of tbe rnsfoiugh y Anderson,
ESQ., Commissioner and eleven clerks lie prescrbes the
mode Of keeping and rendering the Of the
and disbursements and for The building and repair
Ing custom house &C., and reys and cer6es the balances
rang thereon.