The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-29

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ne organization Of the Executive Depart
nents OF the Government of the United states.
pEPaEvsssSr % srArE.
"a. hoe machinery employed conduct the business
i, on of oar foreign relations with all the powers
'Sd number m an IL ths -n psparent y sss
ihe United states ismy seventeen as follows One Sec
q state oo ,,a w,I 1 n.Sp nnagsy one s,a As;'se' %
sSve clerks, translator, and one Librarian
ot.naie gsarcA This sranch Of the State Department
charge o al correspondence betMsen the department and
- df,na,sto agents Of the United States abroad aud
49, n isr.qu pow accredited To this government in il
n S;nlona0s astgacons sent from the department, aud
fnratiops 10 commissioners under treaties of bounda-
~ are prepared copied, and reeordad and all Of ike
,sser received are registered aad filed their
ssing 6rst entered In an anal ytio table OF index
c.,l,, BraaeA-TAs branch has charge Of the
dence 4e between the department and the consas and
nercai agents of the United States In II Instructions
those oeers and their dispatches and 70 let
~ o other persons asking for consular agency, or res
~ n consular affairs, are prepared and recorded.
Tb D;sbursing Agea- lie has charge Of all correspond
ace and other matters connected with accounts relating
nv fund with the disbursement o. Wmcn 'he aeparment
harged.
y6e Traaasor His daiies are laraish such trsna-
ans the department may require ne $3.50 records the
aussons ofeoasuls and yee consul when He IN Eaeis,
Gpan which ex.Qaatnrs are ssrted-
cIk of 1ppointp,ea and Coasiissiens.-He makes ont
and records commissions letters OF appointment and nomi-
IN
md records when Engsh the commissions which they
sre issued Has charge Of the library.
CLERK Of ae Ros and Arehires.iie takes charge Of the
rolls or enrolled acts and resolutions Of Congress- they
m received the department from the Presidents prepares
e authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
% for and supernten ther publication and that of
sdbntion throughout the United States and that Of all
documents aud publications in regard to which this duty is
assigned to the department writing and answering all let
m connected herewith Has charge OF all Indian treaties,
md business relating thereto
Clerk Of .iaheatieaiioas and CopyriyhsHc has charge
the Of the United States and OF the department
and attaches certificates to papers presented for
hencaon receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department. other than the dipo
matte sad CONSULAR
Clerk Of Pardons and Pasyoyts.He prepares aud records
and remissions and registers and files the petitions
md papers which they founded Makes out and re-
cords passports keeps daily register of all letters, other
than diplomatic and consular, received and Of the dsposi
lion made them prepares letters relating this business.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
IloB. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
states r. H. Get, ESQ.,, chief clerk The ordinary busi-
ness Of this office may be classified under the following
heads
Official opinions on the current business of the
nent called for by the President by any head depart
nen,, or By the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
Examination OF the titles OF all land purchased the
arsena custom houses, lighthouses, and all other
public works OF the United States.
Applications for pardcn all of conviction in tho
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
basiness Of the government.
The conduct and argument of all suits the Supreme
Court Of the United States in which the government
orned
70 these ordinary heads Of the business of the office
added at the present time the following, viz:
First The direction Of all appeals land claims in Cali
frnia
Second The coddcation and revision of the laws of the
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT..
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Celland Of the State Of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists Of chief clerk George c. Whiting, esq.,
dsbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and
supervision ard the following
branches Of the public service:
1t. The Patc EandThe chief this bureau is called the
commissioner of the General Land Office The Land Bureau
he domain and the issuing of titles therefor whether derived
from combinations Of grants made By former governments
BY sales donations or grants for schools military bountes
public improvements aud likewise the revision Of Virginia
military boanylsnd claims and the issuing of scrip lieu
thereof The Land Giice also audits its accounts. The
present Commissioner is Mr.. John Wilson, of the District of
Columbia. Its principal officers recorder chief
principal clerk Of public lands principal clerk Of private
land claims and principal clerk nrveysal of whom are
appointed by the President and confirmed BY the Senate
besides draughtsman assistant draughtsma and log
clerks Of various grades.
3D. PensioasThe present head Of this bureau is the Hon.
Larin p Waldo, Of Connecticut The Commissioner is
charged with the examination and adjudication of all claims
arising under the various and numerous laws passed by Con-
es granting bounty land pensions for military naval
yces in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
9e United States have been engaged. He has chief
clerk, Is. Cole, esq.,) and permanent corps consist
ing Of seventy other clerks to which Congress to
enable him TO meet the extraordinary requirements Of the
new bounty law has added temporary force of about
aiy elerkships OF different denominations.
3d. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hon George
w. hanypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with a chief
aerG and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th Po'eat O6iee.-To this bureau IL committed the
seaon end performance OF all acs and things touching
na respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
a useful discoveries inventions and improvements j" the
oheclon OF statistics relating agriculture the col
cion and distribution of seeds plants aud cuttings
n ehle cerkWho Is By law Gas at the present tme) the
Ag Commissioner OF Patents the absence oi the Com
hssoneten principal and ten assistant examiners Of pat
h besides some dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
apartment the organic act OF lSs9 transferred to ii from
e Treasury Department the supervision Of the Of
e United States marshals and attorneys and the of
ss United States courts the management Of the lead and
her mines OF the United Staes and the affairs of the peni
nuary OF the United States in the District of Columbia
ana from the State Department the duty of taking re-
rning the of the United States and supervis
g and directing the OF the Commissioner Of Public
buildings By OF Congress also the hospital
e insane of the and navy and of the District OF Coum
pa under the management OF this department and by
sgnmen from the President IL has added its long list
% the survey and demarcaon of the unsettled boundary
as between the States and Territories and bordering
tons
This department is at present very inconvepeny sepa-
ea and located and should b. appropriately and perma-
asniy provided for The Seoretarys office occupies por-
Won o 'henew Patent Office building the General Land Office
.Perton q the Treasury building, and the Pension 0ce
PGnon Of Wnder's building" the property OF the
government, whilst the Indian Office il located premises
~ hre-proof, and rented Of their private owners.
rRRAsuRy DEPARTMENT.
he Treasury Department Of the Offices OF the Sec
9i Oh the Treasury, comptroers commissioner of
tons six auditors, treasurer register, solicitor, light
lhc following brief indication Of the duties these
a oces and Of the force employed therein respectively