The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-10
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.-suts az the Government OF the United states.
DEPARTMENT. srArE.
~ h,l. machinery employed to conduct the business
- ant N our foreign relations with all the poW ers
~, Ths nuaber employed in the Departresni Of State
49, n STATE Hon William L. Marcy,) one Assistant
,ry n STATE Hon. ID. :. Mann,) one chief elerk
80 clerSs, one translator, and one Librarian
q.Igt, BraaeA-This branch Of the State Department
Iy "a All correspondence between the depsr and
- dipomate .Sens Of the United States abroad and
oregn powers accredited 70 this government. In il
5,,lanatic instructions sent from the department and
-5uncatious 70 commissioners under treatiesof bounda
Ge are prepared, copied and reeordedi and all Of like
received registered and nled their contents
- first entered IN an analy uc table or index.
e.,.gr BraaesThs branch has charge Of the CORES
5ncs 6c between the department and the consuls and
rsrea agents Of the United States Ia it instructions
a. Officers ana answers 70 their dispatches and 10 let
4 oE other persons asking for consular agency, or rea
y 10 consular affairs are prepared and recorded.
Fhs pi.Barsng AgenHe has charge Of all correspond
- and other matters connected With accounts relating 70
fund with the disbursement Of which the department
Bhlged
RE Fraasaor- His duties are furnish such rsnsa
sas the department. may releire lie alAo reeefds the
psons Il eonsu aud vice consus when net IN English,
roo which exequaurs are issued
ryk oy appointment and ConanissionsHe makes out
"a records commissions letters Of appointment and nomi
i0as the Senate makes ou, and records e-eqqagrs,
records when in English the commissions on which they
e lsged. Has charge OF the library.
rik of hs Ros and AreAirssHe takes charge Of the
M or enrolled acts and resolutions Of Congress, they
received the department from the President prepares
aahsntcated copies thereof which called for pre-
res ur and superntends their publication and that OF rea
the newspapers and in book iormi attends to their
bution throughout the United States and that of all
cumsnts and publications In regard to which this duty is
signed to the department; writing and answering all let
connected herewith Has charge Of all Indian treaties
A business relating thereto.
ck u AsiAeatieatioas and copyrgltsHe has charge
the seals Of the United States and OF the department and
pas snd attaches certificates to papers presented for
ss5ieaon receives and for the fees Has charge
publications transmitted 10 the department under the laws
tng copyrights records and indexes their tites re-
rt III letters from the department, other than the dipo
s,tic snd consular.
Cs of Pardoas ead BE prepares and records
oas and remissions and registers and lilies the petitions
md papers which they are founded Makes ont and
rd passports Keeps daily register Of all letters, other
diplomatic and consular, received and Of the dposi
made them prepares letters relating this business
4 srToRsEV GEssRALs OFFICE.
Hon Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
Eae K H. Gle esq, chief clerk. The ordinary bust
les Of this office may be classified under the following
oHcial opinions the current business of the govern
n called for BY the President BY any head Of depart
zeut, or BY the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
Examination OF the titles Of all land purchased the
M o arsenas custom houses, light houses, and all other
lbi' works of the United States.
g. Applications for pardnns Ia all Of conviction the
olrh Of the United States.
Applications for appointment in all the Judicial and legal
sasnes OF the go~erniuent
The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
a Of the United States in which the government
grd
70 these ordinary heads of the business Of the Office are
idsi At the present time the following, viz.
E The direction Of all appeals land claims in Cali
ornia.
isrERIoR SSPARrmEsT.
Secretary Of the Interior Department Hon Robert Nc
Al ianA ~ tha S..fa las .l u
as,sts Of chief clerk George c.. Whiting esq -
GsOang agent and ten other regular clerks and TO
supervision and management committed the following
ranches OF the public service.
it, The Publie LandThe chief OF this bureau Is called the
Uonnioner OF the General Land 0ice. The Land Bureau
charged with the survey management and sale OF the pub
domain and the issuing OF titles therefor, whether derived
om cohhations of grants made by former governments
sates donations, OF grant, for Schools military bounes
Puoe impoyemen and likewise the revision of Virginia
Ary bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip in lieu
hereof The Land Oiiice also auds its own accounts The
esen Commissioner is Mr. John Wilson, of the District of
eamoia. It's principal officers recorder, chief
1epa clerk Of public lands principal clerk of prvale
nd Claims, and principal clerk of surveyse Of whom are
y as rres.den. and confirmed by the Senate
efN OF various grades.
q Passions The present head Of this bureau is the Hon
ia r Waldo, of Connecticut. The Commissioner is
sgd with the examnation and adjudication OF ali claims
ng under the cu and numerous laws passed by Con
granting bounty land pensions for military naval
ICES % N the revolutionary and subsequent in which
- 80
*, g. Cole, esqp) and permanent corps consist
some seventy other clerks, to which Congress. to
aOe aim 10 meet the extraordinary requirements oi the
bounty land law, has added temporary force Of about
y cierkships Of different denominations.
u aaians-tonmssioner Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
lAahypenny, OF Ohio He is provided with chief
e'h ana about fifteen other subordinate clerks
sih Patent Ojfce--To this bureau Is committed the
uton and performance OF all acts and things touching
respecting the granting and issuing OF patents for new
aslai discoveries inventions, and improvements Z; the
-
on and distribution of seeds plants and cuttings 1t
ehei elerkwho BY law (as at the present time) the
s commissioner Of Patents In the absence OF the Com
zen principal and ten assistant examiners OF pat
besides some dozen other subordinate permanent clerk
these four principal branches of this executive
'meht the organic act Of 1919 transferred to from
easny Department the supervision Of the accounts of
United States marshas and attorneys, and the clerks Of
United States courts the management Of the lead and
~ Names Of the United States and the affairs OF the peni
ay o. the United States in the District OF Columbia
irom the State Department the duty OF taking and re-
g tne censuscs OF the United States and Of supervs-
ad directing the acts OF the Commissioner Of Public
g By recent acts OF Congress, also the hospital for
q me army and navy and Of the District Of Colum
under the management Of this department and by as
aneni from the President it has added to its long list Of
ae survey and dcmarcation Of the unsettled boundary
oe'"een the States and Territories and bordering ma
m department is present very iaconvenently sepa-
ana loeatsd and should b. appropriately and perraa-
provided for. The Secretary's Office occupies a por-
henew Patent Office buildng, the General Land Office
n n y q ,es Treasury building aud the Pension Office
uuiuihk DOW the property OF the
naent whilst the Indian Office Is located in premises
.e-proo, and rented Of their private owners.
l TREASURY DEPARraExr.
Treasury Department consists Of the ocos Of the Sec
~ o. the trSesury two comptrollers, commissioner Of
tom, sluditors, treasurer register, solicitor light
= beard, and coast survey.
u following brief indication Of the duties Of these
ooe and Of the force employed therein respectively
ersaarys Qfce-Hon James Guthrie, Secretary of the
aIy non. +. G. Washington, Assistant Secretary
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