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tion as the department may require iie sis rcF tte
commissions q eonsn And vice cnauss, Nhgn n1t IN kaghi
upon which exequauFs are Issued.
CLERK Of Appoi,aen and soaHissioRs. makes oat
and records COMMISSIONS letters oi spPoptmepL aad ao,u
nations TO the Senate makes out aud a. exeqnAtus
and records when IN English, the commissions Ehch eg
are issued Has charge ~ the library.
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rolls, or enrolled acts and resolutions 81 Congress- they
received at the department from the President prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called far pee
pes or aud spperntends their publicnon and that
ties IN the newspapers and IN book form attends ~ ther
distribution throughout the Cnted states and thai o al
documents and publications in regard which this du
assigned to the department writing and aasseng a let
ters connected Herewith Has charge Of all ndan treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Authorization. and Copyrigh has charge
of the seals Of the United Staos and Of the department aud
prepares and attaches certificates papers presented Tor
publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrights records and indexes their titles re-
cords all letters irom the department. other than Che dpo
matte and consular.
Clerk Of Pdo and Passorts.-I prepares aud records
prdons and remssons and registers and lilies the petitions
and papers on which they founded. Makes and
cords passports keeps daily register Of all letters other
ton made them prepares letters relating TO this business
GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States X. III. Gilet esq., chief clerk The ordinary bus
Of this Office may be classified under the following
l. Official opinions on the current busness of the govern
ment called for by the President by any head OF depart
ment, or BY the Solicitor Of the Treasury.
Examination of the titles of all land purchased the
sites of arsenas eustomh houses gh. houses, and all other
public works of the United States.
Applications for pardon in all o. conviction ia the
courts OF the United States.
Applications for appointment IN all the judicial and legal
business Of the government.
s. The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court the United States in which the government Is
cerned.
The In OF
departments when referred by the head thereof to the Ator
TO these ordinary heads Of the business of the Office are
added at the present time the following, wiz
FIRST The direction OF all appeals land claims in Cali
Second The codi6cation and revision Of tho lava of
District Of Columbia.
INTERIOR pEPARTNEsT
Secretary of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Nc
Celand of the State of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists of chief clerk, George G.. Whiting esq )
ks
its supervision and management committed the following
branches OF the public service:
Is The Public LoadsThe chefo this bureau s called the
"Commissioner of 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
by sales donations, of gran for schools military bounes
public improvements and likewise the revision OF Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing OF scrip in lieu
thereof The Land uice, also audts its accounts The
present Commissioner is Hon. Il. Ii. Hendricks, Of In
diana. Its principal officers recorder, chief or
principal clerk Of public lands, principal clerk of private
land claims and principal clerk of urveysa of whom
appointed by the President and ccsrned by the Senate
besides draughtsman, assistant draugh,sman and loo
clerks Of various grades.
ID Peasionshe present head of this bureau is the Ion
Josiah Mno OF New Hampshire The Commissioner is
charged with the auinaton and adjudication of all claims
arising under the va ous and numerous laws passed by Con-
gess granting boun iand or pensions for military naval
services in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged. He has chet
clerk (S Cole etq.,) 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 porary force of about
fifty olerkships of different denominations
Sd. Mdians.C Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
W. Manypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with ohei
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks
4h. Patent OBice.--To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance Of ali and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing patents
and useful discoveries Inventions and improvements - the
collection OF statistics relating to agriculture the col
lection and distribution Of seeds plant, and cuttings It
has chief clerkwho by law present me)
Acting Commissioner Of Patents the the Com
mssonerten principal and examiners of pat
ens besides dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
Besides these four principal branches this
department. the organic of lS39 transferred
the Treasury Department the supervision of the
the United States marha and attorneys and the clerks
the United states courts the management the
other mines Of the United States, and the pen
tenary OF the United States in the District Columbia
and from the State Department the of akng
turning the of the United States
ing and directing the of the of Public
Buildings by recent acts of Congress- also hospital for
the insane OF the and and the District Of Cuum
bia uGder the OF this departments and BY
sgnmcnt from the President il has added its long list OF
duties the and demarcaion of the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tions
This department Ia present very sepa-
rated and located and should be appropriately
nenty provided for. The Secrearys office occupies por
tion Of henew Patent Office building the General Land Oce
portion OF the Treasury building, and the Pension Office
portion Of ''Winders buiidng" the propery the
government whilst the Indian Office is located in premises
not 6re-peoof, and rented Of their private
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of the Sec
retary of the Treasury comptroers commissioner OF
the customs six auditors treasurer, register solicitor, light
house bonrd and coast
The following brief indication Of the duties Of these
several offices and of the force employed therein respectively