The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-07

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a, organization OF the Executive Depart
DEPARTMENT STATE.
IL bole machinery employed TO conduct the business
y out Of foreign relations with all the powers
~ World far simple than Is generally con-
E' The number employed in the Department Of State
NJ United States is only seyenteen as follows One Sec
state on hen Si D. s s nann nhan2 ono one Chief As.SR ss,P
IN NJ clerks one translator, and one librarian.
a.Iaiic gssneh This branch Of the State Department
Yage q all correspondence between the department and
|3 Automatic agens of the United States abroad aud
SErain powers accredited 20 ths government la II
II Slanaic instructions sent from the department. and
nopcatons to commissioners under treaties OF bounda
kc are prepared copied and recorded; and all OF like
ey received are registered and filed, their contents
I - frst entered in an analytic table or index.
e,,Iar LraHeh-This branch has charge Of the cofres
5nce ac between the department and ihs consnis and
oercia agents of the United States. In IL instructions
nose ofeers and answers to their dispatches and to let
rom other persons asking for consular agency rca
I to consular affairs, are prepared ana recorded
he D5ursing Ageptile has charge OF all correspond
i and other matters connected with accounts relating to
fund with the disbursement o when the department
LHged,
rls Taasiator His duties to furnish such transla
a. A. the department may require. He also records the
missions Of eonsus and vice eonsuls, when IN English
! "a which exequatars are issued.
rgk Of Appa ameats and Coanissions.He makes out
records commissions, letters OF appointment and nomi-
or to the Senato makes out and records oxequaurs,
records, when in English the commissions which they
Issued. Has charge of the library.
nsk OF tie Rolls and 4rehiuesHe takes charge OF the
M or enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- they
received at the department from the Presidents prepares
authenticated copies thereof which called for; pre-
[s and superintends their publications and that of trea
SS rduga All The United States and that Of ali
Eument and publications in regard to which this duty is
[drned 10 the department; writing and answering all let
r. connected herewith. Has charge OF all Indian treaties,
Ia basiness relating thereto
rerk Of Authorizations and Copyrights. has charge
the seals Of the United States and Of the department. and
pay and attaches certificates to papers presented for
Itston receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
publications transmitted 10 the department under the laws
ang copyrights records and indexes their titles;
rds all letters from tho department, other than the dplo
ic and consular.
crk Of Pardons and Passports prepares and records
and remssions and registers and lilies the petitions
Ia papers which they founded. Makes out and re-
d passports keeps daily register of all letters other
,n diplomatic and consular received and Of the disposi-
made Of them; prepares letters relating to this business
oENEaALs OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Cushing Attorney General Of the United
ae R. II. Gillet esq, chief clerk The ordinary busi-
I.ads
pn called for BY the President by any head depart
ren,, or BY the Solicitor of the Treasury.
Examination of the titles of all land purchased, the
Of arenals houses, lighthouses, and all other
vublc works Of the United States
Applications for pardons in all cases of conviction III tie
purt Of the United States.
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
tgsnes of the government
The conduct and argument Of all suits Ia the Supreme
Court Of the United States in which the government is
saned,
10 these ordinary heads of the business of the Office are
ldied at the present time the following, viz:
First The direction OF all appeals on land claims in Cali
prnia.
Second The codcaton and revision Of the laws of the
District Of Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Nc
ICELAND, OF the State of Michigan Its clerical force
aadsts Of one chief clerk, George g. Whiting esq)
dbursing agent and ten other regular clerks and to
n supervision and management committed the following
ranches Of the public service:
l The Public Lands.The chief of this bureau is called the
Commissioner of the General Land Office" The Land Bureau
charged with the survey management and sale of the pub
domain and the issuing of titles therefor whether derived
rom confrmaons Of grants made by former governments
ales, Donations grants for schools military bounties,
public improvements and likewise the revision Of Virginia
Military bounty claims, and the issuing of scrip in lieu
hereof The Land Office, Also audts its accounts. The
resent Commissioner is Mr. John Wilson, of the District Of
Columbia. Its principal officers recorder chief or
ncpa clerk Of public ands principal clerk of private
and claims aud principal clerk of surveysa of whom
PFonted by the President and confirmed by the Senate
es draughtsman, assistant draughtsman, and LOG
erEs Of various grades
~ present head of this bureau is the Hon.
Srin J. Waldo, Of Connecticut. The Commissioner is
haged with the examination and adjudication of all claims
ng under the various and numerous laws passed by Con-
le granting bounty land pensions for military naval
fcs IN the revolutionary and subsequent in which
United States have been engaged He has one chief
ak, p Cole, esqr) and permanent corps consist
o. some seventy other clerks to which Congress- to
pe MN to meet the extraordinary requirements of the
bounty land law has added temporary force of about
" eerkshlps OF different denominations.
3D. iad'ansCo Commissoncg Of Indian Affairs, Hon. George
!. ,Manypenny, Of Ohio. Nc is provided with a chief
erk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks
ith Potent 0aice.-To this bureau is committed the
cuon and performance Of all acts and things touching
respecting the granting and issuing of patents for new
aseu discoveries inventions, and improvements - the
necuoh ot statistics relating to agriculture the coli
'oh ana distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings. 1t
ohlet cerkwho by law Gas at the present me) the
cng Commissioner Of Patents the absence of the Com
oherten principal and ten assistant examiners Of pat
besides some dozen other subordinate permanent clerks
besides these four principal branches of this executive
tment the organic act Of 1s49 transferred to it from
treasury Department the supervision Of the accounts of
United States marshas and attorneys and the clerks of
he mines of the United States ard the affairs the pen
nhary OF the United States in the District of Columbia
q from the State Department the duty of taking and re-
rnng the of the United States and of supervs
aud directing the acts Of the Commissioner Of Public
adngs By recent acts Of Congress- Also the hospital for
insane OF the army and navy and OF the District of Coum
uuder the management of this departments and by
nment from the President has added its long list of
es the and demarcaon of the unsettled boundary
1ns -
This department Is at present very inconyenieny sepa-
yea and located and should be appropriately and perma
ay provided for The Secretary Office occupies a por-
2 Of henew Patent Office building the General Land Office
portion Of the Treasury building, and the Pension Office
non of ''Winder's building" the property of the
ernnent whilst the Indian Office is located in premises
hre-proof and rented Of their private owners.
r TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Inc Treasury Department consists of the offices OF the Sec
rY of the Treasury, two comptrolers commissioner Of
customs, six auditors, treasurer, register SOLICITOR light
lse board md coast s,,rrav