The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-06-27
go. organiEation of the Executive Depart
~ Ls,ts az the Government OF the United States.

a..s Ford i FAR more simple than Is generally con-
y & Uaitsd States is only seyenteen follows, One Sec
ystsry il state, tIon William 4 Marcy) one Assistant
Secretary Of state, (Hon. D. > Manu- one chief clerk
atvs clerks one translator and one librarian.
oIoic Branek.--Ths branch of the State Department
n an correspondence between the department and
br Diplomatic agents Of the United States abroad aud
& n -egn powers accredited TO this government In il
n damatc Instructions sent from the department. and
apcntions TO commissioners under treaties of bounda
Z 4c are prepared copied and feeorded and all Of like
~ received are registered and fled their contents
1tnS 6r.t entered in analytic table or index.
cvar BransE.This branch has charge OF the CORES
pondnee, &c. between the ana the eonsa and
n hne oce and to their dispatches aud let
tr om other persons asking for consular agency rea
ling 10 consular affairs, are prepared and recorded.
~ Dbus,iag AgeuiHe has charge of all correspond.
r5 other matters connected with accounts relating 10
sny fund with the disbursement OF which the department is
charged.
TI yaa.foy His duties are to furnish such trupsla-
tons as The department may require He also the
commissions OF consus and vice conss when not in English
UPON which eSequaturs are issued
frs,k of appointments aud ComHissioas-He makes out
and records commissions letters of appointment and noi
nations the Senate makes out and records esequaturs,
and records when in English, the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge OF the, library.
GLk Of he Roll and ArehivesHe takes charge Of the
rolls or enrolled acts and resolutions Of Congress- as they
Are received at the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called for; pre-
pares for and superinends their publication and that trea
Ties the newspapers and in book form attends their
dtrbaNn throughout the United states, and that Of all
ocuuents and publications in regard to which this duty
assigned to the departments writing and answering all let
ers connected herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto
Cfrk Of Autienea,ioas and CoDyriqhtsHe has charge
Of the seals Of the United States and of the department aud
prepares and attaches certificates to papers presented for
tnaon receives and accounts for the fees Has charge
opubcaons transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrghs records and indexes their titles re-
cords al letters from the department. other than the dipo
matte and consular
TLrL oF Pardona apd ranorso
pardons and remson and registers and files the petitions
and papers which they founded Makes out and re-
cords PASSPORTS keeps daily register of all letters, other
han diplomatic and consuar received and of the DISPOSE
ton made ofthem prepares letters relating to his business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
States K Ii. Get, esq., chief clerk. The ordinary bust
Of this office may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions the current business Of the govern
men 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 as the
es Of aenas custom houses lighthouses and all other
pablio works of Tie United States,
Applications for pardons in all cases OF conviction In the
courts OF the United States.
Applications appointment all the Judicial and legal
business of the government.
g. The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court Of the United States in which the government is
cerned
To these ordinary heads of the business of the office are
added at the present time the following, viz
First The direction Of all appeals land claims in Cali
ornia
Second The codfeaton and revision of the laws Of the
District of Columbia.
INTERIOR pEPARTMENr
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon Robert Me-
1lelland OF the State of Michigan Its clerical force
consists of one chief clerk, George c. Whiting, esqJ
dsbursn agent and ten other regular clerks and
supervision ard management committed the following
branches Of the public service.
lst ThePHc LandsThe chiefof this bureau Is called the
Commissioner of the General Land Office The Land Bureau
Of he
domar nnd the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
rom combinations grants mace by rrmsr governments
BY sales donations Of grants for schools military bouties
public improvements and likewise the revision Of Virginia
military bounty land claims, and the issuing of scrip lien
thereof The Land Oce ALSO audits its accounts. The
present Commissioner Is Mr. John Wilson, of the District of
Columbia Its principal officers recorder, chief or
land claims, and principal clerk Of surveysal of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draugsman assistant draughtsman, and log
clerks of various grades.
lorn 7. Waldo, of Connecticut The Commissioner is
charged with the examination ard adjudication of all claims
rising under The yai GUS and numerous laws passed by Con-
sress granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the revolutionary and subsequent which
he United states have been engaged He has one chief
ng of some seventy other clerks to which Congress to
enable him 70 meet the extraordinary requirements Of the
new bounyand law has added temporary force of about
NIFTY cierkshps OF different denominations.
3D. iadians.Commissoner Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
Manypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with chief
Cerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th- Patent 0fce.-To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance of all ana things touching
anG respecting the granting and issuing OF patents
ana useful discoveries Inventions and improvements - the
useeuon OF statistics relating to agriculture the col
ecton and distribution of Seeds plants, and cuttings Il
has chief clerkwho i by law Gas the present tme) the
Acting Commissioner OF Patents the absence of the Com
nonerten principal and assistant examiners of pat
sn besides some dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
apartment the organic act of s49 transferred ii
he treasury Department the supervision OF the of
ne United States marsha and attorneys and the clerks
ne United States courts the management Of the lead
lther mines OF the United States and the affairs of the pen
entay of the United States in the District of Columbia;
md from the State Department the duty of taking and re-
turning the censues of the United States and supervis
g and directing the acts of the Commissioner Public
budngs by recent acts of Congress- aso the hospital for
ne insane OF the and navy and of the District Of Column
oa is under the management oil this and y m
gnment from the President il has added 10 its long list Of
duties the survey and demarcaon Of the unsettled boundary
ines between the States and Territories and bordering ma
tons.
This department at present very inconveneny sepa-
rated and located and should be appropriately and
nent provided tor The Secretary Office occupies por-
uon Of enew Patent Office building, the General Land Office
portion OF the Treasury building, and the Pension Office
portion Of "Winders building" the property the
government whilst the Indian Office located in premises
not hre-proof and rented Of their private owners.
TRsAsuRY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department Of the offices Of the Sec
etSr Of the Treasury two comptroers, commissioners
customs six auditors treasurer, register, solicitor light
mouse board, and coast survey.
The following brief indication OF the duties Of these
several Offices and OF the force employed therein respectively
Secretarg. Q6ce.IOn. james Guthrie Secretary OF the
treasury Hon II. G.. Washington, Assistant Secretary
one engineer in charge architect and three
employed and twenty three clerks The seere-
o. the Treasury Is charged with the general supervision
The fiscal transactions Of the government and OF the
Suon o. the laws concerning the and navigation
y the United States He superntends the survey Of the
coast the lighthouse establishment tho marine hospitals or
United states, and the construction OF certain public