The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-02-10
The Organization OF the Executive Depart
mentS Of the Government OF the United states.
DRpAarMESr oE STATE.

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twelve clerks, one translator, and one librarian.
Diplomatic Bransh.Th branch Of the State Department
has charge o AZ correspondence between the department and
other diplomatic agents Of the United States abroad and
those orgn powers accredited 20 this In it
all diplomatic instructions sent from the department, and
communications 10 commissioners under treaties Of boanda
es &C., arc prepared copied and recorded and all OF like
character received are registered and fled their contents
being nrst entered IN an analytic table or index
Ecuador Branch This branch has charge of the CORES
pondenee c between the department and the consu and
commerce. agents Of the United States In it instructions
to those officers and 70 their dispatches and let
teTs from other asking for consular agency rca
ting to consular affairs, prepared and recorded.
The DtarsiHy AgeRt.-He has charge of all correspond
and other matters connected with accounts relating
fund with the disbursement Of which the department
charged
Tie Taasluor- His duties are to furnish such ransla
dons as the department require. He also records the
commissions Of consp and vice consuls when in English
upon which exequaturs are issued.
Clerk Of Appointments and Commissions He makes out
and records commissions letters of appointment and nom
nations to the Senat makes out and records exequaurs
and records when in English the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge of the library.
Clerk Of the Rois and 4rchres.He takes charge of the
rolls, enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress, they
are received at the department from the Presidents prepares
the authenticated copies thereof which called or pre-
ior and supernend their publication and that Of ea
distribution throughout the United States and that of all
documents and publications in regard to which this duty
ers connected herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
and business relating thereto.
Clerk of Authorizations and CopyrgAs.-He has charge
the seals United States and of the department and
prepares and attaches to papers for
hentcation receives and for the fees Has charge
of publications transmitted the department under
relating to copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department. other than the dpo
matte and consular.
Clerk Of Porfons and Passports He prepares and records
pardons and reussons and registers and files the petitions
cords paspors keeps daily register Of all letters other
than diplomatic and consular received, and of the DISPOSE
ton made prepares letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY aESERAL's OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Gushing, Attorney General Of the United
States H. H. Gle ESQ.,, chief clerk. The ordinary bus-
Of this olice may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions the business of the govern
men called for by the President by any head of depart
ment, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
q Examination Of the of all land purchased as the
sites Of arsena custom houses houses and all other
public works of the United States
Applications for pardons in all of conviction in the
courts Of the Unted States.
A. Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
business OF the government.
s. The conduct aud argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the is
g. The supervision of all other arising any of the
when referred by the head thereof to the Ato
ney General.
70 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
fornia.
District Of Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT..
Secretary OF the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Ceiland, Of the State OF Michigan Its clerical force
consists Of chief clerk, George c. Whiting, esq.,
dbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and to
its supervision and committed the following
branches Of the public service:
ls The PSbc LaadsThe chief this bureau IL called the
Commssioner Of tho 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 confrmaon of grants made by former
by sales donations of granti for schoo military bounes
public mprovemou and likewise the revision Of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip lieu
thereof The Land Oce aso, audts its accounts The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. H. Hendricks Of In
n ar
principal clerk OF public lands principal clerk Of private
appointed by the President and confirmed by the
besides daughtsman assistant draughsman and LOG
clerks Of various grades.
Josiah Minot, of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the eEaunston and adjudication Of all claims
gress granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
clerk Is. Cole, e,q,) and permanent corps consist
ing of some seventy other clerks TO which Congress,
new bounty law added temporary force Of about
ffty clerkships Of different denominations.
3D. Commissioner OF Indian Affairs Hon. George
W. Manypenny, OF Ohio. lie is provided with a chei
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4tb Patent 0Goe.-To this bureau is committed the
and respecting the granting and issuing Of patents for
discoveries, Inventions and improvements the
lection and distribution Of Seeds plants and cuttings 1t
chief cerk-who is by law present tme the
Acting Commissioner Of Patents the absence the Com
missionerten principal and ten assistant examiners pat
besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department the organic act Of lsl0 transferred from
the Treasury Department the supervision Of the
the United States marshas and attorneys and the clerks Of
the United States courts the Of the lead and
other mines OF the United States and the affairs Of the
tentary the United States tho District Of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty OF taking
turning the Of the United States of superv
ing and directing the acts Of the Commissioner Of Public
Buildings BY recent acts OF Congress- Also the hospital for
the insane Of the army and and Of the Dsriotof Coum
bia under the management Of this depar and by
nment from the President II has added TO its long list Of
duties the survey and demarcaon Of the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tons.
This department h nt present very ncon sepa-
rated and located and should be appropriately pers
nently provided for The Secretarys Office occupies por
Of heDew Patent Office building, the General Land OBce
portion OF the Treasury building and the Pension Office
portion Of "Wndors building" now the property the
government whilst the Indian Office R located premises
not ireproof, and rented Of their private owners.
TREASURY DrPARTmgNT.
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
The following brief Indication Of the duties Of these
several offices and Of the force employed therein respectively
Secrcarys 0ce-Hon James Guthrie, Secretary OF the
Treasury Hon. r. @. Washington, Assistant Secretary
temporarily employed and twenty clerks The Secre
ay OF the Treasury charged with the general supervision
OF the fiscal transactions Of the government and Of the
ouon Of the laws concerning the commerce and navigation
OF the United States He supentends the Of the
coast the light house establishment the marine hospitals OF
the United States and the construction Of certain public
buildings for custom houses and other purposes.
First Comptroiey's 0fce.Esha whittlesey esq, Comp
roer and fifteen clerks He prescribes tho mode Of keep
and rendering the civil and diplomatic
,f,Do The