The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-31

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The organization OF the Executive Departments
Of the Government OF the United States
,.s..r.. STATE DEPARTMENT
The whole machinery employed conduct the business ang
Of relations with all the powers Of The world Tor more
psrtnent the United States only seventeen follows
aio on AiOn chief clerk twolve clerks one trans
lator, and librarian eah tla ~ -''L #aas"
D,somaiic ByaneA-Thls branch the Department
all correspondence between the department and other d
porac agents the United States abroad and those OF foreign
sent from the department communications commissioners
treaties Of boundaries are copied and recorded and
being entered in an analytic table or index sA
Cua, BanATis has charge Of the correspondence,
of he United states In those officers
dispatches and to letters from other persons asking for eondu
agency relating consular Affairs are prepared and recorded
The D4rsine AgnH charge Of all correspondence
with accounts relating to fund with the
disbursement Of which the department Is charged mN IA ff
The Tandaior-Is furnish snch
department may require He also records the commissions Of consu
and eonsu when no, In English upon which exeqaturs
cleyk n Ayoisaaas
commissions letters OF appointment and nominations 70 tho senate
commissions which they issued Has charge Of the library
Cgak Archices-He charge rolls,
rod acts and resolutions Congress they are received at the de-
pamen from the President the authenticated copies thereof
which are called for prepares for and saencnds their
their distribution throughout the United States aud that Of all doG
charge treaties and business relating thereto
CLERK Of Amenlsaons and Cspuieh,s-Ho has charge
seals Of the unted States and OF the department. and prepares and
attaches certificates papers presented fer ahencaon receives
department under relating copyrights
dex their titles records all letters from The department other than
the diplomatic and consular
Paspos-He prepares records pardons
and msions and registers and files tho petitions papers
daily register Of all letters, other than diplomatic and consular
eeyed and of the disposition made of hem prepares letters relating
#.a.a ATTORNEY oEsKsALs .at ..aU .ta.a
Jeremiah s. Black Attorney States:
G sef clerk Tho ordinary business of this office be
classified under the following heads: II
O opinions business OF the government
called for BY the President by head department. by the 80
Examination OF the nes Of all land purchased
arsena houses light houses and al othcr public
g. Applications for pardous all
Applications appointment all the Judicial legal business
of the
the United States in which the government concerned
The nsn q q, Ill other @ arising IN any Of the depart
10 these ordinary heads Tho bsneas of tho oco added
First The appeals land claims ia California
Second The codacaton and revision of the laws Of the
Columbia @
INTERIOR l..s ~. r.a
Secretary q ,a, Department Of the Intesr Hon Jacob Thomp
SON Of the State Of Mississippi It's clerical force consists chief
clerk Moses Kelly esq., two dsbursng clerks and zen olhor
.loWng branches the pubic service
ls The Puddle lands The chic, Of this bureau called the Com
missioner OF the General land Office The charged
win the survey manacnen and sale Of the public domain and the
nas W by sales donaion grants M schools
military beunties public improvements likewise the
lieu thereof The Land oceY a aad The
@ % nrs % n chief T. e. er pnsua 81 ess o M
besides assistant daushtsman and $50 clerks
"a rcicn present head of this is
S %S D Of vs The % GO charged VII with the osam
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land pensions
which engaged He one
chief clerk Cole and permanent cor consisting of some
extraordinary requirements the bounty land law has added
ID Neutrality-suspicious. Of Indian Aairs ad interim, Charles
M He is provided with chief clerk and about
iih Patent QoTo this bureau committed the execution and
porm Of all "as and things touching and respecting the
ing and Issuing of patents for Inventions
and Provemens the collection of statistics relating agrculure
% S collection SRo distribution RIB ton m seeds plants and cuttings has
the absence Of the Commssioncrtwevc principal twelve
clerks besides considerable temporary employees
Besides these four principal branches Of this executive depart
amcn the the accounts tho United States marshas
mS lead aaa sna o o ss o o I'm m a% e courts s
e pennenary Of the United states in the District Of Columbia and
from the State Department the duty taking returning
tu the United States and Of supervising directing the
@ @ an nor o I o M m sugs The hospital for the insane
MANA OF h departments in addition TO which by laws
stclcn Of the three wagon leading the Pacific coast
requires an additional building for its accemmoda
no last few years for that purpose present the Pension oce
tho other sa r n what known as "Wndes M Building while
S @ AZ crowded into the Patent oce building the whole Of which
required at an early day for the Of tho Patent Office
winch u was originally intended "ar E.,H, WV.
TREASURY prrAR1sESr
The Treasury Department consists Of the offices Of the Secretary
ha Treasury two compors commissioner Of the customs
ao' treasurer register solicitor light house board and
The following brief indication Of tho duties these several OIL
Tvs and or the force employed therein, respectively
ScIouys OEo,Tion Cobb Treasury