The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-14

No deduction nor ciubs On hEhhi-i.
The Organization or the Executive Departments
or the Government Of the United States
srArs DKrArrnEsI
The whole machinery conduct te business arising out
Simple than Is generally conceived, employed in the
department Of United states only seventeen follows
state (n John App,on chief clerk, twelve clerks one trans
ialor, and one librarian.
charge correspondence between the department and other a.
pomau the United States abroad and those Of foreign
department. communications commissioners
der es q oondar &C. ars prepared so and reeorde and
being arst entered in analytic table or index
C.aIar ranhThis charge correspondence
department eonsuls commercial
Of the United States In instructions TO those officers and answers
agency relating consular affairs prepared and recored
Dswisg Aes He has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected wh accounts relating any fund with the
disbursement a which the department s charged
The Tya,eaar 70 furnish TRANSACTIONS
department He sie records the commissions Of onus
issued.
CLERK Of Appointments and Commissions He makes oui and records
cut and records exeaaiurs and records Engs
commissions which they issued Has charge Of The library
ck tho Rolls and Ahie He takes charge q 'he rolls % Or en-
Congress- they received az te
parent from the President prepares the anhenueaed oo e
and ,s, q rsas II ib ne%spars and in book form attends
their distribution throughout The United states and that Of all doSa
depar.mrn writing and answering an letters herewith
Has charge all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
n CfyiohsIe bas charge of the
seals the United States and Of the department and prepares and
e at" = % s e m esss o Ir puaos
department under the laws relating copyrights records and In
tiles records all from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular.
CLERK If Parns and Passports He and records pardons
Sha % y are auadsd aua s sno On, a and % rS pa s
daily register q all letters other than diplomatic and consular
disposition made Of them; prepares letters relating
this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney States
Gie e chief clerk The ordinary business OF this Office may be
oacial opinions on the Current government
called the President by head Of department. by the
q Examination titles purchased
asnal eus.m houses light houses and all other public works Of
Applications pardons
Applications appointment, judicial legal
argument of quits supreme
the United States which the government concerned
refcrrcd BY lhe head thereof Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business the Office added at
First The direction Of all appeals land claims IN California
Second The cohcaon and revision Of tho laws Of the District Of
Columbia
Secretary Of The Department Of the nterer Hon Jacob Thop
Of the State of Mississippi lis clerical force consists o one chief
az ao n hsy e Two nS ana npa 'a M
following branches Of the public service;
the The land Bureau charged
with The survey and sale q the public and ns
male by former by sales Donations grants for schools
Of virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip
heu thereof The Land Office also ais It's accounts The
ca officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of
besides dranghnan, assistant draughnan and some 100 clerks
present head Of this bureau George c
nation and adjudication all claims arising under the various and
numerous laws passed by Congress granting bounty land or pensions
which the United states engaged He has
& a n ssS e enable aa 70 meet he
extraordinary Of the bounty land law has added
3D. intyim, Charles
Mx ofGorgctevn He provided with chief clerk and about
0Goe-To bureau and
Ing issuing patents useful discoveries Inventions
and The collection o. statistics relating TO agriculture
the collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings IL has
chief Is by law The acting Commissioner q Patents N
ssan. sSsmner M y ,sas ome o1p saonn,e
clerks besides considerable number temporary employees
mcn the Of ls4s transferred from the Treasury De
The the accounts q tho United states Inarsa
the lead and other the United States and the affairs
from the Department duty taking and returning the
sn Of the United ntes and Of supervising and directing the acts
the army navy Columbia under the
cny he @ n ss srr Ct charged m m IL hs
s'ructon Of the three roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
The department requires additional building o its acccmoda
ton and the repeatedly recommended during
the purpose. Pension Office
the other branches Of the department. including the scceas office
are all dd into tho Patent Office building the whole OF which
viii be required early tho Of the Patent oce
which Il was originally intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of the Secretary
the Treasury comptroer commissioner Of the customs six
d treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast sur
The following OF these several on
ses, and Of the force employed therein respectively;
Suesdrys OEop Cobb, Secretary Of the Treasury
Hon Philip Secretary; engineer in charge
architect temporarily employed and twenty
three Secretary Treasury charged with the
era the fiscal the and OF the
execution the the and navigation of The
United States the the coast the
establishment, hospitals the United States and the
slcuon Of certain public buildings for custom and other u
poses.
Fa Comproc's O1ofon. William Medili Comptroller, and
fifteen mode keeping and rendering
diplomatic well the public lands
and reves and ccrtihes the balances arising thereon
Srvnd Comysrofors Ofcc-cm NJ Isdhead Comptroller
and peibc the mode keeping and render
public the balances arising thereon
06o gf o Tie Cusonus-fiugh j. Anderson, esq.
Commissioner clerks He prescbcs the mode Of keeni
and rendering tho Of the customs revenue and dsolrs
ents and for the building and repairing custom houses &C. ana re
vises and cerihcs the balances arising thereon
Firs AUDITORS oGoe-Tbomas smith, osq, First Auditor, and
nineteen adjusts the accounts OF the customs
revenue and disbursements appropriations aud expenditures ON ao
the balances and the First Comp
uouer, respectively, fer their decision thereon.
Srond 4udaos 0Icmas J. D. Fuller, Second Auditor, and
twenty clerks and adjusts all accounts relating 70
arseua ordnance relating tho Indian depart
ent and the balances TO the Second Comptroller m his de
sion thereon
Third Apdaoy, oceRobetJ Atkinson, Third Auder and
rll. I.fsue all prfs n1