The Washington union., 1857-06-09
E.. ganIzation OF the Executive Departments
ihe N the Government of the United States;

n. Organization Of the Executive DePa rtments
ih' an the Government Of the United states;
sram DEPARTMENT.
- whole machinery employed conduct the business arising
@ S relations with all the powers Of the world far
e than s generally conceived The number employed In the
Of the United states Is only seventeen as follows
~ secretary Hon Lewis Cass one Assistant Secretary OF
S du Appetoh one chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
syF anl one librarian
,nse BruueA-This branch the state Department aAs
a corespondence the department other d.
% AGENTS of the United abroad foreign pow
u accredited this government In all diplomatic instructions
G ram The department and communications commissioners
~ ss boundaries &e prepared copied and recorded and
M Arst entered 10 analytic table or index.
oay anTh branch has charge Of the correspondence
Sn th department consus commercial agents
, ua states Instructions those officers and
Dispatches and 70 letters from other asking for
agency consular Affairs prepared and recorded
n pil7ing ApHe has charge OF all correspondence
% matters with accounts relating any fund with the
55paremcnt Of which the department Is charged
r Tao, duties furnish such transaoHs the
cn may require He also records the commissions Of consul
"a y consa when not in English upon which exequatars
sued
CEk appointments and ccmiaonsIIc makes out and records
COMMISSIONS letters Of appointment and nominations TO the Senate
COMMISSIONS which they are Issued Has charge Of the library
f d he RoI ard AcAirezIIe takes charge
% acts resolutions Of cngfss they received the
from tho President prepares the authenticated copies thereof
@ are called prepares for superntends their publication
treaties in the newspapers and in book form attends TO
n publications 10 regard 70 which this duty Is assigned TO the
Es charge Indian treaties, and business relating teeto
cE,H Of Authorizations aaI CpyriehHe charge Of the
seals United states and OF the department and and
certificates 70 papers presented for aahencaon receives
md accounts fees. Has charge Of publications transmitted
he department the laws relating to copyrights records and
records all letters from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular
lia S Parous PasosHe prepares pardons
a non and registers petitions papers on
% ey arc bundd Makes records passports keeps
daily register all letters, other than diplomatic and consular
and the disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
b this business.
ATTORNEY GENERALS
Hon Jeremiah s Black Attorney states r.
esq., chief clerk The ordinary business Of this Office may be
easslaed under the foIlowng heads:
0a opinions on the current business OF the government as
c for by President by any head OF department by
Examination Of the titles land purchased as the sites Of
~ caom houses lighthouses and all other public works oC
Applications pardous in all the courts
Applications for appointment in all the Judicial and legal
The argument in the supreme Court ct
the GATED States in which the government Is concerned
The supervision Of all other suits arising any Of depart
ordinary heads Business o the Office are added at
the present time the following, viz:
First The direction q al appeals land claims California
second The codacston ard revision the District
Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary Of the Department Of The In,sries Hon Tomp
ers Moses Rely two barsin ees and ten other pA re@
fks and to rs supervision and management committed the
h The Pie lands chief Of this bureau is called the Con
missioner of Tho General Land Once The charged
a titles therefor whether derived conhnatons grants
a oy ormsr BY donations grants for schools
Nrgn military bounty aud claims issuing scrip
Commissioner IIendrscss Indiana It's prin
a officers recorder chief clerk, principal
besides draughtsan, assistant dra1ghnRn $50
Of varioas grades
"a fsus.s The present head Of this George C.
Whiting Of Virginia The commissioner charged with the
patton and adjudication all arising under the various and
% % laws passed By eongres eans bounty land
wars In which the United States have engaged
seventy eks % which Congress 70 enabe lin, 6 meet the
extraordinary rcqlenen Of the bounty aad nw has added
5l ndi Indan Affairs dd
Georgetown D. G. He provided with chief clerk and about
4h Paat Qot ~ ;hs committed execution and
q ~ e and things touching and respecting the
@ ana issuing OF patents for and useful discoveries
~ Fepiens the collection OF statistics relating agriculture,
chief terk-who by law the acting Commissioner q Patents in
a absence OF the Commissioner principal and twelve
stat Of patents subordinate permanent
clerks besides considerable number temporary employees
Besides these four principal branches Of this depart
inc organic act q 1879 transferred to from the Treasury De
amen the supervision d the Of the United
aud the clerks Of the United States courts the
1.-THE peninay Of the United Coumbia and
% tho States of supervising and directing he ac Of
Commissioner fPubHc Buildings The hospital for the
management Of this department. addition which by laws
entity passed the Secretary Of the Interior charged with
ruetn Of the three leading Pacific coast
lhe department requires additional building accsmoa
md the erection q one has been repeatedly during
M N lew years for that purpose Al pre1en Office
PROVIDED with rooms in what Is known az Windor's Inngu while
@ % ~ branches Of the including the secrerys occ
Nh mo the rent 0ies building the whole of which
rb % y "a erly day for the use Of the Patent ONCE for
"H'n " was orisint ery intended
"a. .-- TREASURY pEpAfrxEsr
treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of the Secretary or
reasu compoers commissioner the six
treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast sur
hsQwng brief indication Of the duties OF these several OIL
W., ana Of the force employed therein respectively:
Saas 0Iion Howell Cobb Secretary OF the Treasury;
enp Clayton Assistant secretary engineer in charge
clerks The Secretary the Treasury charged with the gen
of the fiscal transactions Of the government and q the
o. he laws concerning the commerce and navigation Of the
states He supcruiends the survey Of the the house
o certain pubG buildings for custom houses and other pu
f,s caaftroTs oGceHon william Medl Comptroller, and
clerks He Pecbes the mode Of keeping and rendering
t for the cfS diplomatic service public lands
-a revses and ccrhes the balances arising thereon.
Second cOHFpltrs oGeeJohn NJ Brodhead esq., Comptroller
s M accounts the army navy and Indian departments OF the
paoc service and cerhes the balances arising thereon
o@msione clerks prescbes keeping
fsn1ng TIE accounts Of the customs and dsburse
and Tor the building and repairing custom houses &C. and
'H'S and eerthes the balances arising thereon.
rug Aad5ors ogceTbomas smith, ESQ., First Auditor and
n clerks He receives adjusts the Of the customs
and disbursements appropriations aud expenditures on &C
INC civil list AMI under private acts OF Congress- and reports
% to the Commissioner Of the Customs and the First Comp
O1'f respectively, for their decision thereon.
Nfnd Amia0rs o6csThomas Fuller Second Auditor and
ono clerks tie receives and adjusts all accounts relating TO
@ Pay cothng recruiting army web srmories,
a and ordnance relating the Indian depart
and reports the balances the Second Comptroller Cor bis dcc
Third Apsors 0EceRobert Atkinson ESQ Third Auditor
clerks He and adjusts all accounts for sub
M @ q the army orhcatons Military Academy military roads
@ me 9artermasters department we or pensions claims
s from military services previous 1916 and for horses and
property lost in the military service under various nets Of Con
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