The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-24
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
or the Government Of the United States:
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sfArH DEPARTMENT
Tho whole machinery employ 10 conduct the business arising out
a our brgn relations with all the of the world for moro
simple than Is generally conceyd The number employed N The
I srsarS state ou e&is ciss op assistant secretry 81
State dion John Apelon chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
hior and one librarian. 6t
Di,cuac Braach-Ths branch Of the state Department aas
charge all correspondence between the department and other d.
Srs accredited governments a diplomatic instructions
sebon the derarent and communications commissioners
al q ike Character received are and hed their contents
being first entered In an analytic table OF index.
Coaaar charge correspondence
&c the department and the cou aud commercial
ho United States In instructions 10 those officers and answers
% their dispatches persons asking
hrsgD relating TO consular affairs prepared and recorded
Ths ptosg ds has charge q all sorresrea.snGc G and
disbursement Of whkh the department s charged
The TranfarIIs furnish such
department require He also records the commissions Of consu
ssnea
Ck Of appointments cOnsnissiasII makes
ss ont aDd records eSsua" and reeors When "a Fa e
commissions which they Issued Has charge Of the library,
Ck Of Rots Ahic takes charge thu rolls or en-
rolled and resolutions Of Congress- they received at the de-
pament from the President the authenticated copies thereof
and that Of treaties ID tho newspapers and book form attends to
their distribution throughout the United States and that Of all docn
publications regard which this duty assigned
departments writing and answering all letters connected Herewith
Has charge Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Cak Of Authorizations cofyrgIIc has charge
seals of the United states and of the department. and and
attaches certificates 70 papers presented for auhenicaon receives
R department uhdt ME s teang sopyrsbs records and hi
c&cs their is records all letters the department other
tho diplomatic and consular.
Clerk Of Pdro Pdsasc prepares and records pardons
and resos and registers and files the petitions and papers on
which they founded Makes out and records passports keeps
daily register all letters other diplomatic consular
oyed and of tho disposition matc Of thcm letters relating
10 this business,
ATTORNEY GGSEiAt's OFFICE
Hon jeremiah s. Black Attorney General the United States r.
Gbct chief clerk Tho ordinary business of this office may
classified under the following heads;
as
called for by the President by head Of department. by the
Examination purchased as the sites of
arscna houses light houses and all other public
Applications for paons all the
o the Uuied States.
l. Applications appointment in all the Judicial and legal
OF the government
the United States in which the government concerned
e. Tue supervision q all other suits arising in any q the depart
To these ordinary heals Of the business of the Office added at
li The direction Of ali appeals on land claims in California
Second The cocaton aud revision Of the laws Of the District of
Columbia
DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Of the Department Of the lncrsr Hon Jacob omp
The State Mississippi chief
clerk oses Kelly esq two dsbursng clerks and other
Io~i"s branches of the public service
l The Public Lands The chief Of this called Corn
with the management and sale Of the public domain and tho
issuing Titles therefor whether derived from grants
made by former by sales donations OF grants for schools
military bouncs public improvements and likewise the revision
lieu thereof The Land oce, also aui its accounts. The
prcscn, Commissioner is Hon Hendricks Of Indiana I prn
officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk
besides draghsm assistant daughtsma and some $50 clerks
"a. Peaaas-The present George c,
Whiting Of Virginia Tho y charged with the cSami
laws Congress granting bounty land pensions
for the military naval services in the revolutionary and subsequent,
in which the United States have been engaged He has
chief clerk Cole esq) aud permanent corps consisting Of some
extraordinary requirements Of the new bounty land aw has added
temporary force Of about fifty clcrs OF different icnoqnaions
3D. iaihnfcmmsoner Of lndi Affairs ad inLfHs Charles
Mix Georgetown D. LIE provided with chief clerk and about
fifteen other subordinate clerks.
performance Of all acs and things touching and respecting the grant
and ba, h e @ of a as renr
the collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
chief ccrkwho Is by law the acting Patents
the absence Of the Commissioner principal aud twelve
% snt examiners Of pnsn some czen subordinate permanent
Besides these four principal branches q this new executive depart
supervision
and attorneys and the clerks Of the United States courts the
the pentenry the United the District Coumba and
from the State Department the duty Of taking and returning the cen
Of the United States and Of supervising and directing the acts of
the Commissioner Of Public Buildings The hospital for the insane
of this departments in addition TO which by laws
Gently passed the Secretary Of the Interior Is charged with the con
The department requires additional bodng r its aeccmmoda
ton and tho erection Of has bocn repeatedly recommended during
provided with in what swinders Building while
arc all crowded into the Patent omce building the whole q which
will be required at early day for the Of the Patent oce for
winch was originally intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department the Offices OF the Secretary Of
tho Treasury comptrolers Of tho six
do treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast
The following brief indication Of tine duties Of these several on
COS, and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
oTedrys OEceon Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury;
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secrctary one engineer IN charge one
architect and three draushmen temporarily empoyea ana ,won
a supervision tho fiscal transactions Of the government and Of the
execution Of tho laws concerning the commerce and navigation thc