The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-24
he Organization OF the Executive Depart
nents or the Government of the United states.

me Organization OF the Executive Depart
uentS OF the Government ofthe United States.
pEPARTMEET OF STATE.
The whole machinery employed to conduct the business
rising out of foreign relations with all the powers
/ the world is far more simple than is generally
lived The number employed in the Department Of State
the United States is only seventeen, follows One Sec
ary Of State (Hon; William 7. Marcy,) Assistant
ecretary of State (Wliam Hunter chief clerk,
ITelye clerks, translator and one librarian.
Diplomatic Branch branch of the State Department
charge Of all correspondence between the department and
diplomatic agents ?, ns unsd N . states abroad and
diplomatic Instructions sent from the department. and
to commissioners under treaties of bounda-
&c are prepared copied and recorded and all of like
received registered and fled their contents
ing first entered in an analytic table or index.
Consular This branch has charge of the
ndence &c between the department and the and
mmsroa agents of the United States In it instructions
those officers and answers to their dispatches and to let
ng to consular affairs, are prepared and recorded
The Disbusng AgeaHe has charge of all correspond
and other matters connected with accounts relating
fund with the disbursement OF which the department is
parged. tah
The TansatorHis duties to furnish such transla-
the department may require. He also records the
mmissions Of consus and vice consu when not in English
BON which exequaturs issued.
Clerk of appointments and Oomn,issons-He makes out
records commissions, letters of appointment and nomi
records when in English the commissions which they
5e issued. Has charge of the library.
Clerk of the Rolls and Archves.He takes charge Of the
Rs, enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- they
received at the department from the President prepares
authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
Ia the newspapers and in book form attends to their
rbuon throughout the United States, and that of all
and in regard to which this duty
gned to the department. writing and answering all let
connected Herewith Has charge OF all Indian treaties
jbd business relating thereto.
Clerk of Auhenticaons and Copyrights. He has charge
seals Of the United States and of the department and
and attaches certificates to papers for
publications transmitted to the department under the laws
plating to copyrights records and indexes their titles re-
d all letters from the department. other than the dpo
attic and consular.
Clerk Of Pardons and Passports. prepares and records
rdons and remssons and registers ard files the petitions
papers on which they are founded Makes out and re-
diplomatic and consula received and of the dispose
made Them prepares letters relating to this business
/ r. q. ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. as
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General of the United
ates r. H. Giet, esq.,, chief clerk. The ordinary bust
s of this Office may be classified under the following
tads 81 @aJ'He'8a yG4
Official opinions the current business of the govern
ent or by the Solicitor of the Treasury. ..I
Examination of the titles Of all land purchased, as the
e arsenas M % h9ases and all other
Applications for pardons all of conviction in the
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
The conduct and argument of all in the Supreme
urt of the United States in which the is
The supervision of all other suits arising in any of the
when referred by the head thereof to the Atto
these ordinary heads of the business of the Office are
ded at the present time the following, viz:
First The direction of all appeals land claims in Cali
rnia. f aE l#f. gt i#s '." t . AN
second The codfcaton and revision of the laws of the
s@ INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.. n... ..E
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
LELAND, of the State of Michigan Its clerical force
insists of one chief clerk, George G. Whiting, esq,)
dsbursng agent and ten other regular and to
supervision and management committed the following
! fanches of the public service: u... e.. rT
M The Public LandsThe chiefof this bureau is called the
Commisoner Of the General Land Oce The Land Bureau
charged with the survey management and sale of the pub
domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
om combinations of grants made by former governments,
sales donations, of grants for schools military bountes
public improvements and likewise the revision of Virginia
ary bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip lieu
resent Commissioner is Hon. T. H. Hendricks, of In
ANA Its principal officers recorder, chief or
oas n' and principal clerk sir whom
pponted by the President and confirmed by the Senate
draughtsman, assistant draughtsman and LOG
erks of various grades.
PcasonsThe present head of this bureau is the Hon.
oiah Minot, Of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the examnaton adjudication Of all claims
rng under the and laws passed by Con-
granting bounty land or pensions for military naval
IN hs a and % S in which
kerk, Is. Cole esq.,, and permanent corps consist
Of some seventy other clerks, to which Congress to
e him to meet the extraordinary requirements OF the
bounty law, has added temporary force of about
fAy clerkships of different denominations.
3d. Commissioners of Indian Affairs, Hon. George
" Manypenny, of Ohio He is provided with chief
klerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
.h Patent ogoeTo this % bureau j. committed the
respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
useful discoveries inventions, and improvements - the
nd n i