The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-16

NH. oreauization OF the Executive Departments
" OF The Government of the United States
STATE
% whole machinery employed the arising
d oar foreign relations wa the powers OF the world for more
simple than generally conceived The humber employed n the
one secretary n Lewis Cass one Assistant Secretary OF
e o John Appeton one chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
at0r and librarian
D,ov.ut BranchThs of the Department
charge all correspondence between the department and other d
m accredited this government In all diplomatic instructions
@ from department. and communications to commissioners un
treaties Of boundaries NO. are solea % a anu
all like character received are registered ana hed their contents
being first entered in analytic table or Index
c,Lar raehIs charge Of the correspondence
AZ between department and the conus and commercial agents
o. s ehs and 10 letters from other persons asking for
lar agency relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
The Drsns AanaHe has charge q all correspondence and
other matters with accounts relating fund with the
disbursement of which the department is charged
The furnish such transaons the
may require He also records the commissions of consus
and cnsu when not in English upon which exequaturs are
issued
cI f arro,sa and CsnssionsIIe makes out
commissions letters OF appointment and nominations TO the Senate
and records exeuaurs and records when In English the
sons which they issued Has charge Of the library
y - ne Rolls and Aychires takes charge rolls
% % sn OF Congress- they received at the de
rolled MY ii PRESIDENT prepares the authenticated copies thereof
% are called r prepares for superntonds their publication
apd that treaties the newspapers and book form attends to
tr distribution throughout the United States and that Of all docu
ep and publications regard TO which this duty Is assigned the
writing all letters connected herewith
s charge treaties, and business relating thereto
yt os Authorizations Copyi0IIe has charge Of the
sa Of the States and of the department and prepares and
alGus u eDN for te fees Has charge publications
the department the laws relating to copyrights records and in
% % titles all letters from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular.
1 Of Paaons and Pastse prepares and records pardons
which, they founded Makes and records passports Keeps
daily register Of all letters other than diplomatic and consular re
ce the disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
this business.
ATTORNEY GENERALS
n Jeremiah Black Attorney the United States r.
H. G esq., chief clerk The ordinary business of this Office may be
o opinions on the current business OF the government as
called the President by any head Of department. or by the So
Examination Of titles of purchased the of
arse houses light houses and all other public works OF
Applications pardons all conviction the
AppIaaoas or appointment all the judicial legal business
The conduct and Argument all the Court Of
the United States in which the government concerned
men when referred the head thereof to the Attorney General
To these oaqry business Of the Office added at
IN, present time tie following, viz:
Fra The direction al appeals on hind claims in California
Second The codacaon aAa revision of the laws Of hS pc' o
Columbia.
ISrXuoR DEPARTMENT.
ocreuy of the Department Of she ntee Hon Jacob Thomp
son Of the State Of Mississippi It's cleo force consists o. one cme
SeE o'e 5 - u saryo and are committed the
following branches ,,f the public SERVICE
LIST he
missioner Of the General Land ONCE The Land Bureau charged
survey and sale Of the public doma ana ,s
by sa Donations o. grants r schools
military bountes public improvements ana a. Ase % s s @ IN
lieu thereof oce also, audts It's own accounts Inc
c officers recorder clerk principal clerk Of surveys
besides draughsman assistant drnughtsma ana some '
"a present head Of this bureau I y George Gee nS. e
nation and adjudication arising the various and
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land Or pensions
wars in which the United States have been engaged he as one
chief clerk Cole and M ah oosh oGnng h se ,s
extraordinary Of the bounty land law has added
Temporary Go oe e nSUdl y Il indian Affairs ad Interim
Mix oGeorgown, D. C. He provided win ch cefk anu
All Pasnt oa this bureau s comnted the execution and
performance all acs and things touching and respeng the grant
ing issuing useful discoveries npenions
and mpovemen statistics relating to agricature
chief crkwho Is by law the acting Commissioner Of in
The absence the Commissionertweve principal anu We've
clerks considerable number Of temporary employees
Besides hess four principal q h % h Sss n
paen supervision Of the United States marsa
mcn the lead and other Of the United States and the affairs
he penenary the United States ~ the District o ooame ana
Department the duty of taking and returning tho cen
tho United states md Of % ana asg m o a Of Of
the Commissioner Of Public Bag II I coaSa ha s & uso s nss i s
management Of this department in addition 70 which BY laws re-
trctd Of the three wagon roads leading tue Pacific coast
The department requires additional building for s %cssaeda
she a years that purpose AT present the Pension Dce
provided what Is known Wnder Bsiahg Wme
Of the department. including the Secelry once
ae all crowded into HE Patent Once building tho whole Of which M
will be required at an early day Tor the use oil the iaent once o
which twas originally intended.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
The Tcaurv Department of the offices Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury two cmproer commissioner of the cusios six au
or treasurer REQ e solicitor lighthouse board and coast sur
The sonc IA rioe udieaton Of the duties Of these several Off
ces, and of the force empoye 9terelh, respoeuVeV'
How, Cobb secretary the TfeNury
Hon bin cytn Assistant, sc aary engineer in charges
architect ,oariy ehphyeu a Wo
three clerks The Secretary Of the Treas y W. ~
eral transactions OF Ie
execution Of the the commerce pb ~ o
United superntends the q the cofs he g noaso
establishment hospitals Of the United Snt>s ana o son
stucn of public buildings for cusomhouses am o pf
poses.
fifteen prescrbes OF keeping and rendering c
for civil diplomatic service az well as the pubc ao
and reyses cerihes the balances a-islng thereon
Second Coaftroes oGccJon M Irodlead esq Comptroller,
and He presclibes the mode OF Keeping ana
ing the the army and Indian departments OF t
public oeres the balances arising thereon
Office Of Commissioner Of Cpsoms,Hugh Anderson, esq,
Commissioner and eeycn clerks lie prescrbes the mode OF Keeping
and rendering tho accounts of the customs revenue and dDuse
building repairing custom houses, &c. and re-
rses and cernes tho balances arising thereon
AUDITORS 0EcsThomas Smith, esq., First Auditor, and
HReeen adjusts the accounts oil the customs
disbursements appropriations and expenditures on nc
list private Of Congress- and reports
the balances OF the Customs and the FIRST oomp
troler respectively, for their decision thereon
ludtor OfoThonas j. H. Fuller, Second AUDITOR ana
clerks adjusts all accounts relating to
the pay clothing aud recruiting cf the army as we as armor
the balances the Second Comptroller for his dcc
sion thereon.