The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-09-11


The Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government Of the United States
rs machinery employed
srsgn relations with all the Of the world for
simple than reaersy conceived The number employed IN the
one secretary State dion c Secretary
(ioa John Aqon chief clerk, wse clerks, trans
Dponie B,oneh- fhl the Department
charge Of all correspondence between The department and other d
puc Of the United States abroad aud those pow
acredid 70 this la all diplomatic instructions
sent rom tne aepamea' aud communications 70 commissioners a
all IKE character registered and filed their
being nrst entered in analytic table OF index
oaar charge correspondence
& between the department and the consul and commercial
10 their espahes % letters from other persons asking for consul
agency relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
TA D'ag Assa-s has charge Of all corrependsnee aud
dsbursenent Of which the department Is charged
The rsaasaor IFS duties % furnish such transaoas the
issued
Clerk t@ pyointaent and makes out and records
commissions letters o appointment and nominations to The Senate
commissions on which they are uet Has charge Of tho library
Of rolls,
rolled s and o. Congress as they are At the De
which are called or prepares for and supennds their publication
distribution throughout United that or all do
publications which this duty tho
Has charge fa Indian and business relating
Cik authorizations and Copyrights He has charge of the
siases certificates 70 presented for nhencaon receives
tho department relating coyrigh
dexs their es records all letters from the department. other than
If Pgans and Prponse prepares pardons
and ensons and rgsrs aud hos the petitions papers
daily register Of all letters diplomatic
evd and Of the disposition made Of them letters relating
GENERALS
Hon jeremiah Black Attorney General Of the United sao T.
Get chief clerk The ordinary business Of this office may be
oncal opinions on he current business Of tho government as
called for by the President by head department by the So
Exauaon Of the titles Of all land purchased as the sites Of
snals oues light houses and all other public works
O. Applications pardons
Applications appointment all judicial and legal
s. The argument suits Supreme
United States il which the concerned
men by Attorney
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of the office added at
First The direction q All appeals on land claims in California
Second The odicon and revision Of the laws of the District Of
Columbia.
INTERIOR mrAnInayT.
Secretary Department the Iee Hon. Jacob Thomp
SON. Mississippi chief
lar clerks and 70 ts supervision
following branches he q Tho public rs service &C
Office The land charged
issuing titles therefor whether grants
made " former BY sales donations grants for schools
Of Virginia military bounty land cn and the issuing Of scrip
present Hendricks prin.
% officers arc recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys
besides raghman assistant draughtsmn and $50 clerks
Of various grades
Whiting, Virginia The charged with the exam
adjudication all claims arising under the various and
the military the revolutionary and subsequent
which the United States have been engaged He has
seventy @ t esf esrss @ % which, a s @ enable him meet @
temporary q about fifty c.erkps Of different denominations
81 Commissioner Of Indian Ars ad interim, Charles
Mix ofGsorgow p H provided viii, Chief clerk and about
o al ae and things touching and respecting the grant
@ n ana ,t @ Hs ne a a a rr q
the collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
chief clcrkwo by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents IN
the the Commissioner principal and twelve
% n o1sn npoa
Besides these four principal branches q this executive depart
riment supervision Uniod narals
and % clerks q s % m unga . s % courts .a hs s %a%a
thc pennay The United States in the District couba and
sa'e oI tho un,e s and Of and directing the acts
The The n a IN rao y ia b 5 q nc Columbia r as as u sri @
management Of this department. in addition 70 which, by laws re-
slucon Of Inc three wagon leading
The department additional building hr lis acc"mmola
the lat few years for that present the Pension Once
the other branches Of the department. including the sccreys office
all crowded into the Paten Office building
viii be for the the Patent Office for
which originally intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Treasury Department the Offices Of tho Secretary of
the commissioner the
dor treasurer regsr solicitor light house board and coast
The following brief indication Of the duties Of these several ON
ee and Of the force employed therein respectively
Soeys o9eeIIon Cobb, secretary Of the Treasury;
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer III charge;
architect temporarily employed and twenty
three charged with the
the
United supennds the survey the the lighthouse
OF the United States and the
ucon public buildings for custom houses and other
poes
ContSroliey OGoeIIon. William Medi Comptroller and
pescribes rendering
well public
and certhes the balances arising thereon
CcmJote's oGloln NJ medhead, esq, Comptroller,
the mode keeping and render
army aud indn departments OF the
cerncs the balances arising thereon
Office Of he CuoDsIiugh j. Anderson
rendering the and disburse
for building and repairing custom houses &C. and re-
pses and cert6es the balances arising thereon.
FUS 0ceTbomas L. Smith, esq, First Auditor and
adjusts the accounts of the customs
appropriations and expenditures on c
the Customs and the First Comp
uoller, respectively, their decision thereon.
Saoad AUDITORS j. d. Fuller, Second Auditor, and
receives aud adjusts ali accounts flng 70
e hay cohng, repnlng Of the army wall " aores,
al relating 70 ie lan depart
m aud repois Tho balances 70 The Second eooef p MS uf
son thereon,