The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-06-26
u,. organizationo OF the Executive Departments
i"' az fhe Government Of the United States;


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Inc of fhe government OF the United States;
STATE
e machinery employed 10 conduct business arising
r ren relations with all the powers Of the worh for more
Than generally % NY a,s s the on %%Sr y ou N e
ny secretary state, (o Lewis Css one Assistant secretary OF
SI Goa John Appeion one chief eek, tw=o clerks one trans
hpr aud one librarian
Dmaie BranchIbis branch Of the State Department.
% al Correspondence be,wees @ aen 5 1hd II ana S,ns az
y accredited This government 10 a diplomatic instructions
m nom the dartpen and communications 20 commissioners un
es OF boundaries prepared copied and recorded and
m d IKE received registered and nied their contents
l~ng arst entered In an analytic table or index
Cr Branch This branch has charge Of tho correspondence
~ between department and the eonsul and commercial agents
despaches and letters persons asking
T agency relating consular Affairs prepared and recorded
"a, Dbfao gauIIe charge all correspondence
& matters connected relating any fund with the
S.burscmeni Of which the department Is charged
rl1 Tusao, furnish snch transhions the
nen may require lie ae records the commissions Of consus
consns when not In English upon which exeqatnrs are
sued ~
cly Of Aointpsaus makes and records
nnons Of appointment and nomnalos 10 the senaie
makes and records cxeqaars and records when IN English the
which they are issued Has charge ot The library
ciG f h Rolls He takes charge Of the rolls
rolled resolutions of Congress- they 2re received at the de-
amcu the President the authenticated copies thereof
whph called prepares for and upencnd their puboaon
that Of aa u The newspaPsrs ans IN book i9rm attends M S 70
publications in regard 70 which hi, duty s assigned to the
amen writing and answering all letters connected Herewith
m charge Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Clgk Of Auhsatioaons and C4gr9se has charge of the
seals the United states and Of the department and prepares aa
certificates 70 papers presented for anthenuaion receives
aud for the fees Has charge Of publications transmitted 20
m department under the laws relating copyrights records aud in
~ titles records all letters from the department. other than
dpon,tc and consuiar
cr Of Parlas ami Ppts lie prepares and records padons
and renn5; and registers aud nes the petitions and papers on
Which they founded Makes ont and recor passports keeps
daily register of all letters other than diplomatic and consular
and of the disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
o this business
ATTORNEY
Hon Black Attorney General Of The United states R
H. esq chief clerk The ordinary business Of this office may be
classified under the following heads:
onons the current business Of the government as
the President by head Of department or by the so
% Ennaon Of the titles Of all land purchased ms the sites Of
ena custom houses light houses and all other public works o
Appcaior for pardons conviction in the
or IL, United States.
Applications appointment all the judicial and legal business
The and argument all suits the Supreme Court of
United states in which the government Is concerned
supervision of all other suits arising Of the depart
ueu when referred by the head thereof the Attorney General
MAJ n,s direction o all appeals on land claims California
The coioon and revision of tho laws of the District OF
Columbia.
DEPARTMENT
Secretary the Department Of the nerer, Hon Jacob Thop
son. " the % @ e p so M sc "rS Gos, s@s ,an sr E%S cn
clerks and It's supervision and management are committed the
st re Pubic Lands called the Com
of the General Land once The Land Bureau is charged
o the public dona and the
ug therefor whether derived from combinations o grants
governments sales, grants
military bounc puhlc improvements and likewise the revision
virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrpn
present comnsaioner A. Hendricks Of Indiana Its prin
L officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk OF surveys
draughman, ASSISTANT dranghsinan and some 100 clerks
"a Pensions present head Of this George c
WHITING Virginia The commissioner charged with the eNa
adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
the military naval services in the revolutionary and subsequent
I GT ee E @ Cole and permanent corps Consisting Of some
seventy other clerks which Congress- 20 enable him TO meet The
temporary Of about afy ccshp Of dient demonstrations
81 Commissioner of Indian Affairs al inrim Charles
Mix Georgetown, D. He is provided with chief clerk and about
h Pae OGoTo this bureau Is committed execution and
unancc Of all acts and things touching respecting the grant
d issuing Of patents for new and useful discoveries
m the collection Of statistics relating TO agrcuure
the cocn and distribution q seeds plants and cuttings i mas
i' Commissioner principal and twelve as
examiners patents, dozen subordinate permanent
Bcs these four p-ngl branches this executive depart
the organic act 1919 transferred 70 i from TIE Treasury De
attorneys the clerks Of the United States courts he manage
% I nennary S sa Sna 'T S naa ,i states in the % cbn and
from the state Department the dnty o taking ana returning le cen
states q supervising and directing the ac q
4arsionc Public BuIngs The hospital for le insane q
he asd and Of lc District Of gouapa Y a9 aer ne
Management his department. in addition to @hsh M aws r.
Gently passed abe OF the Interior = charged WIN Vie GO"
The three yaean roads ad=s TO tho Pacific coast
department. roagcs m additional building r iis accommoda
on erection has bcc repeatedly recommended during
sd @ M v y'ra poons % n mat sn SfS snoua 1. das
Ln other branches Of the department. including AS & oaG
required early day the the Patent 0fcc fo
ghch II originally Intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Treasury Dcpape eoiss Of the offices of the Secretary o
comptroller lssOner the customs SIX au
treasurer register solicitor gbt psc board and coast sur
The following a brief Of the duties these seyera OIL
and the chapJ1yci therein respectively
Srreay Ohon !t1gel Cobb Secretary OF the Treasury
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant seary one engineer N eba'ge one
three o the charged with tue gen
transactions Of the goaent and o te
concerning the commerce and navigation OF The
uea snpcsncnd tho survey of the coast The hg ~
establishment hospitals Of the Unted Stae and the con
s'ucon certain public building For custom houses and other P"
mode keeping and rendering ac
the cy service well as to pbc lands
and rcVscs aud eerti1e ibe balances arising thereon
Aeund Comltoe's ogfes John NJ Brsdhead, esq, Comptroller
cer he prebes mode keeping aud render
Ing the cf The spd it4n departments Of the
public service, reyses and oorlcs the baanfss g thereon
0Gce CogSioaer The clptonusfIngh y Andersen esq.,
clerks. e pFoscrbes be mode keePqg
reniering the accounts and dsbtre
mohs and Dr the building aud reang custom houses &c ahd 10
Nscs and ccrtiaes the balances arising thereon
FrS AUDITORS 06ce-Thomas sb esq, First Auditor, and
clerks lie be of the customs
aud disbursements appropriations and e$peAucs on &c
fe civil list AMI under private arts of Congress ana reports
the balances OF the Custos 2Dd tPe F Comp
'roler, rcsponigslr fvr their decision thereon
S0nd GgLy Thomas j. D. fuler, Second Auditor, ana
and adjusts all accounts reaing To
Ibe pay clothing rcorunsp Of The army az wen az arno
sr'cna ordnance and AL noop relating To the Indian depart
thereon
Third Aldos oGoRobert Atkinson, oq, Third Auditor and
clerks adjusts all accounts o sub
Etcnoa Of the army foriiacao Military Academy military roas
aud the Qnartarmas department, Wen as for pens e
arising 1916 and for horses ana
other property lost n the military service under y1ro acts OF con