The Washington union., 1857-09-15

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The Organization Of the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the United States
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The whole machinery employed ang
Of our m,esn relations with all te powers Of the world fs more
Department Of State Of the United States only
One Secretary Of State ion Lewis Secretary
STATE oo John Appleton chief clerk twelve Clerks
hior, and one librarian.
Dploaa,s B,anerhs branch Of the State Department nss
charge all department other d
pomaic OF the United foreign pow
from the department commissioners u.
der treaties q Nc ara copied and recorded and
being first entered In AN analytic table or index.
cur Branch branch has charge Of the correspondence
the United States la instructions those officers
their dispatches and TO letters from other asking
lar agency or retng " consular affairs prepared and recorded
Dauno AgrtI charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with accounts rotating 10 fund with the
disbursement d which the department Is charged.
furnish such tranaions as The
department. require He also the
and se cosus when not In English which excqaurs
Issued.
Ciok Of appointments makes out records
Of appointment and nominations 70 the Senate
makes aud records
commissions which they issued Has charge the library
CLERK s Rolls charge rolls or
Pancni from the President the authenticated thereof
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thor distribution throughout the United States that
Department. writing and answering All letters cuneused Ssrewi
Has charge Of all Indian treaties and business rotating
CLARK Of AAeaicdtioas and CeptgsIIe charge Of the
attaches certificates papers presented for auhencaon receives
the department relating copyrights
dexes their titles records all letters from the department. than
the diplomatic and consular.
Clerk If Parons and Pdpoc prepares pardons
and and registers and hlos tho petitions and papers
daily register Of all letters other than diplomatic consular
eyed and Of the disposition made Of em letters relating
GENERALS
Jeremiah Black Attorney General United States r.
Get ESQ., sef clerk The ordinary business Of this Office be
Official opinions business of the government
called for BY by head Of department. by the
Examination titles all land purchased as the sites Of
arseui custom houses light houses and all other public of
Applications for parona in all Of conviction tho
Applications for appointment. all tho Judicial egal
the United States in which the government concerned
i the Gsa csa ss s amy q s depart
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office added
First The direction Of all appeals California
Second The coiacaon aud revision Of the laws the District Of
Columbia, sa
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Secretary Of the Department Of he htcrer Hon. Jacob Thomp
of the State Of mississippi It's clerical Of chief
clerk oses Kel os two dsbursng clerks, and ten other
following branches Of the public service:
missioner of charged
with The and sao Of the public domain and the
made by former by sales donations for schools
military Wgs ,s,S or p"o and likewise The %
lieu thereof Tho Land Office also auds It's own accounts The
officers recorder clerk principal surveys
besides assistant draughsman and somc 100 clerks
"a isrsic Tho present head Of This bureau Is George
nation aicaion o all claims arising under the various and
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land
in which the United States have engaged He
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extraordinary of The land law has added
3D. Indians ierim Charles
Mix He provided with chief clerk and about
i,h PaeG 0To this bureau committed the execution and
and mprovcmen' the collection of statistics relating agrlture
chief cIsrkwho is by law the acting Commissioner o Patents
the absence Of The principal and twelve as
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees
mcnt organic Treasury
parment the supervision the tho United States marhas
ment the lead and ether mines the United States the affairs
from t State Department the duty Of taking and returning the
usc of the United states and Of supervising and directing the acts of
the army navy Of the
management Of tins department. in addition which by laws
srucon Of the three wagon roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
ton The erection has been
the last few years for that purpose Az present the Pension once
provided with what Is known Wners Building, while
the other branches Of the department including tho secears Office
all crowded into the Patent Once building the whole Of which
will be required carly for the the Patent Oce
which II was originally intended
TREASURY prrARrMKsr
The Treasury Department consists OF the Offices of the Secretary of
tho Treasury comproers commissioner tho customs
dtos egcr solicitor lighthouse board and coast sur
The following is brief several Off
oes, and OF theaorco employed therein respectively:
Se9ay OGon Howell Cobb, Secretary OF the Treasury;
Hon. Secretary In charge
architect and three draughsmon temporarily employed and twony
three the Treasury charged with the gen
and OF the
the the and navigation the
United the tho coast the light house
establishment hospitals Of the United States, and the
public buildings for custom houses and other pur
poses
First consoer's OceIIon william Medll Comptroller, and
precbes the mode Of keeping and rendering
the civil diplomatic SERVICE wen ms the pubc h
cerifcs the balances arising thereon.
Second Com,srydicr Bradhead esq., Comptroller,
He pescrbcs the mode OF kcepng and rondr
the and Indian departments to
service ccs the balances arising thereon
O0cc of Commissioner Of he CtomsIIugh Anderson, ESQ.,
Commissioner clerks He prccrbos the mode oil Keeping
rendering OF the customs and dsburso
building and repairing custom houses Sc ana ro
viscs and ccrtiGes the balances arising thereon ~
Prs Aufi,or O6ceTbomas L. Smith, esq., First Auditor, and
and adjusts the accounts o. the customs
appropriations and expenditures ON &C
acts OF Congress- and reports
balances Customs and the First Comp
trolier, respectively, fer their decision thereon
Saoud Auiaos OGo-Thomas Fuller Second Auditor, and
and adjusts all accounts relating 10
paw clothing recruiting OF tho well as aroe
aenzs and relating TO the Indian depart
men The balances 10
sion thereon.
Third Audlor OhccRobcrtJ Atkinson Third Auditor and