The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-08-28
The ORGANIZATION OF the Executive Departments
of the Government of the United States:
STATE DErAKrmKsr.


Of the Government OF the United States
STATE DErAKr.rsr.
The whole machinery employed business arising
foreign relations with all the powers Of the world for more
s q & e Unsed states is only seventeen Is follows
Secretary Of State on Lewis css Assistant Secretary Of
Hon john Appeton chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
lator oneH
Diplomatic BranehThs branch Department aas
oac agents Of the United states abroad those pow
accredited TO this governments In al diplomatic instructions
der treaties @ q Ne are d d Ss ,e and
being FIRST entered in an analytic table or index
Consular charge OF the correspondence
&c. between the department and ih eonss aud commercial agents
dispatches and 10 letters from other asking for
agency relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
The Di4brsing eac charge all correspondence
relating any
disbursement Of which the department ia charged
duties furnish such transaons the
department may require e also records the commissions oonsus
consu when English upon which excquaturs
issuod
Cisk of appointments COMMISSIONS
commissions letters appointment, and nominations the Senate
commissions which they issued Has charge the library
CLERK he Rolls charge rolls,
pmcn Presidents prepares copies
which are called @ prepares fOr and superntends their publication
their distribution throughout The United States and that Of all docu
department; wrIns and answering all letters connected herewith
charge Of all Indian treaties and business relating theroio
Clerk u Authorizations CofyiaatHc has charge
the United States and Of tine department and and
attaches papers presented authorization
tho department relating copyrights
ho all letters from tho department. other than
the diplomatic and consular
Clerk Of Pardoa PasroIIc prepares pardons
and ,h and registers and s @ the petitions nna papers on
daily register all letters other than dpomc and consular re-
cved and Of the disposition made hom prepares letters relating
ArruRshr usSrR.I's ott1ca
Hon jeremiah Black Attorney the United R.
Get chief clerk The ordinary business Of this Office may be
l. Oncial opinions government
called for the President by head e department. by the so
Examination Of the titles all purchased of
nals custom houses and all other public works Of
Applications pardons all u conviction
Applications appointment Judicial legal
The argument suits the Supreme
the United States in which the government b concerned
when referred by thereof Attorney General
To these ordinary heads the business Of the Office added at
Frs The direction Of all appeals land claims in California
Columbia
INTERIOR pRpAnrngyr
Secretary Department Interior Jacob Thomp
Of the STATE e Mississippi s clerical force consist. Of one chief
lar clerks and TO its supervision and management are committed the
following branches Of the public service:
The The this bureau called the Com
missioner Of the General Land Office The Land Bureau charged
issuing TILES therefor whether derived from confrons Of grants
made by former by sales donations for schools
Virginia military bounty Claims issuing scrip
Commissioner Is Hon. A. Hendricks OF Indiana Its prin
cpal officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of
besides daugmaa assistant dranghtsman and some $50 clerks
Of various grades.
whiting virginia The commissioner IS charged with the
nation and adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
laws passed by Congress granting Land
for the military subsequent
chief clerk G esq., permanent corps consisting
other clerks which Congress enable him . the
about n ceshps Of different
3D. Commissioner Of Indian Affairs dd interim, Charles
Mix ofGeorgetown He provided with chief clerk and about
4h Ps ss bureau s committed the execution and
q al aes and things touching and respecting the grant
and The collection Of relating 70
the collection and distribution seeds plants and cuttings has
the absence the principal and twelve
% s number @ ate temporary
Besides these four principal branches Of this new executive depart
the supervision the United states marshas
and attorneys and the clerks Of the United states the
h pncnary the United the District Of Columbia and
United s,ae and supervising directing
The Commissioner Of Public Buildings The hospital for the insane Of
management Of this department. in addition TO which by laws re-
three wagon leading
The department requires additional building for ts
m FEW years for that purpose AZ present the penson oce
the other department including
are crowded into the Patent Office building the whole Of which
which originally Intended
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of the Secretary Of
The Treasury optroers tho CUSTOMS six
dos treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast
The following indication
ees and OF the force employed therein, respectively
Sarys oo-Hon Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer in charge one
architect and three draughmen temporarily employed and twenty
three Clerks The the Treasury charged with the
execution Of o the
United lighthouse
establishment hospitals of the United States and the
uon Of certain public buildings for houses and other
Pra Comftroers Odo-Ion William Medl Comptroller, and
fifteen prcscbcs rendering
counts for the civil diplomatic well tho public lands
and reyscs and cerihes the balances arising thereon
Second Cernf<royies CGceJon NJ Brodhend, Comptroller
and He pescrbcs the mode % Keeping and render
Ing the army and Indian departments OF the
the balances arising thereon
Office Of Of He CutomsIagh Anderson, esq
and the and dsburse
men for building repairing custom houses Sc and re
vhes aud ceriaes the balances arising thereon
F OEce-Tbomas Smith, esq First Auditor, and
nineteen clerks He receives and adjusts the accounts o. inc customs
revenue and disbursements appropriations and expenditures on nc
the
the balances Commissioner o. the Customs and the First Comp
Goner respectively, fer their decision thereon
Saad AUDITORS 0~Thomas D. Fuller Second Auditor, and
twenty clerks relating TO
the pay clothing OF the well armoies
ana all relating to the Indian depart
m and the balances TO the Second Comptroller r MS de
| son thereon.
Third AUDITORS oHce-Robcr Atkinson esq Third Auditor and
sub
ssicnoe army Military Academy military roads
and department. vol for PENSIONS claims
In
balances the second Comptroller r his de-