The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-24


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rbe Organization OF the Executive Depart
ments OF the Government OF the United States.
pKrAHraKsr OF STATE.
The whole machinery employed to conduct the business
rising out of foreign relations with all the powers
N The world is far more simple than is generally
yed The numbsr employed in the Department of State
ssry Of State (Ion. William l.. Marcy) one Assistant
Secretary Of State, William Hunter,) chief clerk
welye clerks, one translator, and one librarian.
pLop,aic BranchThis branch of the State Department
m charge Of all correspondence between the department and
her diplomatic agents of the United States abroad and
hose Of foreign powers accredited to this In
N Diplomatic instructions sent from the department and
to commissioners under treaties of bonda
Ties &c prepared copied and recorded and all of like
Character received registered and filed their contents
being first entered in analytic table index; 80 Z.
Consular BraneThs branch has charge of the CORES
pondence &C., between the department and the consuls
10 those officers and their dispatches and to let
other asking for consular agency or rea
hing to consular Affairs are prepared and recorded.
The Disbursing AyeuIe has charge of all
and other matters connected with accounts relating
fund with the disbursement Of which the department is
charged.
as the department may require He also records the
commissions Of consus and vice consu when not in English
upon which exoquaturs are issued.
Clerk Of appointments and Conmssions.H makes out
land records commissions letters Of appointment and nom
nations to the Senate makes out and records exequaturs
ARE issued. Has charge Of the library.
Clerk of the RoAs and ArchipesHe takes charge of the
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- they
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
for and superinends their publication and that of
dstrbuon Throughout the United States and that Of ali
documents and publications in regard to which this duty
assigned 70 tae department writing ana answering all let
and business relating thereto.
Clerk Of Neutrality-suspicious. and OopyrigAt He has charge
of the seals Of the United States and of the department and
prepares and attaches certificates to papers for
receives and accounts for the Has charge
publications transmitted the department under the
relating copyrghts records and indexes their titles re-
cords all letters from the department. other than the dpo
matte and consular.
pardons and remssons and registers and files the petitions
and papers which they founded. Makes out and
than diplomatic and consular received and Of the dspo
on made prepares letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Gushing, Attorney General of the United
States r. H. Giet, esq., chief clerk. The ordinary bust
Of this Office may be classified under the following
Official opinions the current business of the govern
ment called for BY the President BY head of depart
Examination Of the titles Of all land purchased the
sites Of arsenas lighthouses, and all other
81 Applications for pardons in all conviction the
courts Of the United States.
s.
s. The argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the is
G. The supervision Of all other suits arising in any Of the
when referred by the head thereof TO the Ator
fo these ordinary heads of the business of the Office are
added at the present time the following, viz
First. The direction OF all appeals land claims in Cali
Second The codacaon and revision of the laws of the
District OF Columbia , EsE M a.s
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INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Nc
consists Of one chief clerk, George G. Whiting esq)
dbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and to
its supervision and management committed the following
branches of the public service:
Is The Public chief this bureau called the
of General Land Office The Land Bureau
lie domain and the ssuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from conrmatons of grants made by former governments
or public and likewise the revision Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip lieu
present commisroner is Hon. T. H. Hendricks Of In
diana. Its principal officers recorder, chief
clerk ad Of RuSS & sp. ssrs x Of
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughsman assistant draughtsman and LOG
3D. PensosThe present head of this bureau the Hon.
Josiah Mnot, of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
@ anS ana o. ~ v
gres granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged. He has chef
Ing o some seventy other clerks to which Congress- to
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements o. the
new bounty law, has added temporary of about
fifty clerkships of different denominations
3d. Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Hon. George
W. Msnypenny, of Ohio. He is provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th. Patent 0dice.-To this bureau is committed the
execution and performance of all facts and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
and useful discoveries inventions and improvements - the
lection and distribution Of Seeds plants and cuttings It
has chief by law Gas at the present time the
Acting Commissioner of Patents the absence Of the Com
msonerten principal and ten assistant examiners of pat
ents besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches Of this executive
department. the organic act of 1S49 transferred to it from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the accounts Of
the United States marhas and attorneys and the clerks OF
the United States COURTS the management Of the lead and
other mines of the United States and the affairs Of the pen
tentary Of the United States in the District of Columba
and from the State Department the duty of taking and
turning the Of the United States and of upervs
ing and directing the acts Of the Commissioners Of Public
Buildings BY recent acts of Congress- also the hospital for
the insane OF the army and and of the District Of Coum
oa is under the Of this departments and by
gnmen from the President it has added TO its long list Of
duties the survey and Of the unsettled boundary
tions. = 'sI-a 81
rated and located and should be appropriately and
nenty provided for The Office occupies por-
ton Of thenew Patent Office building the General Land Office
Of anS as The oos y
government, whilst the Indian Office Is located in premises
not e-proof, and rented of their private owners.
...... TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of the Sec
etY OF the Treasury two comptrolers commissioner Of
he CUSTOMS six auditors treasurer register solicitor, light
house board, and coast survey tts@
The following brief Indication of the duties of these
several Offices and of the force therein respectively