The Washington union., 1857-05-08
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
of the Government OF the United states.

The Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the United States.
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The machinery employed arising
foreign relations with all the the world Is far
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secretary Of STATE on cs Assistant Secretary Of
Hon John Appeton chief clerk twelve clerks trans
lsor and librarian. 4
D.aoma,ic Branch branch Of tho state department has
pas,c agents United States abroad and foreign pow
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DER treaties q boundaries & are prepared copied and recorded and
being first entered IN an analytic table or index.
Consular Branch branch has charge Of The correspondence
rtween the department and The cosns and commercial agents
q e United states IA instructions 70 those officers and answers
their dispatches and 10 os from other persons asking for cons
relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
TAe Dsosng gnHe has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters conheed with accounts relating fund with the
disbursement Of which he department is charged
The TrpsooIIs furnish transaons as
lie ao records the commissions Of
AMI vice consn when not Ia English upon which exeqaaturs
cIrt Of sppoinineds
emmisons letters Of appointment and nominations TO the Senate
when English
COMMISSIONS which they issued Has charge Of the library
tark u ta charge Of the Or
from the President tho authenticated thereof
which are called for prepares I for aud sasnsns ENDS their
throughout the States all
department. writing answering all herewith
all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Gfek 0 Authorizations f1y7tghfSlle charge tho
attaches certificates TO papers presented for receives
department the laws relating copyrighs
deSs their TILES records all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular.
a PapotsIe prepares records pardons
and and registers and aes the petitions and papers on
daily register oil letters other than diplomatic and CONSULAR
eved and OF the disposition made Of them letters relating
TO this business.
ATTORNEY osNERAIs OFFICE
Jeremiah Black Attorney General United
II Ge chief clerk The ordinary business Of this Office be
l. opinions business government
called the President head OF department.
Of the titles Of all land purchased The sites Of
custom houses light houses and NIL otho public works Of
o Applications for pardons all conviction tho
Applications appointment all the and legal
argument supreme
the United States In which the government concerned
referred BY the head thereof 10 The Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office added
First appeals California
Second The codation and revision Of the laws the District Of
Columbia
INTERIOR DKpAwrAENr.
Secretary o tho Department of the Interior Hon Jacob Thon
Of the State Of Mississippi Its clerical force consists Of chief
clerks; supervision management the
following branches he q the public service
the ONCE. charged
issuing therefor whether grants
made BY former sales donations for schools
Of Virginia military bounty claims the issuing scrip
present comissone Hon + T. Hendricks Indiana is prn
a recorder chief clerk, principal clerk o. surveys,
sSss a So, assistant faasnman and some 100 clerks
3D. Pensions present bureau George
Whiting, Virginia charged with the
milton and adjudication d all claims arising under the and
for the military naval in tho and
T. which the United States have been engaged He has one
seventy other clerks which Congress enable him TO meet the
smoray force e about M cerksIps If different denominations
Sd Indians Of Indian Affairs qd iim Charles
nfeen other subordinate clorks
performance things touching respecting grant
Ing aud issuing patents for and useful discoveries Inventions
the collection and distribution seeds plants and cuttings has
@ the ABSENCE the M pns and wsvs as
stn examiners Of patents some dozen subordinate permanent
Besides these four principal branches o This new executive
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attorneys the clerks Of the United States the
Of the pcnientary Columbia
from the State Department the duty Of taking and returning the
lbe Commissioner Public Buildings Tho hospital the
Of this department in addition 10 which BY laws
Gently passed The secretary q The Interior Z charged with the con
Tho department requires additional building for s accomnoa
ton and the erection has been repeatedly during
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department, including tho seretary Office
all crowded into the Patent onee building the whole g which
WIN be required early day for the Of the Patent oe for
The Treasury Department consists the Offices OF the Secretary Of
the Treasury cmptrolers commissioner n the customs siSau
or cqsuor register solicitor light house board aud coast sur
The following il briei indication
ce- Of the force employed therein, respectively:
sccyaarys Ocon Howell Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury
Hon. Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary one engineer in charge one
architect and three draass%en N empoar empoye ana twenty
era the fiscal Of the and Of The