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The Organization OF the Executive Department
OF the Government OF the United states;
STATE DEPARTMENT. ss,fq DH fry
The employed conduct the business asng out
Of relations with all The powers Of the world sr more
simple than ss 81 ss. Sna states ouy os
One secretary STATE Lewis cass Assistant Secretary Of
State John APpeon ono chief clerk twelve clerks Que trans
Iaior and one librarian bssta
plomaic Branch This branch Of the Department
hargs all cespndeaoe between The department and other a.
pnc United abroad and those OF foreign
accredited g thus IN ~ dpQ%as Instructions
der treaties Boundaries prepared copied and recorded and
ali Of character received registered and hd their contents
being Arr, anaiydc Table Index OIL o. bstia
Ne between department and tho eonsu and commercial agents
Of United states IN instructions 70 those oeer and answers
lar agency relating consular AFFAIRS prepared aud recorded
The Dpuis Aseae has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters with relating any fund with the
disbursement which the department Is charged
The Translator furnish such rausaons the
department require He ase records the commissions Of consus
issucd. .......s.,- -.-,..-e -wtat1a8
olt Of Aryoines makes out and records
letters Of appointment aud nominations 10 the Senate
makes exequaturs records when Esgh the
commissions which they Issued Has charge the library
rolled acts and resolutions Of Congress- they are received at the do
the President the authenticated copies thereof
0a a Of treaties in The newspapers and in book form attends
distribution throughout the United States and that Of all doou
mes publications which this assigned the
department. writing and answering all letters connected Herewith
Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
CLERK Of Alahencaons and CfwighIIe has charge Of the
seals Of the United department prepares
certificates presented for auhencaon receives
The department relating copyrights
their titles records all letters from the department other than
thu diplpul tir nd com
Clsk Padon Passports He prepares and pardons
emsins and registers and files the petitions and papers
daily register letters other diplomatic and consular
tho disposition made Of them letters relating
ATTORNEY GKsKRAI's OFFICE 'i s33 a3|ss
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney States;
chief clerk Tho ordinary busncss Of s Office bc
cassiasa @ ~ under the following heads; !, ~.
called for by the President by head Of department. by the So
Examnaon Of the titles Of all land purchased as the sites Of
na custom houses light houses and a other public works of
Applications parons all Of conviction in the
Applications for appointment in all tho judicial legal business
The Of all supreme
The supervision Of all other suits arising Of the depart
when referred by the head thereof Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office added at
the present time the following viz eAz-
First The direction Of all appeals California.
second The codhction and revision Of the laws Of the hic, Of
Columbia fF Hsi F taa%
DEPARTMENT.. e,
Secretary Department the nterer Hon. Jacob Thomp
son. Of the State o Mississippi M clerical force consists Of one chief
lar clerks and supervision committed the
chief Of called the
missioner Of tho General land Office The Land Burcau charged
issuing Of titles therefor whether combinations grants
made BY former by sales donations for schools
OF Virginia military claims and the issuing OF scrip in
lieu thereof The Land Oce ALSO audis s accounts Tho
T.
ea officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys
besides assistant dauehsma and some $50 clerks
I'd Pesi The present head Of this bureau Is George g
Whiting Virginia The commissioner charged with the exami
nation adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
@ e military pr naval he and subsequent
which have been engaged He has
seventy other clerks to which Congress to enable him to meet the
extraordinary requirements the bounty law has added
temporary hy cerkshps denominations
3D. Inda Commissioner Indian Affairs ad Interim Charles
n Nn. s Is provided with CHIEF clerk and about
4ih Patent 0Gce-To tho execution and
Ing issuing patents for new discoveries
and mproyemen tho collection statistics relating to agriculture
chief by law acting
tho absence Of the principal and twelve as
clerks besides Considerable number q temporary employees
organic lS4s tho De-
ment the the accounts Of The United States mara
men The lead and other mines of the United and the affairs
Of the penentary Of the United States the District Coumbi and
from the State Department the Of taking and returning the
the United and Of supervising and directing the acts Of
the Commissioner Public Buildings Tho hospital for tho insane
management Of @ department in addition 10 which, by laws
Gently passed. the Secretary Of the Interior charged with the
sucton Of the three roads leading the Pacific coast
The department requires additional building for its ccemmo
ton and the erection has repeatedly recommended during
the last few for that purpose the Pension 0hcc
provided with rooms in what known as wnders Building while
the other branches the department. including tho Secrey Office
all crowded the Office building the whole OF which
will bo required carly for the Of the Patent ONCE for
which was originally Intended
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The Treasury Department the Offices Of the Secretary
the Treasury comptrors OF the customs six
o treasurer register solicitor house board and coast sur
vey tts4tFS N4 ~ i'll 'sN .'" ii
following brief indication OH
ees and OF the force employed therein, respectively
Sradrys Howell Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury
architect and cc draugsmcn temporarily employed and twenty
three clerks The Secretary the Treasury charged with the
era supervision transactions the and the
concerning and navigation OF the
United States the coast the
establishment hospitals the United States and the
sucon Of certain public buildings for custom houses and other pu
poses.
First comtroers oGce-Hon William Mcdn Comptroller, and
fifteen prcscrbes the keeping and rendering
civil diplomatic service well as the public lands
and revse and cerncs the balances arising thereon f f
Conrsroly's OGce w. Cults, esq Comptroller and
prcscbes mode OF keeping and render
ing the the and Indian departments Of the
public service cercs the balances arising thereon
Office Of Commi<onsr Of he CusomlIngh j. Anderson, eeqs
and rendering the and dsbnrse
ments and building repairing custom houses & and rc
vises and ceriaes the balances arising thereon ' +t
Fs uaors OGoe Thomas L. Smith, esq, First Auditor, and
nineteen clerks He the accounts Of the customs
revenue appropriations and expenditures on NC
count The civil list and under private acts Of Congress and reports
the balances tho Commissioner the Customs and the First Comp
uoler, respectively, fer their decision thereon. saj
Second AUDITORS Oo-Thomas d. Fuller, Second Auditor, and