The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-07-25
The Organization or the Executive Departments
of the Government OF the United States;
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of the Government OF the United States;
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The employed conduct the business arising oat
q our @reln relations wl'h ai tss Sf'srs ~ vac @ = @ IN me
5s@sai ST.i1 a1 4 sss ssrI oa sssuss
hior, aud one librarian
Diplomatic Brand-Tha branch of the State Department Aas
all correspondence between t,e department aud other d.
sent from the ss es gosefnns", ~ y an ~ponlam ~ @
~ treass of fbaiarls 4nd 20 sh,ers nn
all q ke character eciyrs l lled their eonsa.s
being hrsi entered Ia an analytic liable or index.
Consalar charge ,c orreslNadencc
between the department and the cDnsu and agents
The United states 10 nstucicas 10 those officers,
dispatches and 10 letters from other asking
agency relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
Dt5gag gsac las charge of all correspondence and
wi.h relating any
disbursement of which The department Il charged
fA renaae HIS cuues furnish such rahsaions The
department. ereooras the
and Woe oonai when Egash, upon which
clsa AZ A,g,asisds ana
oaions letters o appointment and nominations % the Senate
which they ssncd Has charge Of the library
ciaa n ls iasl. tisa q the rolls
parsnaen fra The iStielt he authenticated copies thereof
and thai trsaucs newspapers form
their dlribasa throughout the United states ami that e Al aos,
department. wras and answering all letters c,nne.tsd ,srewah
csk n c4yyightIIe has charge Of Tie
seals department and prepares
ss and assSa 1 he es Has charge unaioa transmitted %
ir ui records all letters from the department. ether than
The diplomatic and consular.
rsh n anl pae7s prepares and records padons
and ,vssions registers petitions Eepers
which Key hned Makes and reis passports keeps
q the disposition made Of thenl letters relating
this business.
ArroRsrr crsrnAls orrlcK.
Hon Jeremiah Black, General q tho United States
G chief clerk. The ordinary business Of this office be
oiassned under the foliowng heads:
opaoas the current business Of The government
called for BY the President BY any head Of department or BY the 50
ExaaIaaila q The titles Of all purchased
custom houses light houses aud all other public works Of
Applications all Of conviction in the courts
Applications appointment The Judicial and legal business
and OF all suits in the supreme Court Of
the in which the government Is concerned
sG hs q ~ ~ @ Gs ss e ip f i s Attorney General
,ese ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office are added at
direction q all appeals on land claims in California
Second The eoaion and revision Of the laws Of the Let o.
coanbia
INTERIOR pErAKr,srr
Secretary or the Department Ins Hon Jacob Thonp
soa II As s clerical force consists Of one chief
m eiets and supervision committed the
psnF @ eraas isl o1 4 ae pubic @ s ss &c m eea the Com
General Land ofhee The Land Bureau is charged
ianr II titles iheesor whether derived from grants
military boanae Or public nproveiaerz
u Virginia military bounty land elaias and The issuing % scrip pm
eu thereof The land oee also audts is own accounts ihe
Commissioner Y Hon 7 4 Hendricks q Indiana @ r. Is pri
besides drnngsina, assistant drnghnan and some $50 CLERKS
"a Isasier present head Of this George
wdag Of Virginia The oommsioaer charged with the exan
aa a passed ly Congress granting bounty lsna pensions
for lie milar, ie Revolutionary and subsequent
which United states have been engaged He has one
chief clerk, Is Cole g., and permanent corps consisting q some
extraordinary requirements al he bounty land law has aided
'sEoTass % sree q aD S, iaa Affairs a. i carirs
ais fGooruow b q provided Me. chief clerk and about
4t racs ogo this bureau committed the exeealan and
Of all and tias touching and respeeng he grant
ing issuing patents and ussfu discoveries ihyelo
Y the COLLECTION statistics relating to agruinre
s.ief clerl9ho i by law acting Paen,s
he assers q Inc % l aa nrnann
clerks besides considerable ni1,r q temporary enloysss
the art sio transferred . Il from te Treasury e
and torneys ami thc clerks ried cou
c lead and aer mines q The uned ates and lhs aars
from Department the duty d taking and returning 4e cen
als conmIssiansr j slc ,aGmga hoa de Q
army nasy e Iastr q Columbia also under the
management ls department IL addition % which y laws re
Gently passed secretary d De ietertor 7 charged with the con
me deppeat requires an additional building rs acesmn,oia
ton ana the qFect.a one las been rpeaiea @ aufg
provided ull Wnisr's illdtg whis
are ali dre into Iata bndn, the whole q which
win rei early day for the use p he Patent occ for
@heh IL ssssofiginali5 Intended
rHE.srrn pErAnrmEsr
The Trsnry oonpoefs commissioner o The eaons sS au
dtors, treasurer feg soc labt house poard ana coast SUIT
The following Ia brief Indication these several OH
and q itsesr employed therein respectively;
soreays oGocIisn Cobb, Secretary q The Treasury
secretary engineer IN charge;
temporarily etp ed, and twenty
three clerks The Secretary q the Treasury charged with the gen
fiscal traSrons Of the soteffne e
Of AMI nneEo d me
suluen the f the coast the W M ia'~
the United States, aud The
stuc public building fcr custom houses and other pn
cog,srnIley 0Eoc-IIu. William MeaR Cmptroer, and
keeping and rendering ac
diplomatic well as the pubic tascs
and rcsises aud cerths iae balances arising ihercou
~. Bredfeat, Comptroller,
the Dds render
and Indian departments ~ the
pu eerhs the rances arising thereon
0Doe II ne GnfomsHugh j. Anderson, esq.,
clef prcstrihes flc mode Of keeping
lnde and repairing custom ouses &c, and re-
and eeItiles the balances arising thereon
sYrs 4udirs Thomas l. Smith, esq First Auditor and
and adjusts the accounts o the customs
appropriations and expenditures on nc
civil list ami under private cts 81 Congress- anu rep
the Commissioner m ie ttnH anu te fr Sonp
troIlcr respectively, their decision thereon.
szaad 4gsss " D. Fulier, Second Andior and
and adjusts all accounts relating Va
pay clothing reang Of the wen as ariofss
all accounts relating 10 the Indian depart
su aud repor1s sond Comptroller for his di
thereon
TLyd Aufeys OecsIoeri esq Third Auditor and
rsaves and adjusts all accounts for sub
II Military Academy military roads,
onnrcnaslcrs department well for pcnsils claims
other property LOST ID the military service under various acts of oon
reports balances % the Second Comptroller Tor hs de
csion thereon
Aplors Dayton, oq Fourth Audtorrand