The Washington union., 1857-11-20

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or the Government OF the United States;
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oe secretary state ion Lcwis Cs Assistant Secretary Of
ae ou john Appeon chief clerk twelve clerks trans
stor, and one librarian,
DpOmaic Byanc branch OF the State Department
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srs accredited 10 this government In all diplomatic instructions
Sor treaties OF Boundaries prepared copied
all character received registered and died. their contents
being nrsl entered In N analytic table or index.
Gnoy Branch charge correspondence
&c. between department and the consu and commercial
@ hes and 10 letters from other persons asking for
lar agency relating consular Affairs prepared and recorded
The Dwapp Ae He has charge q all correspondence and
disbursement OF which the department s charged
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department may require He ass records the commissions Of consu
issued.
ch o ppone,ts and Ccsaaiso,sIIe
commissions leers Of appointment and nominations TO the Senate
makea exequat records when English the
which they issued Has charge OF the library
ciak q lhe charge Of the rolls
rolled and resolutions Of Congress- they are received at tho de-
~ren. President the authenticated copies thereof
called for and superintonds their publication
and that eae in the newspapers and in book form attends 70
mn publications regard which this assigned the
departments writing and answering all letters herewith
Has charge Of al indian treaties and business relating thereto
Ctsk n Authorizations CgyghTe has charge Of the
seals United States and tho department. and prepares and
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under the laws relating to copgh records and
hor TILES records all letters from tho department. other than
the diplomatic and consular.
Clerk Pardons and Passports and records padons
daily register all letters other than diplomatic and consular
and Of the disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
to this business
ArspHsEr GENERALS
Hon. Jeremiah s Black Attorney United states
G chief clerk Tho ordinary business Of this ooo may be
Official opinions on the Current business Of tho
called for by the President by head Of department by the
Examination Of tho titles purchased sites Of
nals houses lighthouses and f other pec works Of
Applications for pardons all the
Applications for apponmen, a the judicial and legal business
argument all Supreme
the which the government concerned.
The supervision O all other suits arising Of the depart
To these ordinary heads Of the business d the office added at
first The direction Of all appeals on land claim. in California
second The cciacaon and revision Of the laws the District Of
Columbia
isfyRoR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary o The Department Of the lnteris Hon Jacob Tomp
clerk o-cs Kelly, q) disbursing clerks
following branches Of Tho public service
l The Public Lands The chief Of this bureau called the Com
with he survey management sale Of the public domain and the
issuing o titles therefor whether derived from Of
made by former by s donations for schools
military beunc public improvements and likewise the revision
Virginia military bounty land claims, and the issuing Of scrip in
lieu thereof The ONCE also The
present Commissioner Hon. A. Hendricks Of Indiana It's prin-
besides draughma assistant draughm and some 100 clerks
psp;o hcndo Of his bu IL George C.
Whiting Virginia. The commissioner charged with the exnmi
passed by Congress granting bounty pensions
for the military services the revolutionary and subsequent
which engaged He has
chief clerk g. Cole and consisting of
seventy ether clerks which enable him to meet the
extraordinary Of the bounty land aw has added
temporary force Of about a ekshs Of different denominations
3D. Commissioner Indian Affairs od interim, Charles T.
Mix Georgetown D. Hc Is provided with chief clerk and about
hneen other subordinate clerks.
performance oa things touching respecting the
Ing and sng Of patents for and useful discoveries inventions
and nprovmcnts the collection Of statistics relating agricuture
The collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
h a exwho by law the acting Commissioner o. Patents IN
tant examiners patents dozen subordinate permanent
these four principal branches q this new executive depart,
men the organic act Of 1si9 transferred fro the Treasury De-
and attorneys tho courts manage
ms Of the lead and other mines Of e United and the Affairs
tho penentary the United States in the District Of Columbia and
IRON the State Department tho duty Of taking and returning the
The Commissioner Public Budinr The hospital for the
h army and and the District Of Columbia also under the
Gently passed the socrtary the Interior Is charged with the
rcton Of the three wagon roads leading the Pacific
The department requires additional building for Its acccmmoda
tom and the erection has repeatedly recommended during
The last w for that At the Pension Office Is
provided with what Is known wndes uldingn while
ne other branches Of the including tho secretars office
arc all crowded the building whole which
viii be required the the Patent
which II was originally intended.
The Treasury the Offices Of the Secretary
s Treasury Two comproles commissioner Of the customs six
do treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast
vey
The following Of these several ON
Gee, and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
Sycay Oceon Cobb Secretary Of Treasury;
Hon Philip Clayton, Assistant charge;
architect and three drnughmn temporarily employed and twenty
era supervision the fiscal Of the the
execution the concerg Of the
establishment hospitals States
ucon Of certain public buildings for custom houses and other
poses.
Poa csmfroia's ote-on. William MedIl Comptroller and
Hn clerks lie prcscbs tho mode Of keeping and rendering
esun for the civil diplomatic well the public lands
and reres and ccrnes the balancss arising thereon.
Second Comftolfe 0eeJohn Bredbead esq, Comptroller
nnd seventeen clerks He keeping and render
ing the accounts the navy Indian departments Of the
public service and evs cer1es the balances arising thereon
Office g Commissioner Of ne CueorsIIugh j. Anderson, esq,
commissioner and eleven clerks He proscbcs the mode OF keeping
ana rendering the OF the customs and dburse
h and Tor the building and repairing custom houses &c. and
'mes and ccrtines the balances arising thereon.
firs AUDITORS 0doeTbomas Smith, ESQ., First Auditor and
nineteen clerks He receives adjusts the OF the customs
venue and disbursements appropriations and expenditures on
count the civil list and reports
the balances Commissioner Customs Comp
"oler, respectively, fer their decision thereon
Sord Anim's 0Thomas j. D. Fuller Second Auditor, and
twenty clerks He adjusts ALL relating
he pay clothing and recruiting Of the army well armores,
tsna and ordnance all relating the Indian depart
n tho balances to the Second Comptroller for hts dcc
zion thereon.
Third Auditor.