The Washington union., 1857-06-05
~. ovxanization OF the Executive Departments
ih' of fhe Government OF the United States

81. oyxanization OF the Executive Departments
of the Government OF the United States;
STATE prAsrsEsr.
VIA whole machinery employed TO conduct The business asng on,
, rrn relations with all The Of tho world for
Gp @ 4 se q he bnsod states Is only sessnlrqn oow
o. secretary q state Qon Lewis cs one assistant s'eretary Of
.ar sndo one librarian
n,omaic BranohThis branch Of the State Department
s agents Of United abroad aud those OF foreign pow
rs accredited this government In all diplomatic Instructions
I'M from department. and communications TO commissioners
aes boundaries prepared copied and recorded and
~ ike character registered fled their
Wing arst entered In analy table or index.
oalur granhTh branch charge the correspondence
between department and the consus and commercial
% dispatches and to letters from other asking for
agency relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
y1 bursia AgsHe charge all correspondence
r matters with relating fund with the
6.barsemcnt Of which the department is charged
r@ ra HIS duties 70 furnish such TRANSACTIONS the
ent may require lie also records the commissions OF
and oasus when not 10 English upon which excquaius arc
sued.
c f Ap0naes and Camssions He makes out and records
COMMISSIONS appointment and nominations the Senate
nike records excuaurs and records whc in English the
smssons hcy issued Has charge the library
rlgk ne Rolls charge tho rolls or en-
rolled resolutions of Congress- they received tho
the President the authenticated copies thereof
which called for for and sulcrntcnds their publication
treaties in the newspapers and in book FORM attends TO
heir distribution throughout the United States that OF all doc
Sament writing and answering all letters connected terewih
charge Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
CLk Of and CyohIe has charge Of the
seals United states and Of the department. and and
attaches certificates 70 papers presented Tor receives
the department under the laws relating copyrights records and
s their titles records all letters from tho department other than
the diplomatic and consular.
Ck Pado Paspotsrc prepares and pardons
and ems registers and files the petitions and papers
which founded Makes aud records passports keeps
dny register letters, other than diplomatic and consular,
oged Of the disposition made Of them; letters relating
liroRSEy 0ssERAls ottIcE
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney General Of the United States r.
Gct esq., chief cornary business Of this Office may be
classified under the following heads:
for by tho President by any head q department or by thc 81
Illumination Of the tides Of all and purchased the sites
e custom houses houses and all other public works
! Applications pardons all conviction in the courts
the United States H4a
Applications appointment Judicial legal business
The conduct and argument ali suits the supreme
The supervision or all other arising any depart
when referred by the head thereof Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business OF the Office added
the present time the following, viz.
First The direction Of all appeals on land claims in California
Second The codacaon and revision Of the laws of the District Of
Columbia
DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Of the Department Interior, Hon. arbb fhonp-
son. Of the State Of Mississippi lis clerical rc Consists Of chief
clerk Moses Kelly esq two Disturbing clerks, and ten other regu
lar clerks and 10 s supervision management committed The
following branches Of the public service;
d he ' General na once sSe ssss land saa e aga
@ titles q o% ,n Sqaus @
made W omer by sales donations n grants M stoos
Virginia military bounty land sas and the issuing Of scrip IN
su thereof The Land Once, Also audt5 It's own The
opal cers recorder chief clerk principal clerk surveys
besides raaghsma assistant draughsma and 5o clerks
peasen Tho presen, head e this bureau : George e
Whiting Of Virginia. Tho COMMISSIONER charged with the
saerou laws passed by Congress granting bounty land pensions
which the United states have been engnged He has ono
e clerk q Cole esq and permanent corps consisting Of some
extraordinary requirements bounty law added
temporary force about my clerlsps Of different denominations
~ fndaascbmnoner Of Indian Affairs dd inem Charles f.
NIX oGeose'own He provided with chief clerk and about
haen other subordinate clerks.
4h Paem gIo this bureau committed the execution and
performance Of all "acts and things touching and respecting the
and improvements collection relating agriculture
the collection and distribution Of seeds plants, and cuttings has
the absence Of the principal
aa examiners Of patents dozen subordinate permanent
clerks besides considerable number temporary employees
Besides these four principal branches of this executive depart
ment the organic act Of 1s4s transferred Treasury
pimeht the supervision
and attorneys and the clerks Of the United States the
tc pcntenary District Of Coumba and
ron te a,e Department che duty Of taking and returning the
ss Of The United States and supervising and directing the
Inc Commissioner Of Public Buidngs The hospital for the
@ army and navy and ot District Of Columbia also under the
Gently passed the Secretary Of the Interior charged with
The department requires additional building
@ and the erection OF has been repeatedly
provided in what Known as awnders Building while
e other branches Of the department. including the secretary
% % a crowded into the Patent oce building, the whole Of which
at an early day for the Of the Patent oe for
S"cn II was originally intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of the Secretary
g Treasury two comrolcrs OF the customs
treasurer register, solicitor light house hosrd and coast
The following indication the
oA aud OF the force employed therein, respectively
ssndys QteIIon Howell Cobb Secretary OF the Treasury
@ nip Clayton, Assistant Secretary; engineer in charge;
M and three draughsmon temporarily employed and twenty
m supervision Of The al transactions the and Of the
uon the laws vaerng navigation OF the
~phmnt the hospitals States the
n Of certain public buildings for custom houses and other
rga comrrolIey oHon. William Mcdi, Comptroller, and
eh clerks He pcscrbcs the Of keeping and rendering
ANA M me civil and diplomatic service rs wen as the public lands
''eVses and eertiles tho balances arising thereon
Sni Corftrrcrs otfoeon A. Brodhead esq Comptroller,
@ seventeen clerks lie precbcs the mode keeping and render
ag The army navy departments OF the
service and reyses and ccrics the balances arising thereon
Woe Commissioner of Cuso1isugh j. Anderson,
and eleven clerks He precrbcs the mode Of keeping
the accounts cf the customs and dsburse
o and for the building repairing houses &C. and
'NS and certaes the batinces arising thereon.
ttS Audors QGceIhcmas Smith, esq First Auditor, and
en clerks lie receives adjusts the OF the customs
u and disbursements appropriations and expenditures
he civil h and under private acts Of Cobsress and reports
70 the Commissioner of the Customs and the First Comp
"U'eri respectively, for their decision thereon
Soa AUDITORS ooe-Thomas d. Fuller Second Auditor, and
Wn clerks adjusts relating
vac pay clothing, recruiting the army well armorcs
and ordnance and all accounts relating to the Indan depart
sOn thereon
Third 4ahors 0GceRober, Atkinson esq., Third Auditor
clerks Ho receives and adjusts all accounts for sub
@ e Qrcmastcrs department. wen for pensions claims
from military services previous to 1873 and for horses and