The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-02-07

The Organization or the Executive Depart
mcnts Of the Government orthe United states


The Organization or the Executive Depart
ments Of the Government orthe United states.
pKrARrnESr STATE.
The whole machinery employed to conduct the business
arising cut Of foreign relations with all the powers
eeyed The number employed in the Department Of State
OF the United States only cveneen as follows One Sec
Secretary Of State (William Hunter chief clerk
twelve clerks, one translator, and one librarian.
Dp,omac Branch This branch the State Department
has charge all correspondence between the department and
other diplomatic agents of the United States abroad and
those Of foreign powers accredited TO this In
all diplomatic instructions from the department. and
communications to commissioners under treaties of bounda
res &c are prepared copied and recorded and all Of like
character received registered and ed their contents
being first entered in analytic table index.
Coaslar BranehThis branch has charge of the
Pondence c between the and the eonsus and
to those officers and TO their dispatches and to let
ters from other asking for consular agency or rea
ting TO consular affairs, prepared and recorded.
The Disbursag 4gen.He hns charge of all correspond
and ether matters connected with accounts relating to
fu with the disbursement of which the department is
charged VAN
The TruslaorHis duties are to furnish such transla
ons the department may require. He also records the
commissions Of consus and vice conus when not in English
upon which exequaturs are issued.
Clerk of appointments and Conmssons-IIe makes ont
and records commss'ons letters bf appointment aid nom
and records when in English the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge of the library. NJ
Clerk Of hs Rolls and Arehigs,He takes charge Of the
are received at the department from the Presidents
the authenticated copies thereof which called
for and supcrnends their publication and that OF rca
ties the newspapers and in book form attends to their
distribution throughout the United States and that Of all
documents and publications in regard to which this duty is
assigned the department writing and answering all let
connected herewith Has charge of all Indian treaties
| and business relating thereto.
Clerk of Autcntications and CopyrighHe has charge
of the seals the United States and Of the department. and
and attaches certificates papers
publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating to cpyrghts records and indexes their titles M re-
matte and consular. - ~a4 aar N
Clerk Of Pardons aud Passports prepares records
papers which they founded Makes out and
cords passports keeps daily register Of al letters other
oh made othem prepares letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE. EM
Hon. Caleb Cushing, Attorney General Of the United
States r. H. Get, esq, chief clerk The ordinary bust
of this Office may be classified under the following
| heads e& I, a6.4 #
Official opinions the business Of the govern
called for BY the President by any head of depart
Examination Of the titles of all land purchased the
sites cf arnas easiom houses lighthouses, and all other
| public works of the United States. rseas ..a
Applications paron all of conviction in the
| courts of the United States. @. a."aFs
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the is
g. The supervision Of all other suits arising in any of the
departments when referred by the head thereof to the Aor
10 these ordinary heads Of the business of the Office
added at the present time the following, viz: a..aa
First. The direction Of all appeals land claims in Cali
second The codiacaton and revision of the laws of tbs
/ INTERIOR pEpsnrmsNrs os .a@
Secretary of the Interior Department fIon Robert Nc
Cleland Of the State Michigan. Its clerical
conssts of chief clerk, George c. Whiting, esq
dsbursng agent and ten other regular and t
its supervision and management committed the following
branches of the public servce
ls The Public chefof bureau is called the
Commissioner Of the General Land Occ The Land Bureht
charged with the survey management and sale of the pub
lie domain and the issuing of titles therefor whether derived
by sales donations grant, for schools military bounties
public and likewise the revision of Virgins
military bounty land claims, and the issuing of scrip
thereof The Land Office, also, auds its accounts The
present Commissioner is Hon. t. II. Hendricks, of In
principal clerk of public lands principal clerk private
land claims and principal clerk Of all Of whom
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughtsman, assistant draughsman and lot
| clerks of various grades. sf E H0 -
I'd PsnsonThe present head of this bureau the Hon
Josiah Minot, of New Hampshire. The Commissioner Il
charged with the examination and adjudication of all claims
arising under the o and numerous laws passed by Con
granting bounty land pensions for military nata
services in the revolutionary and subsequent which
the United States have been engaged He has chic
ing Of some seventy other clerks to which Congress.
enable him to meet the extraordinary requirements o. th
! fifty clerkships Of different denominations.
Sd. hdaasCommssone of Indian Affairs Hon. Georg,
| W. Manypenny, of Ohio He is provided with chic
| clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
| 4th. Patent 0fce.-To this bureau is committed tn,
execution aud performances of all facts and things touching
and respecting the granting and issuing of patents for
and useful discoveries Inventions and improvements - thu
collection of statistics relating to agriculture the col
aas chief cerkwho by law (as the present ne) tb,
Acting Commissioner of Patents the Of the
mssoncrten principal and ten assistant examiners pat
ents besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department. the organic act of l849 transferred it
the Treasury Department the supervision
the United States mashas and attorneys and
United States COURTS the management Of the lead
other mines OF the United States and the affairs of the pen
tentary of the United States in the District of Columbia
and from the State Department the duty of taking
turning the Of the United States and superys
ing and directing the acts Of the Commissioner Of Public
Buildings BY actsof Congress- Also the hospital
the insane OF the and and Of the District of Coum
ba under the management of this department and by
sgnmcnt from the President it has added to its long list
duties the and demarcaon of the unsettled
between the States and Territories and bordering
1 tons 'r.8 l4
This department is present very nconveniently sepa
rated and located and should be appropriately and
nenty provided for. The Secretarys Office occupies por
on of henew Patent Office building, the General Land Oc
portion Of the Treasury buildings and the Pension Office
portion of "Winders building, the property of thu
government whilst the Indian Office located in
not Rre-proo, and rented Of their private owners.
| TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
The Treasury Department consists of the offices Of the Sec
retary of the Treasury two comprolers commissioner
the customs, six auditors register solicitor light
house board and coast ett
The following is brief indication of the duties of
several offices and OF the force employed therein respectively
Secretarys OiceHon James Guthrie, Secretary of thu
| Treasury Hon. p G. Washippton Assistant Secretarv