The Washington union., 1857-11-28


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The Organization OF the Executive Departments
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ae Secretary state Ion css Secretary Of
ae dion John pon chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
hior, and one librarian
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charge bcween te department and other d
rs p. sa ss government In ali diplomats instructions
sent from and communications 10 commissioners
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being arst entered analytic table or index @
Car BaacA charge correspondence,
S between The department consus commercial
oft States In instructions TO those officers and answers
lar agency relating consular Affairs prepared and recorded
D He has charge s q Al oosspsnasnSs nee, and md
dhbursement Of which tho department Is charged
The Taniao duties furnish such TRANSACTIONS the
department require lie as records the commissions o consus
issued. at M b 2
caaq AI4oues and Commissions He makes out and records
commissions Of appointment and nominations TO the senhte
commson which they issued Has charge Of tho library
Ck Of the Rolls and charge OF the rolls
rolled Congress- received at the de-
srep the President the authenticated copies thereof
nna .hs. treaties II he newspapers
mnt and publications regard which this duty assigned to the
department. writing and answering all letters herewith
Has charge all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Crk Of Administrations Copyrights He has charge Of the
seals Of the Of the department and and
auS aon, for hc fees Has charge Of publications transmitted 70
under the laws relating TO copyrights records and in
es records all letters from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular. ss H iagst
Cak Parons Paonse prepares and records pardons
which they are founded Makes keeps
daily register q al letters other than diplomatic and consular re-
daft
this business 4F
@ ArroRxxy GENERALS OFFICE
Hon. Jeremiah Black Attorney States
Gie esq., chief clerk The ordinary business Of this oco be
opinions the business Of the government
called for by the President BY head Of department or BY the So
Esamnaton d purchased,
aena houses houses and ai other public works Of
Applications for pordons all Of conviction in tho courts
Applications apponmcn, Judicial legal
argument all supreme of
the United States in which the government 4 conccncd
by Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of tho Office added at
First The direction Of all appeals on land cnms in California
Columbia.
t INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary Of tho Department ntcrier Jacob Thomp
Mississippi clerical force consists Of chief
lar and e Is ' sasrson and are comied The
following branches Of tho public service:
missioner Of the General Land Oce The Land Bureau charged
ans uss hcrefT whether from grants
made by former BY sales Donations schools
Virginia military bounty claims the issuing Of scrip
Hen thereof The land Once also auds Us own accounts The
pa officers recorder, chief clerk principal clerk OF surveys
besides assistant draughnan and some 100 clerks
a present head q this bureau i George 2
nation and adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
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IN which the United States have been engaged He has
seventy Other clerks which Congress enable him omec the
extraordinary Of The new law as added
3D. indians Commissioner of Indian Affairs cd interim Charles
Nix oGeogetown He provided with chief clerk and about
Iatn 6u-To this bureau is committed
ing and Issuing patents discoveries Inventions
and and 1 the collection q statistics relating to @
chief by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
examiners Of patents some dozen subordinate
clerks besides considerable number temporary employees
men the organic net lSss transferred to the Treasury De
attorneys clerks courts manage
ment the lead and other mines the United States and the aas
from the State Department the duty Of taking and returning tho
sos The United States and q supervising and directing the acts Of
the army navy Of Columbia under tho
Gently passed the Secretary o tho Interior charged With tho
Hucon cthc three roads leading TO tho Pacific coast
ton and the been repeatedly recommended during
tho last few purpose the Pension Office s
provided with in what Is known Wndcrs Building while
the other branches Of the including the Office
are all crowded into the Patent Office building tho whole OF which
will be the Patent 0cc for
which it was originally intended t
DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury the Offices OF the Secretary
tho Treasury conptroers the
dtors treasurer register solicitor board and coast sur
The following indication tho duties Of these several Off
ses and Of the force employed therein, respectively;
OncsHon Cobb, Secretary the Treasury;
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer in charge
three clerks Tho the Treasury charged with the
m supervision tho fiscal transactions the and Of the
execution the laws concerning the and navigation the
United States lie supcrncns the Of the coast the light house
establishment the hospitals Of Che United States and tho
ruon of certain public buildings for custom houses and other
poses.
fifteen clerks c prcbes tho mode of keeping and rendering
diplomatic service well the public lands,
and revses and certos the balances arising thereon.
Sccrrd Cosaitros 0Goe-J W. Cults Comptroller, and
ing the accounts the and Indian departments OF tho
public service and reves ocs the balances arising thereon
C@ce Commissioner Of the ChSoms-Hngh J Anderson, esq,
Commissioner clerks precrbes the mode OF keeping
and rendering tho and dburc
mn and for the building and repairing custom houses &C. and
VEs and certihes the balances arising thereon fa f
ttrs A,d1ors 0Thomas L. Smith, First Auditor, and
nineteen clerks c receives adjusts the accounts Of the customs
revenue and disbursements and expenditures
count the civil list and under private Congress- and reports
c balances the and the First Comp
troler, respectively fer their decision thereon iH
Sannd Iudms OcsThomns d. Fuller Second Auditor, and
twenty clerks He receives and adjusts all accounts relating to
all
mn and the balances the Second Comptroller for his dcc
sion thereon.
Third Audaors Robert Atkinson esq., Third Auditor and