The Washington union., 1857-05-27
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oInerv empoyed 10 conduct the business arising
dnr % @ a generally conceived employed in tho
Of the United States only seventeen as follows;
on John Appsto chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
SSr and librarian.
-. ErrueA-Tfis branch Of the state Department aas
~ All corresponence between the department and other d.
agn Of the states abroad and those Of foreign pow
naus % 10 tbis government In diplomatic instructions
s me- denanent and communications commissioners
s boundaries prepared copied and recorded and
ike received are registered aud nied their contents
SiOr arst entered in an analytic table or index
r Bans-Thls branch has charge OF the correspondence
h between the department and me eonsa ana sonneea asns
% dispatches and to letters from other persons asking Tor conse
m, n;l.,gg gosa He charge OF all correspondence and
matter connected with relating fund with tho
G1 amusement Of which the department is charged
a. duties furnish such translations the
nt may require lie also records the commissions Of consus
5 y consu when not in English, upon which exequaurs are
sued
+ Appointments and Commissions He makes out and records
ssous letters OF appointment and nominations TO tho Senate
makes records exequaturs and records when IN English the
COMMISSIONS which they are issued Has charge the library
4 # tie Rolls aud AreA takes charge Of the rolls,
& I and Of Congress- they received at the de-
from the President prepares the authenticated thereof
% re called for prepares for and superintends their publication
and m Of treaties the and IN book FORM attends TO
% Sbu throughout the United States and that OF all docu
s and publications regard which this duty assigned to the
atent writing and answering all letters connected herewith
~ charge Of treaties and business relating thereto
c,t If Ahetioniions CoqwGhIIe has charge Of the
& The United and Of the department and prepares and
% certificates papers presented for auhentaton receives
for the fees Has charge publications
the laws relating copyrght records and In
dxs titles records all letters from e oncr tnah
the diplomatic and consular
M Of PaIons and PaoHe prepares and records pardons
eons and registers ana I hs en e "nu ass ps 0
Sy register Of letters other than diplomatic and consular
rs sn q he disposition made of them letters relating
to this business
ATTORNEY
Han remiah Black Attorney General Of the United States r.
G ESQ., chief clerk The ordinary business Of this office may be
d,sded under the following heads:
Official opinions the current business of the government as
called for BY President by head Of department or by the So
> Examination Of the titles Of all purchased
n custom houses light houses and all other public works Of
Applications pardons Of conviction in the courts
Of the United States.
Applications appointment all the Judicial and legal business
r and argument of all suits in the Supreme Court
the United in which the government Is concerned
supervision Of all other suits arising IN any Of the depart
n the head thereof the Attorney General
To ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office added at
hc present time the following, viz:
FIRST The direction appeals land claims in California
second The cOdincaton and revision Of the laws Of the District Of
Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Of the Department of Interior Hon. Jacob Thomp
the state q Mississippi L. clerical force consists @ o o Sor one enu
clerks supervision and management arc committed the
~
m Ths Public lands The chief Of this bureau the
missioner Of ONCE Tho Land Bureau is charged
sang therefor whether derived from combinations Of grants
former BY sales donations grants for sehoo
Virginia military bounty land Claims, and the issuing Of scrip
sn, Commissioner Is Hon A. Hendricks Indiana Its prn
opal officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of
draugman assistant draughsman and somo $50 clerks
d Paaaa The present head Of this bureau y George
Whiting Virginia The commissioner charged with the exnn
and adjudication Of all claims arising under tho various ana
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land or pensions
which the United have been engaged He has one
sy other clerks to which Congress to enable him
extraordinary requirements tho bounty land law has added
temporary force of about fifty cerksps OF different denominations
IninCominissioner Affairs ad neH Charles f.
Nix dGeogcown D. c. He provided with chief clerk and about
ih Pata 06c--To this bureau Is committed the
Of all ac and things touching and respecting the grant
mpoyecn collection Of statistics relating agriculture
The collection and distribution Of Seeds plants cuttings
chief ck-who by law the acting
The absence Of the Cmmsonertwelvc principal and twelve as
examiners Of patents dozen subordinate permanent
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees
Besides these four principal branches Of this executive depart
organic s49 transferred ii from the Treasury Dc
the supervision Of the accounts Of the United States marhas
attorneys the United States the manage
n the lead and other mines Of the United states and the Affairs
G peuenry the United States in the District OF Colunb and
s Of the United States and Of supervising directing
The Commissioner Of Public Buildings The hospital or the insane o
Management Of this department. in addition TO which by laws
Gently passed. the Secretary Of the Interior charged with the
rucn the three wagon roads leading the Pacific coast
The department requires additional building for Its accomnoda
ton the has been repeatedly recommended during
the last few for that Al present the Pension Oce Is
provided with in what "a known Wnders Building, while
the o branches the department. including the Secretsrys Office
are all Office building the whole Of which
viii be required early day the Of the Patent ONCE for
which i was originally intended.
DEPARTMENT
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices OF the Secretary OF
s Treasury comproers commissioner of the cnsons au
% treasurer register solicitor light house board, and coast sur
The following brief indication duties Of these several off
" and oil the force employed therein, respectively;
&edy 0fceIIon Howell Cobb Secretary OF the Treasury
hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer in charse one
cl and three daugtsmen temporarily employed and twenty
% clerks The Secretary the Treasury charged with the gem
m supervision OF the sca transactions the and Of The
un Of the Laws concerning the commerce and navigation OF The
A states He supeDcns the the coast the lighthouse
ument the marine hospitals States aud the
pres.
Fx ComTrolers 0Eoe-IIon William Med!l Comptroller, and
~ clerks He pescribes the mode keeping and rendering
% Tor the civil and diplomatic service well the public lands
Nd reStc and certdes the balances arising thereon.
Srnd C5nTller's 0EeIobn NJ Bodhead esq, Comptroller
@ seventeen cers He prescbos the mode o keeping and render
accounts Of the army navy and Indian departments ei hc
% service and reyes and crlos the balances arising thereon
Tae y Commissioner Of ne Caaonss-IIngh Anderson
ner aud eleven clerks He prescbes the mode OF keeping
hng the of the customs revenue and disburse
% and Tor the building repairing custom houses &C. and
'S Ahd certihcs the balances arising thereon,
fus AUDITORS OfT1omas Smith, esq., First Auditor and
h clerks He receives and adjusts the accounts OF the customs
% aud disbursements appropriations and expenditures on nc
the civil list ami under private of Congress- and reports
es TO the Commissioner OF the Customs and the First Comp
s'uef, respectively, for their decision thereon.
Srod dudlas oHce-Thomas Fuller Second Auditor and
one clerks He and adjusts all accounts relating TO
| pay clothing and recruiting of the army well armories
and ordnance and all accounts relating to the Indian depart