The Washington union., 1857-09-19

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The Organization or the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the United States:
sran DEPARTMENT.
The machinery employed conduct the business arising out
ore relations with ali the powers the sr more
Irien Of sse he United states is only seventeen Is sonow
secretary ofsae Ion css secretary Of
State Hon John Apcon chief clerk twelve Clerks
lltOr, and one librarian.
Diplomatic ByanchTls branch Of the State Department nas
al correspondence department d.
mac agents the abroad foreign pow
e accredited 70 this government In all diplomatic instructions
sent from the department and communications to commissioners
der " treaties @ q w. ara copied and and
being FIRST entered IN an analytic able index
Consular branch has charge of the correspondence
&C. between the department and The commercial agents
their dispatches persons asking consu
lar agency relating TO consular affairs prepared recorded
The Dav Agoie has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with relating
disbursement OF which the department is charged
The TanIatorfs ranslatons
and vice cous when pot English which exagaturs
oi Of appointments a,ai Commissions makes out and records
commissions letters Of appointment and nominations 70 the Senate
commissions which they issued Has charge the library
CLERK @ the Rs and Aychige takes charge Of the rolls
paet The President the authenticated copies thereof
which called suparntcnds their publication
ssr usho ans hs taea s o0a %Sd l @ al do 70
ou and regard TO which this duty assigned the
Department. writing and answering herewith.
Has charge al Indian treaties and business relating thereto
cle1 q A,ahe'ieaion and c4yrah He has charge Of the
seals the United States and OF the departments and
papers presented for shentcaon receives
department relating copyrights records and in
dxe their titles records all letters from tho department. other than
Clerk g Parons and PaspIe prepares records paons
and remssons and registers and files the petitions
daily letters other than diplomatic and consular re-
eyed and the disposition made Of them letters relating
GENERALS
Hon. Jeremiah Black Attorney OF the United States
~ e esq shei clerk Ie ordinary business q THIS oee may be
ocal opinions the business OF the government
called o b inc President by any head Of department or by the So
land purchased as sites Of
ans houses light houses and all other public works of
O. Applications for pardons all the
Applications for appointment judicial legal
OF the +.
argument of all suits in the supreme Court Of
the United States Ia which the government is concerned
g ws or AZ other sG s arising y any q the depart
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office added
First The appeals claims California
second The coicatn and revision Of the laws of the District Of
Columbia,
DEPARTMENT
Secretary Of The Department nicrisr Thomp
OF the State uf Mississippi consists chief
clerk Moses Kelly osq two dsbarsng clerks and ten other regu
lar ccks and its supervision and committed the
following branches Of the public service
missioner Of the General Office The charged
with tae survey and sale Of the public domain and the
made BY former by sales doatons for schools
Of Virea military bppV nd e aaa ln ,a aa ~. o ern
lieu thereof The Land oce also ads Its accounts The
cpa officers recorder chief clerk principal surveys,
besides raugan assistant daushsman and some $50 clerks
Peais,Tle present head of this bureau George
Whiting Of Virginia The commissioner charged with the exam
adjudication claims arising The
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land or pensions
hp
in which the United States have been engaged He has
Seventy oer q wbch c"e pase hm 70 meet the
extraordinary requirements the bounty land law has added
ID Indians Indian Affairs al Interim Charles
Mix ofGeorgetown He provided with chief clerk and about
fifteen other subordinate clerks
Patent Qbcs-Yo this bureau
ing and Issuing patents for and useful discoveries Inventions
and provemdns the collection OF statistics relating agriculture
the collection distribution seeds plants cuttings has
chief clerwho by law the acting Commissioner of Patents In
patents permanen,
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees
men the organic at q 1912 70 from the Treasury De-
mont the lead and other mines Of the United States and the affairs
from the state Department the duty Of taking and returning the
sascs Of the United ates and q and directing the acts
the and and Of the District Of Columbia Is also under the
Gently passed. die secretary the Interior charged
sncon Of The three wagon roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
The department requires additional building for its acoemmoia
ten md tho erection Of has been repeatedly recommended during
that the PENSION once
provided with what "a known Wmders Budng while
the other branches OF the department. including the Secreys office,
crowded buldn the whole Of which
will b required enry the the Patent Office for
which il was originally Intended
TREASURY pmrApnnSr
The Treasury Department consists Of the oces OF the Secretary OF
tho Treasury ccnptroers commissioner the
dtor treasurer register SOLICITOR light house board and coast sur
vey.
The following Of the duties Of these several on
COS and Of the force employed therein, respectively
Soreays 0cHon. Howell Cobb Secretary of the Trcasury
architect three draughncn temporarily employed, and twenty
three Secretary the Treasury charged with the
the ca transactions OF the government and oil the
Of the laws the and navigation Of the
United He supernen the Of the coast the lighthouse
hospitals the United States, and the
poscs.
Fra cosptoyes 06sceIion. William Medi Comptroller, and
prccbcs tho mode Of keeping and rendering
we'll public lands
ccridcs tho balances arising thereon.
Second CcsarssplfYs ooeohn NJ hedhead Comptroller
Hepescre the mod keeping and render
army navy indian departments OF the
public service and caes the balances arising thereon
Once Of the CuonsHush j. Anderson esq,
Commissioner eleven He presobcs the mode OF keeping
rendering and dsburse
building repairing houses &C. and re-
Nscs and ccrtihcs the balances arising thereon.
FrS ndHors O5iccThunas Smith, esq, First Auditor and
nineteen clerks tho accounts the customs
revenue aud disbursements appropriations and expenditures
civil list and under acts of Cngre ana reports
Of the Customs and the First Comp
trolcr, respectively, fer their decision thereon.
Soond Auditors 0o-Thomas j. d. Fuller Second Auditor and
twenty clerks all accounts relating
the pay clothing recruiting Of the well as anoric,
asena relating to the Indian depart
mnt reports the Second Comptroller FOR his dec
sion thereon
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