The Washington union., 1857-09-24
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government of the United States
STATE DEPARTMENT.

The OfsahlLdtfOn OF the Executive Departments
OF The Government of the United States;
prrnuAru.
The mannery cnpo conduct The business a.ine o
Of our rrgn relations with ali The poNers of The oga e fr more
simple an generally conceived The pumber employed in the
secretary STATE fon Lewis c secretary of
n John Apon) chief clerk twelve clerks trans
IlbnT, aud librarian
DpO~aAe Bru~saIis branch STATE Department mas
charge an Correspondence stNten the department other
accredited 70 this govurnmeEt diplomatic nstrucnops
from me dcsment and ny
all Of hko character received died.
being hrst entered in an analytic table or irdgx,
Consular bran has charge o the corespondenee
6 between the Department and the consuk and agents
Of the United sses In instructions % those officers and
lar agency relating 70 consular affairs prepared
The DtsvsiV 1sHe has charge all correspondence
disbursement Of which the department Is charged,
The duties 70 nrnish such the
department. may require He also records The
issued
Cst n Arrp,a oha Consss s:a makes out and records
commissions letters Of appointment Senate;
,soy are issued Has charge o. ,he library
Ctk @ fe Rsss and caipfe charge rolls or
roed acs ard resolutions Of Congress- they rped Tho
ws are e,e Tr 'as ,h p"seaeo sis
and that q ircaies the newspapers and in book
men aad regard % which this duty assigned the
Has charge % all Indian treaties and business relating
CLak n AtahoaiaS and CpgrighsIIe charge or the
seals The United States and Of the department prepares
attaches certificates presented
and accounts for the fees Has charge publications
the department under tho relating and in
dexe their titles records all letters nnt other
the diplomatic and consular.
cit q Pafon' and o prepares and records parons
and remsons and registers ard files the petitions papers
which they are founded Makes passports keeps
daily register q an icer other than diplomatic and consular
10 this business.
ATTORNEY orso4
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney General 0 the uated States R.
classified under the following heads
oca opinions on ,he current business Of the government
called for BY the President by head department. by the So
Exama,i oi the titles OF all land rucaed as the sites Of
ena houses light houses. and all other public works
Applications perdons conviction in the courts
Applications appointment judicial legal business
Tho conduct and Of all supreme
supervision arising in any Of the depart
mnts when referred by the head thereof tho Attorney General
To these ordinary heads
direction appeals land claims in California
Second The codhcaon and revision Of the laws W The District Of
Columbia.
DEPARTMENT,
Secretary q the department Of the Intcrer Hon Jacob Thop
clerk oses Kelly two dsbursins clerks and Ten other rea
lar clerks; aud its supervision and
i The Public Lands bprean Is called the Com,
ner mis- enc q me Gene land tce The land Bureau Is charged
issuing Of titles therefor grants
Of Virginia military bounty land ams the issuing scrip
present Commissioner is Hon Hendricks Of Indiana rs p
spa omoers are recorder chief clerk principal clk
besides assistant daughnan and l5o clerks
"a PsssoasThe preen, head this bureau is George
Whiting, of Virginia The commissioner charged with the
nation and no Of ell claims arising under The various and
or tue military o. naval services the revolutionary and subsequent
wars which the United sees have been engaged He has
seventy other clerks which Congress enable him
andIa
temporary force O. about df clerkhps Of different denominations
3D. IasCommssoner Of Indian Affairs ad Interim, Charles
Mix oGeorgctown provided with chief clerk and about
nteen other subordinate clerks.
h Patent ogeTo this bureau is committed the execution and
performance Of all as a things touching and respecting the grant
@ np 'tsn s Tr nS spa e
The collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
the absence Of the cmmonerweve principal and twelve
@ sn' examiners e patents some dozen subordinate permanent
Besides these four principal branches Of this executive depart
men the organic ACT Of 1sie transferred to from the Treasury De
the
and attorneys and the clerks Of the United states courts tho
The pcn,enary Columbia
sa or ,hs unss a AMI of % supervns and directing o acts Of
. Commissioner Of Public Buildings The hospital for the insane q
management Of this department. addition 10 which by laws
s the Secretary q iG Interior Is charged with the con
The department additional building for its accemmcda
The last few years purpose Once
provided with rooms in what known Wnders Building while
all crowded the Once building the whole Of which
VIII required at an early day for the o. tho Patent Occ
which il was originally intended.
The Treasury Offices OF the Secretary
the Treasury two comptroer commissioner OF the customs six
dors register solicitor light house board and
:
following brief indication of the duties Of these
ees, and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
Sraayys OHccon Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary one engineer in charge one
architect and three daughismen temporarily employed and twenty
three clerks The Secretary the Treasury charged with the
era the and the
United States He the Of the coast the light
establishment the hospitals Of the United States and the
sucon OF public buildings for custom houses and other
poses.
CoBarol,crs OfoeHon William Medl Comptroller, and
fifteen Clerks He preschcs tho mode Of keeping and rendering a
the and well the public lands
and the balances arising thereon.
Srnnd Copsos 06scoJoln NJ Brodhead ESQ., COMPTROLLER,
and lie prees the mode of keeping and render
ing the accounts Of the army navy and Indian departments o. the
public rcycs and cerhes the balances arising thereon
O6ce Of Conmissiong Ctsos.ugh J. Anderson,
Commissioner and eleven clerks lie pescrbes the mode Keeping
and rendering the Of the customs revenue and dus
building and repairing custom houses &C. and re-
Sses and certihcs the balances arising thereon
Frx Aailos 0fTto snih, esq., First Auditor, and
nineteen and adjusts the accounts o. the customs
and disbursements appropriations and expenditures on nc
oont Of the civil list and under private acts OF Congress- and reports
and the First Comp
uoler respectively fer their decision thereon
j. d. Fuller Second Auditor, and
and adjusts all accounts relating 70
asnals and all accounts relating TO the Indian depart
reports the balances TO the Second Comptroller FOR his dc
sion thereon.
Third audSs o-Robert j. Atkinson esq., Third Auditor and
receives and adjusts all accounts for sub
Esence Of to orthcaon Military Academy military roads
and the department. well as for pensions Claims
arising 10 1915, and Tor horses and
other military service under various acts OF Con
g and the balances 70 the Second eomoher Tor ms ae