The Washington union., 1857-05-30
rhs organization OF the Executive Departments
in' M the Government OF the United States;

81. organization OF the Executive Depa rtments
In' OF the Government OF the United States;
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machinery employed 20 conduct arising
% rcign relations all the Of the world for more
simple generally Toaeeysd The % number employed she
@ secretary ofsAe Ilon Lewis cssD one Assistant Secretary Of
% Iou Appeoh chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
hlOr and one librarian.
nJa,e BrancAIhis branch of the Department
% Of all correspondence between the department and other di
agents United States abroad and those OF foreign pow
accredited government In il all diplomatic instructions
I from the department. and communications % commissioners IN
m IKE received registered and filed their contents
I@ng first entered in an analytic table or index
lar BnhTlis charge Of the correspondence,
. between department and the consuls and commercial agents
s United In instructions 20 those oieers and answers
dispatches and letters from other persons asking for cou
% agency relating consular aairs prepared and recorded
rA Dns lie has charge q all correspondence and
& matters with relating fund with the
Ssbursement of which tho department is charged
rl TansaIs furnish such translatons as the
may require He ao records the commissions Of consuis
1 yce when not English, which exequaturs are
nsncd.
M Of gntraes makes out aud records
% I ard records exequa.urs aud records English
Commissions which they issuod Has charge Of the library
c n ne Rolls and Archsse charge the rolls
rolled resolutions Congress- as they are received az me de
the President prepares the authenticated copies thereof
yG ne r sa IN he newspapers and in book form attends 70
@ drbuon throughout the United States and that Of all docu
artmnt writing answering all letters connected herewith
nd charge treaties and business relating thereto
clgt If ahe,ioaons CorwghtHc has charge Of the
& of t6e United states department. prepares
attaches certificates 20 papers presented for anhentcaton receives
As pnmen relating copyrights; and in
exes titles records all letters from the department. other than
Vkof Pycn and PaposHe prepares records pardons
and rsons registers and hes the petitions and
% register of all letters diplomatic consular,
o disposition made OF Them letters relating
to this business
GENERALS
Han Jeremiah s. Black Attorney States
% ESQ., clerk The ordinary business Of this Office be
ehsaaed under the following heads:
Official opinions the business Of the government
called the President by any head of department or by the So
amnaon Of the titles Of all land purchased as the sites Of
arse houses lighthouses and all other public works Of
Applications padons the
Applications for appointment In all the judicial legal
The conduct and Of all suits in the Supreme Court Of
the States in which the government s concerned
supervision Of all other suits arising Of the depart
ms referred by head thereof the Attorney General
ordinary heads of the business OF the office added at
The present time the following, viz:
Second The cohcaon and revision Of the laws Of the District Of
Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary the Department Of the Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
Of the State q Mississippi Us clerical force consists Of one chief
clerks aud 70 s supervision and management are committed the
i Tie Puic lands The chief called the Com.
Of the General Land Office The Land Bureau charged
nng therefor whether grants
made by governments by sales donations for schools
Virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip
lieu thereof The land oince also audts its own accounts
opal officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys,
draughisiuan assistant draughnan and $50 clerks
"a Pensions head Of this bureau + George g
nation and adjudication Of all claims arising undcs the rarons and
numerous laws passed BY granting bounty land or
which the United States have been engaged He has
seventy Other % which Congress 70 enable him 10 meet the
extraordinary requirements Of the bounty land law has added
81 Indians Commissioner Of Indian Affairs dd interim Charles
Nix Georsown D. C. He provided with chief clerk and about
4th Patent 0ceTo this bureau committed the execution and
performance ac things touching respecting grant
issuing Of patents and useful discoveries Inventions,
and improvements the collection OF statistics relating to agcuure
chief ecrwho Is by law the acting Commissioner
the absence of the principal and twelve
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees
Besides principal OF this depart
organic S49 transferred the Treasury De
p the supervision Of the accounts Of the United States marshals
mines States, the affairs
a pcnentay the United States in the District Of Coumba and
Of the United States and d supervising and directing the acts
The Commissioner Of Public Buildings The hospital r ,he insane
management Of this department. in addition % which by laws re-
Gently passed the Secretary the Interior charged with the
sucdon wagon leading tho Pacific coast
department requires an additional building
ton and the erection repeatedly recommended during
the last few for that At present the Pension Once
provided with rooms in what Is knownas "Wndcr Building while
The other branches Of the department. including the Secretrys Office
all building the whole Of which
will required early for the Of the Patent Office for
winch was originally Intended,
DEPARTMENT.
The Department the Secretary or
The Treasury compoc commissioner OF the customs, six ar
dos treasurer register solicitor lighthouse board and coast sur
The following Of the duties OF these several Off
o and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
Saaiys OGcs-Ion Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury
o9 Philip Clayton Assistant secretry engineer IN charge one
architect temporarily employed, and twenty
three clerks the Treasury charged with the
m supervision the government and Of the
execution of the laws the and navigation o. the
United States He The coast the ghthouso
eohment hospitals States and the
sutn Of certain public buildings for custom houses and other pur
firt Conryolley OfceIon William Medll Comptroller and
counts for the diplomatic service well the public lands,
and evses and ccrines the balances arising thereon
SrHd Cotoer's oboeJohn NJ Brodhend esq., Comptroller,
and mode keeping and render
R the Of the army navy and Indian departments Of the
c service revses and cere the balances arising thereon
nmssner clerks He prescbes the mode Of keeping
% rendering the the and dbhrse
h and for the building and repairing custom houses &c and re
HeS and certiaes the balances arising thereon
fTs udlors OfoThomas Smith, esq First Auditor and
nineteen clerks receives of the
e and Disbursements appropriations and expenditures on nc
civil list and reports
e balances to the OF the Customs aud the First Comp
Voler respectively for their decision thereon,
SoHd Aadios oEceIhomas J. H. Fuller Second Auditor and
en clerks He and adjusts ali accounts relating to
the pay clothing recruiting army well arnories,
na and ordnance and all accounts relating TO the Indian depart