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The Organization Of the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the United states
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CLERK Of A,yoimtnseni. ouams~o rsosds
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Has charge treaties, and business relating thereto
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the diplomatic and consular.
of and PaJo prepares and records Iardons
and rcmions and registers and ncs the petitions and papers on
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ceve the disposition made Of them letters relating
to this business
ATTORNEY oEskRAls onlcH-
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Got chief clerk Tho ordinary business Of this Office may be
classified under the following heads
opinions the business Of the government AZ
called for BY the President by any head Of department. OF by The 10
2 Examnaon Of the titles purchased the sites Of
arscnals custom houses and all other public works Of
g. Applications pardons Of conviction in The courts
Applications appointment judicial and legal business
the which government concerned
The Of all other suits arising in any o. the depart
To these ordinary heads Of the business OF tho oce are added Al
First The direction Of all appeals on land claims California
Second The odcaon and revision Of the laws Of the District Of
Columbia.
Secretary OF the Department Interior Hon Jacob Tomp
son Mississippi consists Of chief
clerk Moses Kelly two dbursg clerks and ten other regn
clerks supervision and committed the
following branches the public service:
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survey management and sale OF the public domain and The
made by by sacs donations grants schools
military baant public mproyenons and likewise .s revision
lieu thereof The Land Oice also andis is own accounts The
sa e nrr recorder u chief clerk epai cerx or
besides draugman assistant draussmA and some 100 clerks
The present head Of this bureau Is George e
nan mh and Adjudication Of ali eams arising under the various and
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land Or pensions
which the United States have been engaged He has one
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extraordinary requirements of the bounty land law has added
3D. Iaiian Commissioner interim Charles E.
Mix Georgetown He is provided with chief clerk and about
4,h Patent O6cTo this bureau and
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and improvements the collection Of statistics relating 70
chief clerk by law the acting Commissioner q Patens in
the absence Of the principal and twelve as
clerks besides considerable number q y temporary . empSyss
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,e State Department the duty Of taking and returning the
United States Of supervising and directing the acts Of
the the ans and e DISTRICT Of IS also % under the
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sucon ofthe three roads Leading to the Pacific coast
o the erection has been repeatedly recommended during
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the other branches Of the department. including the ecrey Office
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required early day for tho Of the Patcn 0acc for
which II originally Intended.
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The Treasury Department consists OF the Offices Of the Secretary OF
Treasury conprocs commissioner OF the customs six
register SOLICITOR lighthouse board and coast
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The following indication of tho duties Of heae segoral on
cod and Of the force employed therein, respcctyely
Srraayys OHHon Cobb Secretary the Treasury
Assistant Secretary engineer in charge
temporarily employed
Secretary OF the Treasury charged with the
the and navigation OF the
supercnd the the the light house
establishment hospitals United the
public buildings for houses and other
poses. tt.F a IH }trE
F1sf Comrtoer's 06o-Ion. William Medi, Comptroller and
prescbes mode keeping and rendering
for the civil and diplomatic service well tho public lands
TeYises and corihes tho balances arising thereon
Cdp,Iarvls OceJohn NJ Brodhcad, Comptroller
precbes the mode keeping and rendcr
the Of the and Indian departments OF the
Office g Commissioner Of CutomsIIugh j. Anderson esq,
rendering the Of tho customs and dbuse
and for the building and repairing custom houses &c. and
vises and certines tho balances arising thereon
Audaor OceThomas Smith, eeq, First Auditor and
clerks receives adjusts the the customs
and disbursements appropriations and expenditures ON ac
OF the civil list under private Congress- aud
balances The Commissioner Of the Customs and the First Comp
trollcr, respectively, for their decision thereon.
auditors OThomas d. Fuller, Second Auditor, and
clerks lie adjusts all accounts relating
pay clothing recruiting the army well amores,
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