The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-06

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No deduction Tor clubs WEEKLY.
The Organization Of the Executive Departments
OF the Government Of the United States
The machinery employ e business arriving out
simple than Is eeaeray conceived Te employed
q the United states only follows
state a John Aion chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
lator, aud one librarian.
Dtlo~ase BranA- branch Department
pomac agents .boad and those Of foreign
department
a as " treaties s s ar aas s sa sr contents
being trst % al analytic table or index.
branch ] has ,g s.s q ed DE osseSnsssSs sS,
Of the United In instructions TO those officers and anwers
agency relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
rs Dss has charge q al oeIrsspeaasnss % s and md
disbursement of which the department, Is charged
TIE TsansOr duties transaons The
dcpAronen. require e ss records The coIm'soas q eonsu
Issued '''' '''- - ''''' -
c~1 Assa. ara make. os and ,s sssssas record,
makes records ezeauaurs records when Eglh e
which they issued Has charge Of the library
lzh and AvsA IIo takes charge Of The rolls or Gu
rolled acts and resostsus ensrs as they are q s ae
r,ment from ,hs President, prepare, the % %
csc the and In book tor attends 20
publications 10 which this duty Is assigned 70 he
dep y wISs q and sn M % s
Ciek of Auhesioias C1y,is-IIe has charge of he
the United and OF tho department and prepares and
the Has charge publications transmitted to
department under the laws relating oyghts records and In
titles from department other ,haa
diplomatic and consular.
CLERK Of Pards and Passports, lie and records pardons
they and records Issrors keeps
disposition the prepares letters relating
to this business.
ATTORNEY orsrnAIs OFFICE
Hon s. Black Attorney United States;
Gie ESQ., ordinary Of this Office be
classified following heads;
called for by the President by head Of department. OF by the 30
meter Fx,oaon ns " &, ~ Of all land purchased MS the sites d
arcnal houses and all other public works OF
Applications pardous gases Of conviction in tho
l. Applications for appointment in all the Judicial legal
and Of all suits in tho Supreme Court Of
in which the government Is concerned.
The supervision Of all other suits arising any Of the depart
TO ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office are added at
the present time the following viz ,.
Second The codncaon and revision of the laws Of the District Of
Columbia.
SrsRoR DKpARrMKST
Secretary Department nterier, Hon jacob Thomp
son. Mississippi clerical force consists Of chief
clerk CLOSES Kelly osD two dsbarsng clerks and ten other
following branches Of the public service;
l re 10 The es & Of this his bHsau nn .rsn rssd ss oom
with the and sale the public domain and the
made BY former by sales donations grants schools
military beaniies public and likewise the revision
lieu thereof The land ONCE also aud,s Is own accounts The
spa officers are recorder chief CLERK principal clerk
daughtmap assistant draughman and some 100 clerks
ID Parss-The present head Of this bureau George g
whiting Virginia The commissioner l. charged with the exain
nation adjudication arising tho and
passed by Congress granting bounty and or
which have been engaged He has
s $ ass % %
extraordinary Of the new bounty land law has added
al Of Indian inerim Charles
e He Is provided with chief clerk and about
a,h Patent OdaeTo this bureau committed and
Inc and issuing Of patents for new discoveries
the collection q statistics relating % agriculture
chief clerkwho BY law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
% examiners q patents some dozen subordinate
besides considerable number q temporary mp employees
ment tho orsans transferred from the Treasury De
and alornys and he CLERKS 4 the
en o. the lead and as ns M gn'ss @
the dn q taking and returning the cen
ts s sns ass ~. aDss
aases%sss ea rasa sssrt' a.
ton and I erection one has been repeatedly reommeap
psrd ,ss @ M with yss aoss l 4 @ ah Sps Z IS B is
department. including the oe
are all Office building the whole OF which
required early for the use Of the Paont Once o
which II originally Intended
TRRAs
The Treasury the offices OF the Secretary
Treasury eoip0cr commissioner OF the customs sx au
dors treasurer register solicitor light house board ana coast sur
Tho following Is brief duties Of these several on
ees Of the employed therein, respectively
Sfav OcsIIon Howell Cobb Secretary of the Treasury
Philip Clayton engineer IN charge ON
architect and three temporarily employed and twenty
clerks Secretary the Treasury charged win ne gen
supervision transactions Of tho government ana in
the concerning the commerce ana lns
United
public buildings for custom houses ana oher pur
poses. " ~. \
H,s tompolers 0G-To william Medin, Comptroller, ant
the mode OF
well as the pnpic ands
and rcvses eerancs the balances arising thereon
ond Cossskrals xJon ~ Brsdhead, esq eomptroller
clerks He psebes the mode keepng aa ~
public upd cere the baaoas arising mereo
OG Of Co,ar.iiog Of ne OaaosasTIugi y ARisrspn esq
clerks He prescrbcs he mode ~ kefpn
the accounts OF tho customs reVepuc apa
building and repairing custom houses S ana re
viscs and eeriaas the balances arising thereon
prs Auaors O6esThomas Smith, First Auditor ant
adjusts the accounts o. e
appropriations and expenditures on nc
count Of tbs civil bt and under private as q I @ u, &
OF the Customs el te First 0omp
troler, respectively, far their decision thereon
Srond Andios Oo Thomas D. Fuller, Second Audior anf
twenty one clerks lilo and adjusts all accounts relating
arscas and ordnance Indian depart
reports balances the Second Comptroller h MS dcc
thereon
Third OoeRobert Atkinson Third Auditer and