The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-15
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OF the Government Of the United States
The Whole uaaoaery employed % srng
rclats with all The of the world s fer more
seri safe a the United states IS only seventeen
Css secretary ion Lewis Cas- Assistant Secretary OF
uiOr, and one librarian "a als
D,Io~aac Bu~A - the Department
se agents o The United states abroad foreign pow
accredited 70 tins government In Al diplomatic instructions
a prepared copied and REGARDED;
character received tered and hle their contents
beng hrst entered IN sn analytic tsbe o. index
Cmruar BraaAThr charge correspondence,
the department, and The ccnsus and commercial agents
heir dispatches pessons asking
agency, relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
rAe Dsan0 As. has charge q ali ouesp.adsoee and
drbursenent q which The department IS charged
rA raa HI duties 9 furnish sooh transl.lioas The
and cansas when not Ia English which exeqaaars
cIck of Appointsna csrmsicye
apntmeni aad nominations 10 the senate
makes and records and records when IN Esg the
which Issued has charge Of he library
cEak u e is and Arci He takes charge the rolls
rolled and resolutions Congress they received at the de-
prepares o their publication,
@ q msa n The w ssa 70 eos s ,erm Torn hnas a %
and pubicns regard which this duty is assigned 70 The
RI arss Id % aaiaa essss and business relating thereto
Clak II Aueassians Gqy1eh,s-Ile charge Of the
q The United States and Of tbs department and and
publications transmitted
under the laws relating copyrights records and In
thor es records all letters from the department. other than
The diplomatic and consular.
Clark g adoms Passports prepares pardons
which they founded passports; keeps
and Of the disposition made Of cmi letters relating
to this business
II as3g8 GENERALS oFfcE A
attorney General Of the United staies
G shi clerk The ordinary business Of this cfhce be
oa opinions the business Of the
ad for BY the President by any head Of department by the so
Eramiuaian .les all purchased sites Of
sen esism houses light houses, and all other public works
Applications pardous in tho courts
Appsuon appointment all the Judicial and legal business
The oonduc argument Supreme Court Of
bt United states In which e concerned.
by Attorney ensra
To these ordinary beads q the business Of The Office added
The appeals land cans IN California
second The oodineaion and revision Of the laws Of the District Of
Columbia
HIxnoR pSrxKrxrsr.
Secretary Department Interier, Thomp
@ d the State q Mississippi s clerical foe consists q chief
and h ss soa % a as Ss
haovtg branches o the public service:
missioner Of the General charged
m the survey and sale g The public domain and The
made by former sales donations schools
o,% ,a ana a. sues 1s e ss
eu sc The Land Once also, ardts Its accounts The
pal os recorder clerk, principal surveys
draughtsman assistant draughsan, and lso clerks
"a Perae.a The prescn, this bureau George
and adadcan ali claims arising under The various and
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land or pensions
which the United have been engaged He has
@ clerk g Cole and permanent oorIs consisting q some
extraordinary requirements Of the bounty land law has added
temporary fifty cekshp OF
ID Indiana Commissioner q Indian Anas ad inerim Charles
Nix aGeorge'own He Is provided with clicf clerk and about
4h ogoe-To execution
omanoe Of all and things touching and respecting the grant
@ and issuing q patents FOR and ussfn discoveries inventions
and the agricuiare
cr-who IS BY law The acting cornissoner q Patents il
the absence the Commissioner principal twelve
clerks besides considerable temporary employees
Besides these four principal branches tins executive depart
the Of the of the United States marsha
lead and other mines q the United states and Inc
hs penintay q the United States in the District q Columbia and
from the State Department taking the
states supervising directing
The cuissoner Public Buildings The hospital for the insane q
management q this department. addition g which, by laws
three wagon roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
The department. requires additional binding for lis accemmoi
years for thai purpose Al present Pension once
Provided with rooms IN what known wnders Building while
are al crowded into hs Patent Once building the whole q which
vii be early for the Of the Patent Office for
winch Il was originally intended.
The Treasury Department of the Offices Of the Secretary of
he Treasury cmproes commissioner Of the customs six
o treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast
The following is brief indication of the duues Of these
W, and o the force employed therein, respectively
Srrsays Ooe-IIon Howell Cobb Secretary Treasury
Hon Philip Clayton, Secretary engineer charge
ce and three dranessmen Temporarily employed and twenty
sa supervision the and d The
ecuin the the and Of the
the
establishment hospitals
uucn Of public buildings for houses and other
poses.
n clerks prescbes tho mode d keeping and rendering
c'nts for the diplomatic well the public ands
and reyises and cerhes the balances arising thereon
Sennd Crfsrollsgs ocJohn NJ Brsdhesd, COMPTROLLER
and the mode OF keeping and render
ing the Of the and Indian departments Of The
service and and oernes the balances arising thereon
Office @ CsexomIIugh T. Anderson esq
oner and eleven clerks He rescbcs the mode OF keeping
rendering Of the and dsbrse
n aud for building and repairing custom houses &c. and re-
Uses and oerthes the balances arising thereon
Frs Audsors 0ce-Thonas smith, esq, First Auditor and
nineteen clerks adjusts the accounts d Che customs
eu and disbursements appropriations and expenditures ON s
count o the civil private Of ard reports
NE the First Comp
roller, respectively, fer their decision thereon.
twenty and adjusts all relating
s clothing Of the well armories,
rena and ordnance all relating 70 tho Indian depart
and reports the balances TO the second Comptroller r h de
aon thereon
Third As5ors omceRohert Atkinson esq., Auditor
seventy eh, clerks He receives and adjusts al accounts for sub
ssenoc army Military Academy military roads,
and the department well for pensions Claims
arising from military previous 1915 and for horses and
s and reports Second Comptroller for his de
asoa thereon.