The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-03
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Secretary Of the Interior Department, Hon. Robert Nc
Cleland, of the state Of Michigan Its clerical force
ono disbursng agent and ten other regular clerks and
its supervision and management committed the following
branches Of the public service,
lt The Public chief of this bureau is called the
OF the General Land Office. The Land Bureau
charged with the and sale of the pub
lie domain and the issuing OF titles therefor whether derived
from combinations of grants made by former governments
by sales donations Of grants for schools military bountes
public improvements and likewise the revision of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip lieu
thereof The Land Office also, andts its accounts The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. H. Hendricks, Of In
diana. Its principal officers are recorder, chief or
principal clerk of public lands principal clerk of private
appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate
besides draughtsman assistant draughsma and lO6
clerks of various grades.
3D. Penons- present head Of this bureau Is the Hon.
Josiah Minot, of New Hampshire. The Commissioner is
charged with the examnaon and adjudication of all claims
arising under the and numerous laws by Con-
res granting bounty land pensions for military naval
services in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
clerk, Is. Cole, esq,) and permanent corps consist
ing Of seventy other clerks, which Congress
bounyand law has added temporary force of about
fifty clerkships of different denominations.
3d. IdiansC Commissioner of Indian Affairs Hon. George
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks.
4th. Patent 0gice--To this bureau is committed the
and useful discoveries inventions and improvements the
lection and distribution of Seeds plants and cuttings 1t
has chief Is by law as at the present me) the
Acting Commissioner Patents In the absence Of the Com
mssoneten principal and ten assistant examiners Of pat
ents besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department. organic of transferred to it from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the
the United States marhas and attorneys and the clerks
the United States courts the Of the lead and
mines of the United States and the affairs Of the pen
cm he State the duy Of taxing and
turning the of the United Sates and of super
ing and directing the acts Of the Commissioners Public
Rv of tha
the of the and navy and Of the District Of Coum
ba is under the Of this and BY as
duties survey and demaroaion of the unsettled boundary
between the States and Territories and bordering
tions.
This department is at present very nconveneny sepa
rated and located and should be appropriately and perma
ton Of hencw Patent Office building, the General Land Office
portion Of the Treasury building and the Pension Office
whilst the indian oce Is located IN premises
not fire. proof and rented Of their private owners.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists the the Sec
retary of the Treasury comptroors, commissioner Of
the CUSTOMS six auditors, treasurer register SOLICITOR light
The following brief indication Of the duties of these
several offices am Of the force employed therein respectively
ecretarys OHceHon. James Guthrie, Secretary OF the
Treasury Hon. p. G.. Washington Assistant Secretary
engineer cbarge architect and three
temporarily employed and twenythre clerks The Secre-
ary the Treasury charged with the general supervision
of the fiscal transactions OF the government and ne exc
of the United States He superntends the survey of the
coast the establishment the marine hospitals o.
buildings for custom houses and other purposes.
F;r CompfroI,crs O6icc.Elisha whtesey, esq, Comp
troler and fifteen clerks He prcscrbe the mode of keep
inq and rendering accounts for the civil and diplomatic
vice as well the public lands and reves and certes the
balances arising thereon
Ssco.d ComptroVers 06ice.-John M. Brodhead, esq,
f,nroler and seventeen clerks He prescribes the mode
Of Keeping rendering the accounts OF the army navy
and Indian departments Of the public Service and revses ana
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