The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-23
The Organization OF the Executive Depart
ments of the Government OF the United states.

ceyed The number employed in the Department OF State
pstary Of State (Hon William L. Marcy one Assistant
Secretary of State, (Wilam Hunter, chief clerk,
twelve clerks one translator, and one librarian
Diplomatic Braaoh branch of the State Department
charge all correspondence between the department and
other diplomatic agents Of the United States abroad and
those Of foreign powers accredited TO this In it
all diplomatic instructions from the department and
communications to commissioners under treaties of bounda
character received are registered and fled their contents
being fret entered in an analytic table index.
Consular BraneThs branch has charge of the CORES
pondenc &c between the department and the and
commercial agents of the United States it instructions
those officers and their dispatches and
ters from other asking for consular agency re
ting to consular Affairs, are prepared and recorded.
The Disbursn9 AyentHe has charge of all correspond
ence and other matters connected with accounts relating
fund with the disbursement OF which the department
charged.
The Translsor.Hi duties furnish such trsnsla-
ons the department require He also records the
commissions Of consu and vice consus when not in English
upon which exequaturs are issued.
Clerk of appointments and OOnlmissions.-He makes
nations to the enate makes records exequaturs,
and records when in English the commissions which they
are issued. Has charge Of the library.
Clerk of the Rolls aud ArchoesHe takes charge the
rolls enrolled acts and resolutions of Congress- they
the authenticated copies thereof which called for pre-
for and superntend their publication and that of trea
the the u
documents and publications in regard to which this duty is
srs Hss charge Of ali INDIAN treaties
and business relating thereto
CLERK Of Aa,hs".;oa0ns and copyrigat He has charge
of the seals the United States and of the department and
prepares and attaches certificates to papers for
hentieaton receives and for the Fees Has charge
publications transmitted to the department under the laws
relating copyrights records and indexes their titles
cords all letters from the department. other than the dpo
matte and consular.
Clerk of Pardons and PasortHe prepares and records
pardons and and registers and files the petitions
cords passports keeps daily register of all letters other
than diplomatic and consuar received and Of the DISPOSE
on made ofhem letters relating to this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Caleb Gushing, Attorney General of the United
States r. II. Get esq., chief clerk. The ordinary bust
Of this Office may be classified under the following
heads
l. Official opinions the current business of the govern
called for by the President by any head of depart
ment or by the Solicitor of the Treasury.
sites Of arsenals houses lighthouses, and all other
public works Of the United States.
Applications for Pardons in all cases of conviction in the
Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal
The conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
Court of the United States in which the is
g. The supervision of all other suits arising in any the
departments when referred by the head thereof the Aor
o these ordinary heads of the business of the Office are
added at the present time the following, viz:
First The direction of all appeals land claims in Cali
fornia.
Second The codfcaon and revision of the laws of the
District of Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.. .sr
Secretary of the Interior Department Hon. Robert Nc
Celand, Of the State of Michigan. Its clerical force
consists of chief clerk, George c. Whiting, esq)
dsbusng agent and ten other regular clerks and to
Its supervision and management are committed the following
branches of the public services
s The Public chefof this bureau called the
Commissioner Of the General Land Office The Land Bureau
is charged with the survey Of the pub
lie domain the issuing of titles therefor whether derived
by sales donations Of grants for schools military bounties
public improvements and likewise the revision Of Virginia
military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip in lieu
thereof The Land Office aso audts accounts The
present Commissioner is Hon. T. II. Hendricks, of In
principal clerk public lands principal clerk of private
land claims and principal clerk Of whom are
besides draughtsman assistant draghtsman and some LOG
clerks of various grades.
"a head Of this l bureau i the Hon
charged with the examination and adjudication of all claims
arising the r g
services in the revolutionary and subsequent in which
the United States have been engaged He has cher
ing Of some seventy other clerks, which Congress-
enable him to NEE. the dsS M q oa the
fifty cerkships of different denominations.
3d. Commissions Of Indian Affairs Hon. George
w. Manypenny, Of Ohio. He is provided with chief
clerk and about fifteen other subordinate clerks
4th. Patent Ofce.-To this bureau is committed the
and respecting the granting issuing patents
and useful discoveries Inventions and improvements the
sssa and q nd cuttings
has chief cerkwho is by law as at the present me) the
Acting Commissioner of Patents in the absence of the Com
misonerten principal and ten assistant examiners OF pat
besides dozen other subordinate clerks
Besides these four principal branches of this executive
department the organic act of 1849 transferred to it from
the Treasury Department the supervision of the accounts Of
the United States mahas and attorneys and the clerks OF
the United States courts the management OF the lead and
other mines of the United States and the affairs of the pen
tentiary of the United States in the District Of Coumba
and from the State Department the duty of taking and
turning the Of the United States and of superv
ing and directing the of the Commissioner of Public
Buildings By recent acts of Congress- also the hospital for
the insane Of the and and Of the District of Coum
ba under the management Of this department. and by
survey of the unsettled boundary
lines between the States and Territories and bordering
tions.
This department is present very nconvenieny sepa
nently provided for. The Secrearys Office occupies por
ton thenew Patent Office building the General Land Office
portion Of the Treasury building, and the Pension Office
portion Of "Winders building, now the property OF the
not fre-proof and rented Of their private owners.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
The Treasury Department consists of the Offices Of the Sec
retary of the Treasury two comproers commissioner Of
the customs six auditors treasurer register solicitor light
The following is brief indication of the duties of these
several offices and of the force employed therein respectively
Secretoy's OfceHon James Guthrie Secretary of the
Treasury Hon. p. q. Washington, Assistant Secretary
engineer charges architect and three
temporarily employed and twenty three clerks The Secre
ty Treasury charged with the general supervision
OF the fiscal transactions of the government and OF the exc
cuon OF the laws concerning the commerce and navigation
OF the United States He supentends the survey of the
coast the light house establishment the marine hospitals
the United States and the construction of certain public
buildings for custom houses and other purposes.
First Comptroiers 0Hce.Esha Whittlesey esq, Comp