The Washington union., 1857-10-02
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government or the United States

The Organization of the Executive Departments
Of the Government OF the United States
The machinery employed arising
our foreign ali the powers a world
% ,s1 q q ~ Ti states E ny aUas sevsussea 3 ooss
secretary q ssaie ion Iews oas sn, Secretary Of
John Apfeon chief clerk, twelve clerks trans
Im, and one librarian.
Di0aaic Balaaa-Ths the STATE Department
e aea a the United ssaias abroad and those foreign pow
aetsd % THIS sosernmsa, In u al dpomae Instructions
ses q A are copied s and sse1rdsa I and
II Sng first entered Ia an analytic table or index
Car charge correspondence
b~een The department and ihe consul, and eomner agents
dispatches and 10 letters from other asking for oonsn
relating % consular Affairs prepared and recorded
r Dsars.ns A9use has charge all correspondence and
aher relating any the
| sbarsemeni Of which the department Is charged
TLs TaaamIiz such
pArtmcnt may require
consui whcn ngsh upon which
sued
Clk n Agsa3uas css1.isas
msons letters Of and nominations the Senate
ammssions which they issued Has charge the library
n lie takes charge Of the rolls en-
nent from the reraen the
hc called for prepares for and supernisns Their pupon
distribution throughout the United States and thar Of all docu
and publications which ,li' aul assigned % the
Tariincn writing answering all letters connected theresh
charge treaties business relating thereto
Cot q ,sasseea. and cssya He has as, charge q the
oercAies 70 papers presented Tor ieeeves
ne department. relating copyrights
titles; records all letters from the department other than
Cs n Parsos Paao-H prepares and pardons
roisas; and registers and s the petitions and papers
y register q al letters other than Diplomats and consular re-
sd and Of the disposition made Of them letters relating
TO this business
GENERALS
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney General Of the United States
G esa chief clerk The ordinary business Of this oce be
aassaei under the following heads:
opinions the business OF the government,
for by the President by head Of department or by the 80
Exannaion purchased the sites Of
rscuA houses hiouscs and all other public works Of
3 Applications pardons all conviction the courts
Applications appointment all the judicial and legal business
The Of all the Supreme Court Of
hs United States IN which the government is concerned
The e. a. "a % sss u s % army sas depart
To these ordinary heads q the business q the Office are added at
Fnsi Tie direction appeals claims
second The codcaon and revision Of the laws Of the District Of
OAtmbla
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Secretary Department Interisr, Hon Jacob Thomp
s clerical force consists Of one chief
clerk oes Kelly es two distursing clerks and ten other Tega
@Iowing branches Of the public service:
missioner The land Bureau charged
with the and sale q the public domain and the
issuing whether derived from combinations Of grants
e by oner by sales donations o. for schools
e or a1 esms a., hd ~ suna ss q ser
u thereof The Land oce, also ands its own accounts The
sI recorder, clerk principal clerk
i draaghtsman assistant daugh'snan and some $50 clerks
I'd present head of this bureau Is George
Whiting, OF Virginia This commissioner charged with the exam
adjudication all claims arising under the various and
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land Or pensions
which the United States have been engaged He has one
p,y oer % mheh 70 enable him %
extraordinary requirements o the bounty land law has added
81 Affairs ad interim, Charles
oGsorTsown p He provided with chief clerk and about
.h Patere Oe-To this and
% and q patents for new and useful d4ooTer
and the collection g q statistics @ relating g asrsure g @
chief I BY law the acting Commissioner q Patents
nt esanners of patents some dozen subordinate
clerks besides considerable number q temporary employees
organic s4s transferred 70 Z from the Treasury De
ind atorneys and The clerks courts
the lead ard other mines Of the pniad States and the asars
penay United States the District Of coumba and
the Department duy taking and returning the cen
q the United States and saperng % & and aes &c & sha sc %
army navy and Of the District Of Columbia also under tbs
ay passed ths secretary charged with the
iru q the ihree wagon ads leading he Paenc coast
the has been repeatedly recommended during
H. s VIZ sas Co 4 ,s ~. : wat.. p baana sh Sss ss
d. .r rnaea ~ tle department inaludng Secetarys
crowded Gee building ihe whole Of which
required early for the hc Patent oe icr
\ sAcL Il Was originally Intended
II TREASURY
the Offices Of the Secretary or
Treasury coproers commissioner OF the CUSTOMS SIX au
tOs register soctor board and COAST sur
II Eey.
The following indication Of the duties Of these several OH
4 se Of the iorce employed therein respectively:
Sarrs Gge.IIon Cobb, Secretary Of tbs Treasury
lGp Secretary; engineer In charge one
architect, draugnsDen temporarily employed ana iWehty
clerks Treasury charged with the
tho and the
concerning the commerce and q the
superntand the o the coast the gh
nbsh1nanf hospitals OF the United States and be
certain public buildings for custom houses and other par
\ pses
Coaysrolier William Medl, Comptroller, and
mode Of keeping and rendering ac
the civil and diplomatic service a. ven ss te pupc ~
and ceriihes the balances arising thereon
Seoed C,pptyos OGoe-John NJ Brsdhead Comptroller
prebes the mode OF keeping and render
Of the and Indian departments O the
service cerAes the balances arising thereon
OGoe Cgmssioner 9 TIC Cashans-Hngh y Anderson, esq
eleven clerks He prescibes the mode o. keeping
Of the customs revenue and dburs
building and repairing custom houses &C. ana re-
\ rses and eertincs the balances arising thereon
Andars OecTbomas l. Smith, esq First Auditor and
and adjusts the nccoun OF the customs
appropriations and expenditures on nc
The Castoms and The f comp
l toler, respectively fer their decision thereon
4tiJsFs ID Fuller Second Audunr, and
one clerks adjusts all accounts relating TO
pay clothing recruiting Of the army, wen as hrno
Irseha and ordnance relating TO the Indian depart
reports the Second Comptroller fOr hs de
4 mon thereon.
Third Aadaors oG Atkinson Third Audier and