The Washington union., 1857-09-26

No deiaetou CIR clubs on WEEKLY.
The Organization Of the Executive Departments
OF the Government Of the United States;
DsPARrxKSr
The machinery employee arising
Of our n realons With all e powers q the world fsr more
Uartment the United states is only seventeen as soos
secretary q STATE ion Lewis oAss Assistant Secretary Of
Iaor and one librarian
Diplomatic branch Of the STATE Department mas
paac AGENTS q he United states abroad and those q foreign pow
sareassd 60 THIS government In all diplomatic instructions
me and 10
fsenaaes prepared copied recorded
all q Ike character reeyed are rered and f their oonien
being first entered 10 an analytic table OF index
Casar charge correspondence
the department, and the agents
der dispatches and 70 ,er from other persons asking or coa
relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
rAs DsD~V Ass He has charge o. ali correspondence and
other relating any
disbursement Of wtich The department Is charged
TA ruMia HIS duties furnish such TRANSACTIONS the
department. He also records the commissions consu
and vo oansu when mot in English which exequaurs
issued
oommsns appointment nominations the Senate;
makes out and records exca,ars and records when ia English tho
commissions which they issued Has charge OF the library
Clerk Of charge Of tho rolls
rolled c and resolutions Of Congress they reyeda the de
prepares superniends publication,
and thai q treaties IN the ne.spspers and z book form attends 70
publications regard duty assigned
Has charge treaties and business relating thereto
CLERK IF AMhsaiotions and cfpiohHe has charge Of the
% y s a ansa s, y % cru S ~ .s ~ @ % Ss
and accounts for the fees Has charge OF publications transmitted TO
dex their titles records all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular.
CLERK Of Passports prepares pardons
and remssions and registers and files the petitions and
which they founded Makes passports keeps
daily Of all letters other than diplomatic and consular,
sey and of the disposition made Of them letters relating
to this business.
Black Attorney the United States
Get esq ordinary business Of this may
classified under the following heads:
opinions the government
called for BY the President by head Of department. or by the 50
helior Of the Treasury
srsena custom houses light houses and all other public works Of
appcaiioas pardons the courts
Applications for appointment in all the judicial legal business
The Of all the supreme court Of
The supervision Of all other suits Of the depart
when referred by the head thereof Tho Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business or the Office added
tho present time the following, viz
second The codcaion and revision the laws Of the Dsct Of
Columbia,
NusRrog b1ARr,nSr.
Secretary Of the Department Interior Tbomp
sen o. the sat. u Mississippi Its clerical force consists q chief
TAR clerks and TO its supervision and committed tho
lt Lands Tho chef q ts bureau is called the Com
missioner OF the tsce charged
ssunT es hcreO whether from Of grants
made by former by sae rNs q grants for schools
military beanies, public likewise the revision
Of Virginia military bounty land claims issuing scrip
present COMMISSIONER Hon Hendricks prn-
pa officers are recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys
besides assistant draughnan and se l5s clerks
ID present Of this bureau Il Geerge
Whiting q virginia The commissioner charged with the exam
nation and ndaiai u all clns arising
military naval services in The evoaionaIy and subsequent
wars in which the United States have been engaged He has
chief clerk q c and consisting
seventy other clerks which Congress- enable him the
temporary any clerhrs
c Indians Commissioner Of Indian Affairs od nf~, Charles
aa.o s or = e nc provided W ch clerk and about
Iain Qcfo This bureau is committed the execution and
performance Of all FACTS and things rhng and respecting the grant
ing and issuing Of patents for and useful discoveries Inventions
the collection and distribution plants cuttings has
chief eerkwho by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
ssn examiners Of patents some dozen subordinate permanent
Resides these four principal banccs o this new executive depart
mcn the organic Of ISio transferred 10 IL from the Treasury De
and attorneys United courts
men, q The lead and other mines the United and The affairs
from the State Department the OF taking and returning the
Commissioner of Public Buildings The hospital for the insane of
the and and Of the District d Columbia also under the
Gently passed the Secretary of e Interior charged with the con
sucton the three roads leading the Pacific
The department requires additional building aocsnmcda
ton and the has becn repeatedly recommended during
the last few for as preson, The Pension Office
the other department including
building the whole which
viii be required early for the Of the Patent Once
which il was originally Intended.
TREASURY DErARr,pSr.
The Treasury Department the Offices Of the Secretary
ths Treasury onptroers commissioner the
a treasurer register solicitor board and coast sur
The following OF several
COS and OF the force employed therein, respectively
SreaTys Occn Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury;
Hon
three clerks The Secretary the Treasury charged with the
era Of the
United surnend the survey Of the light house
establishments, The hospitals Of the United States and the
uon certain public buildings for houses and other
poses.
fen clerks pcscrbes the mode Of keeping and rendering
the well the public lands
and rcvses and certhes the balances arising thereon
Sapnd Conysrui's o6John NJ Brsdhead Comptroller,
and Indian departments OF the
public service erhes the balances arising thereon
0ge Qf the Cssoas.ugh j. Anderson,
Commissioner eleven Clerks He precrbes the mode q keeping
and for building and repairing custom houses Sc and re-
vtses and ceriAes the balances arising thereon
Aadfor. 0hoe-Tbomas Smith, ESQ., First ndt,or, and
adjusts the accounts o. the customs
the civil and under private acts Of Congress and reports
the balances o the Customs and the FIRST Comp
troler, respectively, fer their decision thereon
ootThomas J. d. Fuller Second Auditor, and
clerks and adjusts all accounts relating TO
the pay clothing recruiting o. the well as armor
arsehs and all accounts relating TO the Indian depart
reports the balances 10 the second Comptroller or his a
sion thereon
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