The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-15
The Organization or the Executive Departments
OF the Government Of the United States

The Organization Of the Executive Departments
Of the Government Of the United States
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The whole employ TO eeRnaei ne bor-s ss,ns sa
simple than generally caHoeivcd employ the
q s4,s a .ls usd states only n.sep follows
laor aud one librarian.
DzGi BraneA This brsneh Of the sta.e Department ass
charge Of al cerrsondsucs bcwsea tbs department and other d
poss q s un,sa States abroad and ss q n pow
commissioners
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being nrst sniersd In analytic Table or index
&C. between hs department agents
Of unssd s h = usrsooas 2 those officers and answers
agency sng sars prepared and recorded
The D.~s Aea n h.s charge q all eorrsspsnaenss and
disbursements II WHICH tho department charged,
His furnish such ranshtions the
issued.
COMMISSIONS letters q appointment. and nominations 70 me Senate
makes cus an records and y aEn me
Clk q ~ and charge Of the rolls
rolled sc snd resolutions Is they :. the
which cd prepares for and sopentsuds their publication
,na hroushou tb sa.es and that ali doc
and publications regard which thu DUTY assigned TO the
charge all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
crok 4MAsssoasas ard cv!gA IIs has charge Of the
attaches Is papers
aud Has charge Of publications transmitted
the relating copyrights records and In
dexes al letters from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular
Paydcs and prepares and records pardons
and registers and nss tho petitions and papers on
which hsy are founded Names o., ana rseoa 3
q The disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
10 this business.
Arrossr GENERALS or7rcr.
Iy,fad cntyu.A "a
clerk The ordinary business Of this Office may
be cla s.ned under the following heads:
Official opinions the business Of the government as
the President by any head Of department OF by the so
Examsaion Of the titles purchased the sites Of
arcna houses lighthouses and all other pubic works
Appiatons for pardous conviction In the courts
T. Applications appointment all the judicial and legal business
lis cnoducs and snuen. Of all suits supreme
the United IN which the government = concerned
sn us whom ~ the hsaa thereof Attorney
To these ordinary tho business Of the Office are added
First The all appeals land claims in California
codncadon and revision OF the laws Of the District o.
Columbia.
secretary Of lie Department INTERIOR Hon. Jacob Thomp
son. d Assipp Us clerical force consists q one chief
r and q IL and
~ % = r. public s e ssse 6 this ousu called e Com
General Land Office The Land bnaaa V charged
issuing Of titles therefor whether
made p former BY sales n grants -. e
Of virginia military bounty claims and the issuing Of scrpn
presea commissonsr is Hon Hendricks indiana rs pn
officers recorder chief clerk principal ssrx q sofssys
al Peuons--Thc present head bureau is George
whiting, Virginia The commissioner charged with the exam
adjudication Of all Claims arising under the aas and
for the military naval in the ana M Ea ans
chief clerk Cole ESQ., and permanent corps consisting some
a. Of Indian Affairs, Charles
Georgetown p Flo provided With chief clerk and about neon
ath Patent once 10 this committed the execution and
performance ~ acts and things touching and s grant
mprovemensn the collection Of statistics relating TO asreuire
chief by law the acting
the absence OF the toinmissioneweive ppa anu tWes w
clerks besides considerable temporary
Joseph Holt the Commissioner and Samuel shug esq Chief
the Of ls49 transferred 70 from the Treasury Dc
the @ Wis e Chg s uaS aiss s
the lead and other mines Of the United STATES ana the affairs
tho State Department the duty Of taking and returning the
@ tbs limited and q @ ana ar s s 1e
thc army navy District Of Columbia Is also under tho
een passsa he Secretary Of the Interior charged with the
f,rauon q tho three roads leading 70 the Pae coast
on erection has been repeatedly recommended during
u no nss Nix IN what as wder while
s % srdw e s es 1su he ss
win required at early DAY for the use Of the Patent Office for
which II was originally Intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department Secretary
commissioner the
dtors register solicitor house board and coast
ces the employed therein respectively;
aays OCceHon Howell Cobb, Secretary Of the Treasury,
Hon Philip Secretary charge;
temporarily employed and twenty
Secretary charged with the
era the Of the
the and navigation Of the
the the coast the lighthouse
establishment hospitals the
poses
Comf<roliers 0DceHon. William Medi Comptroller and
mode Of keeping rendering
well the public lands
and evises and cert1es the balances arising thereon
Socond Comsole's Office Cuts esq., Comptroller, and
seventeen
and Indian departments of the
public service cAes the balances arising thereon
Office qf Commissioner Of the Customs Samuel Ingham,
clerks He prescrbes the mode keeping
and and dburs
cns building repairing custom houses &c. and
yises ccrtihcs tho balances arising thereon.
Fyrx Audors L. Smith, First Auditor, and
OF customs
disbursements appropriations and expenditures On a
private acts of Congress- and reports
the balances the Customs the First Comp
trolIer, respectively for their decision thereon
ad Auaovs OGceIhoma Fuller, Second Auditor, and
twenty clerks adjusts all relating
the pay clothing recruiting Of the well armorc
srsena and relating Indian depart
reports balances to the Second Comptroller for his dec
thereon.
Third Atkinson, Third Auditor and
adjusts all for sub
and well for pensions
arising military services previous to 1916 and for horses and