The Washington union., 1858-03-07
ne Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the United states:

DIFFERENTIATION or the xecutive Departments
or the Government OF the United States
srAn
The bos employed 70 the business arising
Of our foreign relations Of the world for
simple Than r senssy oone a a Tue number employed N ss
Secretary dion Lewis css one Assistant Secretary Of
state u John Appeton one Chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
IA,or and one nbrariao
Diplomatic Department
poailc agents pow
accredited TO this government In all diplomatic INSTRUCTIONS
der treaties M o Nc are copied and ana
being nrst catered in AN analytic table or index.
charge OF the correspondence
between The department and the oonsu and somme,s @ ss
20 their dispatches and TO letters from other persons Akns o
lar agency relating TO consular affairs are prepared anu
rAe Dbsms AensHe Of all correspondence and
other with relating to any 'und WIN he
disbursement VI which the department Is charged
department may require records the commissions Of consu
and osa when not in English upon which erequasurS are
issued. e
Cl4 App,a.ents makes and records
commission letters appointment Senate
which they issued Has charge Of the library
Clrk Of tic charge the
pamcnt authenticated thereof
which called for prepares Tor and their pascaon
Distribution throuehou, the United states and that Of all docu
department. writing and answering letters
Has charge Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
.,s G ~ s and s"s Of ~ aa aa ans na
attaches certificates papers presented Tor revss
the department under the laws relating to copyrights records and IN
titles all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular. eteatft
Clerk @ Padous Passports prepares pardons
and and egs'ers and ne the petitions and papers
register all letters other than diplomatic and consular
oevod and Of the dson made Of them prepares letters relating
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney General Of the United States
et esq., The ordinary business Of this ONCE be
l. ofcnI opinions current government.
called for by the President by head Of department or by the So
Enamna.ion Of tho titles purchased the
houses houses and all other public works Of
Applications pardons conviction the
Applications appointment, Judicial legal
The conduct argument supreme
the United States in which the goyernmen. = concerned
the Attorney General
First The direction all appeals on land claims in California
Columbia
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary the q the nerisr Hon Jacob Thomp
clerk uscs Kelly esq., dtsbursng clerks
clerks and to its supervision and committed the
chief o. This called the Com
missioner Of The General land oe INC n @ bareau charged % @
issuing whether derived from cenhrmntons
made former by sales donations grants for schools
military public and likewise the revision
Of vgn military bounty land caims and the issuing of scrip
Commissioner Is Hon Hendricks q Indiana rs
besides drAughman assistant draugsman and some $50 clerks
2d Prs;oru-rhc present Of George C.
Whiting Of Virginia The commissioner charged with the cxam
by Congress granting bounty nn pensions
for the military naval in the a." sneaus IT, ..
chief clerk Cole csq and permanent corps consisting Of some
extraordinary requirements law,
temporary force q about ny eckshp q lercnt tsnonns,ons
Commissioner Indian Aihrs dd interim Charles F.
Mix ofGeogetown Ic Is provided with chief clerk and about
OBars-To
performance M and things touching and respecting tho grant
relating agriculture
chief cIerwho by law the acting pients in
Commissionertwelve PRINCIPAL and twelve
clerks temporary employees
ass % sss four ppS 1sa O. @ nsw Ike
pament supervision the tho United marsas
attorneys courts manage
lead other the United States the
pcnicnay Of the United States in the District Columbia and
the United States and Of supervising and directing the
army navy Columbia
management this department; addition which, by
sucton the three roads leading the Pacific coast
ton and the erection has been repeatedly
the last few years for that purpose AZ present the Pension ce is
the other branches Of the department including the cretrys Office
building the whole
will carly for the OF the Patent Office
which it originally intended
6sE@ DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Department the Offices the Secretary
the compocrs OF the
dtors treasurer register solicitor light house board
vey: - ,4i 80.
and of the force employed therein, respectively.
Scauys OGceIIon Cobb, Secretary the Treasury
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary engineer charge
architect and trco daughsmen temporarily employed and twenty
The Secretary the Treasury charged with tho
the Of the the
United states He supcnends the the coast the
hospitals
certain public buildings for custom houses and other
poses.
the mode Of keeping and rendering
well the public lands
and certncs the balances arising thereon.
Cona,aroier's Cults, Comptroller,
the mode
and Indian departments Of the
public service and and ceres the balances arising thereon
O6e of Commissioner of Anderson ESQ.,
rendering the and isburc
for building and repairing custom houses &C. and
and cernes tho balances arising thereon. u
FY,x Audtoss Office Smith, esq, First Auditor
adjusts the Of the
aud disbursements appropriations and expenditures
Commissioner the Customs the
troller, respec. sag, their decision thereon.
Audlovs O(Thomas j. d. Fuller Second Auditor and
relating
recruiting of the well
the Indian
sion thereon N H @f8
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