The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-10-15
The Organization or the Executive Departments
or the Government Of the United states;


o. our foreign relations with All the OF The world sr more
Department. Of sstc Of Tho United aiea only seventeen as o~s
state Hou John AppeOn chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
laior, and one librarian
Diplomatic This branch Of the State Department mas
agents the United States abroad and those Of foreign pow
accredited this In all diplomatic instructions
department commissioners
der treaties q boundaries No. copied ana ana
being arst entered in analytic table or index
Consular Bh This branch has charge Of the correspondence
the United In those officers and
their dispatches and 70 letters from other persons asking for conse
Dilrsinp charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with accounts relating 70 fund with the
disbursement Of which tho department is charged.
The TanlasO duties
department require He a the commissions Of consus
and Woe consu when NOT in English upon which exeqaio are
Of Aygontua makes out and records
commissions letters Of appointment and nominations % the senate
commissions which they issued Has charge Of the library
clpk Of the charge Of the rolls
paren from the President the authenticated copies thereof
and ,ha Of treaties il de and in book FORM attends q
their distribution throughout tho United States and that q a doou
writing and answering all letters connected herewith
charge Of all Indian and business relating thereto
Of Authorizations Copyrights He has charge Of the
attaches certificates e papers presented Tor receives
department the relating coghis records and in
their titles records all letters from the department. other than
tho diplomatic and consular.
Ce Of Payons PaoHe prepares and records pardons
and remssons and registers and os the petitions and papers on
daily register Of all letters other on diplomatic aud consular
ved and Of the disposition made Of them letters relating
10 this business
ATTORNEY GENERALS ofrcx
Jeremiah Black Attorney General OF the United sttes A.
MCaon esq., chief clerk The ordinary business Of this Office
be classified under the following heads:
Official opinions government,
called tho President by hcad Of department or by the 50
Esamnaton titles all land purchased tho
arsena custom houses houses and all other public works Of
Applications pardons all conviction the
Applications appointment judicial legal
The argument the Supreme Of
the United in which the government concerned
en,s when referred BY the hcnd Attorney
these ordinary Of tho business Of the oaco added at
tho present time the following viz
FIRST The direction Of all appeals land claims in California
Second The codcauon and revision Of tho laws Of tho District
Columbia.
DEPARTMENT
Secretary Of the Department Of the Interior Hon Jacob Tomp
the State Of Mississippi It's clerical force consists Of ono chief
r and hs 20 ana The
following branches Of tho public service:
The Land Bureau charged
w s ,1
former BY sales donaos for schools
Of virginia military bounty land Claims and issuing scrip
lieu thereof The land Office also audits y own accounts Tho
cpal officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys
besides drauhtsman assistant draugtsan and some 100 Clerks
3D. Pensions present this bureau George G.
whiting Virginia The charged with the cxami
adjudication Of MI claims arising under the various and
laws y sns sGu land ana 81
which the United States have been engaged Ho has
chief oer O. Cole eq and permanent corps consisting o. some
3d. indians Commissioner Of Auh Charles Nix Of
Georgetown He provided with icf clerk and about aecn
other subordinate clerks.
performance Of all cs and things touching and respecting the grant
Issuing Of for and useful discoveries Inventions
collection distribution Of plants and cuttings has
chief eerksho . By law the acting Commissioner q Patents "a
sant examiners Of patents some dozen subordinate
besides considerable number Of temporary employees Hon
Clerk
these principal branches Of this executive depart
men Of lsl9 transferred to il from the Treasury De-
the M 4 @ &c a a esa s e
lead and other mines Of the United states and the affairs
The Department the duty Of taking and returning tho
tho United States and q supervising and directing the acts
army and q the District Of Columbia Is also under the
seny the Secretary The Interior Is charged with The
s'rncion Of the three wagon roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
ton the erection has been repeatedly recommended during
the s. few years for that purpose A. he Snson once
The other branches Of Tho department Including The secrcays Office
required curly day for the Of the Patent Once Cor
which it was originally intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of The Secretary Of
comp0lcs
dors treasurer, register SOLICITOR light house board and coast
The following the duties OF
ces and Of the force employed therein respectively
Seeraors oHEon Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury
Philip Assistant Secretary engineer in charges
three draghsmcn temporarily employed and twenty
Secretary the Treasury charged with tho
the fiscal transactions Of the governments and the
the and navigation Of tho
spcrpens the the coast the light house
establishment the hospitals Of the United States and Che
certain public buildings for custom houses and other pa
poses.
FIra Com,roIs 0goaIIon William Medl Comptroller, and
aecn prcerbes the mode Of keeping and rendering
civil diplomatic service wen as the public lands
and and ccrthics the balances arising thereon
Second Comrrolrss Office ~ NJ Cults, esq, Comptroller and
clerks He prescrbes the mode kcog and render
the Of The army and Indian departments OF tbe
public rces and certhcs the balances arising thereon
eleven clerks He prccrhcs the mode Of keeng
the customs and dsbursc
ments building and repairing custom houses &c. and
viscs and cert6cs the balances arising thereon.
nineteen clerks The the
appropriations and expenditures
the civil list and under private acts of Congress- and reports
the Customs and the First Comp
troller, respectively for ticir decision thereon. 5
Second Audaor's 0GceTomas Fuller Second Auditor and
all relating
tho clothing, and recruiting q the army as well A. amore
arscna ordnance and all relating the In depart
the balances 10 the Second Comptroller for bis ec
thereon
Third AUDITORS Third Auditor
all sub
sscncc Of army Military Academy military roads
department. well for pensions, Claims
arising military previous to 1916 and for horses and
property lost in the military service under various acts Of Con-
reports the balances tho Second Comptroller for his de-
csion thereon siHHF4
Fourth Apdtoys Fourth Auditor, and
and adjusts all accounts for the service Of
Department and reports the balances 70 the second Comp
decision thereon