The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-22
THE Organization OF the Executive Departments
ar the Government Of the United States 'ai'

The organization OF tn. Executive Departments
OF the Government on the united otatos'
,.v,r dil sl
~ whole machinery employed TO arising
Of our ogn relations all the Of the world for more
Of ae Of the United only seventeen follows;
Secretary (on Lewis cs one Assistant Secretary Of
state Appeton chief clerk clerks
lator, and one librarian t
Diplomatic Byaneh-rhis branch Department
poac the United abroad and those Of foreign pow
accredited 70 this In all diplomatic o
der s, Of Me- are aa h SS
being first entered in an analytic table or index
branch has charge Of the correspondence
&c between the department., and ne eonsa anu s answers
dispatches and letters from other persons asking Tor
me Dirssro has charge correspondence and
with accounts reating TO any fund WITH the
disbursement Of which the department rs charged
The TronaoHs furnish such TRANSACTIONS as the
may require He also records the commissions Of oonsu
consu when not English which eTequaturs are
issued. ~
CLERK of APPOINTMENTS makes out and records
commissions Of appointment and nominations 70 the senate
which they issued Has charge oil the library
Ca Of M Rolls charge of the rolls
the copies thereof
which called for for and %
throughout tho United States and that Of all doeu
Department writing answering herewith
HAS charge Indian treaties and business relating thereto
CLERK Of Authorizations CoryghHe has charge of the
attaches certificates presented for receives
the department under relating copyrights records and in
dexes titles all from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular.
CLERK of Paros and Passports prepares pardons
ens and registers and files the petitions and papers on
records passpors keeps
daily register all letters other than diplomatic and CONSULAR re-
the disposition made of them prepares letters relating
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney the United States;
Ge esq., clerk The ordinary business Of this Office may DO
oca opinions on the Current business government
President by head of department or by the
Examination purchased the sites Of
arsna houses houses and all other pubic works oil
g. Appcatons for paIdons in the
Applications for appointment judicial legal business
The conduct argument the Supreme Court of
the United which the government is concerned
men,s when referred by the Attorney
ordinary of tho Office added at
the present time the following, viz.
First The direction all appeals on land claims in California
Tho codhaon and revision of the laws OF the District o.
Columbia
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary Department Interior Hon. Jacob Thomp
Mississippi Is force consists ns sn Of aS Oas r
clerks and to its supervision and management are committed the
lst The Puic Lands The called the Com
the General Land Once The Land Bureau Is charged
issuing therefor derived from combinations grants
maas Dy bopns paSo the
Virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing OF scrip
present Hon A Hendricks Of Indiana Its prn
cpa recorder chief principal clerk Of
daughsma assistant draughsnan and 1850 clerks
Whiting Virginia The commissioner charged with the exami
adjudication all olaims arising under the various and
granting bounty land pensions
military services the revolutionary and subsequent
which United States have been engaged He has
CONSERVING OF some
seventy other clerks which Congress to enable him to meet the
temporary fifty cershps Of different denominations
Sd of Indian Affairs ad interim Charles E.
Mix oGeogtown He provided with chief clerk and about
] hreen other subordinate clerks
performance Of all acs and things touching and respecting the
and issuing for new and usec
collection distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
the absence Of the principal
q
principal branches Of executive depart
parten the supervision
Of the United States courts the
nent of the United States and the affairs
Of the pentenary the District Columbia; and
from the state Dertmen the duty taking returning
ses tho United and Of supervising directing
The Public Buildings Tho hospital for the insane of
management Of this department. addition 70 which BY laws
ss pa So the re asog G as the
department requi additional building for its accommoda
The last few years or Una. b Snow as epa While
the other department. including the Secretar Office
Patent Office building the whole Of which
will required early tho Of the Patent Office m
which originally intended ..
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The Treasury Secretary
tho Treasury comproos commissioner of the customs six
register SOLICITOR light house board and coast
voy. - =,
The following OF the of these several OIL
ces and of 10 employed therein, respectively;
Srayfs O6c-ron Cobb Secretary of the Treasury,
Hon Secretary engineer in Charge
daughsmen temporarily employed and twenty
three Secretary charged with the
of the and of the
concerning and OF the
United the the coast the light
hospitals Of the United States and the
public buildings for custom houses and other pur
| poses.
First Con,gsroliers OEce-Hon William Mcdl Comptroller and
fifteen mode keeping and rendering
wel public
and certhes tho balances arising thereon.
Second Comprol's oGoeJ w. Cuts, Comptroller, and
prescbs the mode keeping and render
ing army and Indian departments the
public service ercs the balances arising thereon
OHce Of C,IorsIIugh Anderson,
eleven clerks He precbes the mode
Of the sburse
ocnts building repairing houses
| yises certihes the balances arising thereon.
Fira Thomas L. Smith, esq First Auditor and
nineteen
appropriations and expenditures
list private and
the
troler respectively for their decision thereon