The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-04
The Organization OF IN. Executive Departments
of the Government OF the United States


The whole machinery employed To conduct tho business
spie Than i generally conceived The number employed the
M Of e,s q ,Rs United state only aSeP ereay o.
STATE on John Appleton ono CHIEF clerk twelve clerks one tans
latlr and one librarian
Diplomatic Braneh This branch Of tho STATE Department ass
charge an correspondence between the department and other d.
ss accredited % is government diplomatic
Eent from tho department and communications 70 commissioners I'M
an registered and tiled their contents
beng hrst eutered IN analytic table or index
csuIay BantIns banch charge correspondence
S between the and t consu and commercial agents
o. hs United sa,e ~ seno o, os one ana ANSWERS eSs
agoacy relating consular AFFAIRS prepared and recorded
TIE Db~aag Agerie has charge Of all correspondence and
other connected with relating fund with the
disbursementaf which the department charged
The Tunaicr His duties furnish such tranntoas the
issued
soensgn ,lers o ana nominations 10 t se ssi s
commissions which they sued Has charge Of the library
Cik Of The Rolls and Ayc charge rolls en-
rolled acts and resolutions Congress they received at the de-
which are called for prepares for and supernsnds ,he publication
Their distribution Throughout the United states and that Of ali doo
publications. regard 10 which this duty assigned to the
charge Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Clek Of authorizations G4seaghsIie charge
attaches ss e e G q ppsr presented @ aaeneoa receives
e Has charge q publications transmitted
department under the laws relating to copyrights records and in
dexe their TILES records all letters from the department. other than
The diplomatic and consular.
clk Pa,eos and PaO Tie prepares and records pardons
and resns and registers and hs the petitions and papers
daily register Of all letters other than diplomatic and consular
ceiyd and the disposition made OF then letters relating
20 this business
GENERALS
Jeremiah Black, Attorney General Of the United States
6et chief clerk The ordinary business Of this obce may be
classified under the following heads
L. ulciai opinions The current business Of the government as
called the President by head Of department. or BY the So
Q Examination Of purchased, the sites Of
arssna houses light houses and al Other public works
Applications paraons conviction the
the United States.
T. Applications appointment all the judicial and legal business
which the governments concerned
The supervision Of all other suits arising any depart
ents when rofarrod by the head thereof Attorney
ordinary heads Of the business of the Office added at
First appeals on land claims IN California
second The odGcaton and revision Of The laws Of the District
Columbia.
Secretary Department the Interior Hon. Jacob Tomp
son Mississippi clerical force consists chief
clerks supervision management committed the
following branches q he public service &C /,
missioner the charged
issuing Il tiles therefor whether grants
mace gy Gorngr By sales o e. schools
Virginia military bouutyand claims and tho issuing Of scrip
present Hendricks, Indiana
sp officers are nsf clerk principal clerk q survey
Of various grades.
3D. I'a,saas-rhc present George C.
Whiting Virginia. The commissioner charged with the exami
nation and audeaiOn Of al claims arising under the various and
for The m Or naval services IN The The @ and aoss seq
chief clerk O. Cole csa and permanent corps consisting Of some
ST. conmissoner OF Indian Affairs Charles E. Mix Of
Georgetown, He b provided with chief clerk and about aneen
4th Paa 0tiee-To
performance touching the
and improvements the collection Of statistics relating agricatuc
the collection and distribution seeds plants and cuttings has
cierkwho by acting Patents
the the twelve principal and
clerks considerable temporary employees
SSsph Holt the Commissioner and samuel Y sAosef esq., Chief
Besides nlese principal depart
mnt organic 1S4o transferred from Treasury
rarten the supervision q the accounts Of the United States masas
me oth lead and other mines q the United states ana The affairs
of The pentary Of ne United States IN the District Of Coumbia and
~, y MY II pn ",,pg 9hn 6osai for ia io
army navy The District Of Columbia
Of this department. addition to which by laws
three wagon leading Pacific
The department, requires an additional building for It's accomoda
the last for that AZ present the Pension Once is
the other Of the department including the secrays Office
Patent oGce building the whole Of which
will be required at early day for the use of the Patent ONCE
which II was originally Intended
\
Treasury Department consists Of tho offices of the Secretary
the Treasury two oompoe Of the customs six
dofs register SOLICITOR lighthouse board aud
The following several on
Ces, and of the force employed therein, respectively
Seeas oGreIon Howell Cobb, Secretary Treasury,
Hon Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary one engineer in charge
architect three daugsmen temporarily employed and twenty
Secretary Treasury charged with
the government
concerning navigation
United states He supnend the the coast the light house
the hospitals OF the United States the
OF public buildings for custom houses and other
poses
Comrtrolter Qnce--IIon William Medi Comptroller
clerks rendering
the civil and diplomatic service well the public lands
and eyises and certlcs the balances arising thereon
Second Conyroleyis 0Gce-J NJ Cuts esq Comptroller,
clerks pescbe5 the mode of keeping
OF tho and Indian departments Of the
public SERVICE revs and cer1s the balances arising thereon
clerks He prcscbes keeping
rendering the
building and repairing houses &c
vises and certfcs the balances arising thereon
Fa Auaioy's Office Thomas Smith, esq, Auditor and
lie and adjusts the tho
disbursements and expenditures
and under private Congress-
the OF the the First Comp
respectively Tor their decision thereon.
Ssod Atdaos Office Thomas d. Fuller Second Auditor and
adjusts all
the paw clothing recruiting the army, well arnores
ind all accounts relating the Indian depart
sion thereon,
adjusts all sub
army for6caons Military Academy military roads,
department. well PENSIONS claims
military services previous 70 1916 and for horses and
military under OF
gre reports the balances the Second Comptroller for bis de-
thereon.
Fourth 4ulor's OFeeAaronO Dayton, esq Fourth Auditor
eer cerks He service