The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-01
The Organization of the Executive DEPARTMENTS
OF the Government Of the United states


One secretary state lon Assistant Secretary Of
lator, and one Librarian
Diplomatic branch Of ,he s,ais Department,
pouac agents the abroad Of pow
accredited to s In all diplomatic instructions
der treaties q NC are o and @ aIa
being Grst entered IN an analytic table or index
charge Of correspondence,
between the aud the eonsa and commercial asen
the United States Ia instructions 10 those officers aud answers
their dispatches and letters from other asking for
lar relating consular affairs prepared and recorded
TAe Dssne Ae"be has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with accounts relating any fund with the
disbursement Of which the department, Is charged
Tyanatofiz furnish such anslalons the
department He also records the commissions Of oonsus
and vice consa when NOT In English, which erequaars
issued
of yponeah makes and records
commissions letters OF appointment and nominations 10 the senate
commissions which they issued Has charge Of the library
cze1 Of The Rods charge Of rolls
the authenticated thereof
which are called for prepares m and superntends their publication
their Distribution throughout the United states and that % all dou
and publications regard which this duty assigned TO the
writing answering letters connected herewith
Has charge Of all Indian treaties, and business relating thereto
Gierk aahsoseas and aaysltis has charge Of The
attaches certificates papers presented Tor receives
department relating copyrights and
their titles all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular
Of PasportHe prepares padon
and ens; and and lilies the petitions and
daily all letters, other than diplomatic and consular
oeissd and Of tho disposition made Of them letters relating
ATTORNEY sKsKRAl's orYlc. FL
Jeremiah Black Attorney General the United States
Mccanont chief clerk The ordinary business this office
DO classified under the following heads
opinions the government
called for by the President by head Of department. by the
all purchased tho Of
houses and all other public works o.
Applications pardons
Applications appointment, Judicial legal
The argument all the Supreme Court Of
the United States in which the government Is concerned
nen when referred by the head thereof to the Attorney General
To these ordinary heads of the business of he Office added
the present time he following, viz as Vs. aa"
First The direction Of all appeals land claims In California
Second The codhcaon and revision Of The laws Of the District
ColuH bis. a&
a F- DEPARTMENT y.
Secretary Department Interior, Thonp
the Mississippi It's clerical force consists of chief
lar clerks and 10 It's supervision and management are committed the
following 20 srans = ne public q e sGys n,e. called the Con,
the General Land Office The Land Bureau charged
issuing therefor grants
made by former by sales donations Tor schools
military boune public improvements and likewise the revision
Of Virginia military bounty land claims and the Issuing Of scrip
presen, Hendricks, Indiana pn
epal officers are recorder chief clerk principal clerk q surveys
besides draughtsman assistant draughtsman aud $50 clerks
I'd Ieaso,sIhe present head this bureau George
and adjudication Of all claims arising under the and
military the revolutionary and subsequent
which the United States have been engaged lie has
chief clerk Cole ESQ., and permanent corps consisting of some
3D. Inaian Affairs Charles E. Mix, of
Geoge,own d. 6 He provided with chief clerk and about neen
All Iaiea OOceTo this bureau
performance all things touching respecting the grant
and np s collection en :" relating
collection and distribution seeds and cuings has
the absence OF the Commissioner principal and twelve as
ln' q number mo
Joseph Holt the Commissioner and samuel sugert Chief
Clerk
principal branches Of this executive depart
men the organic act 1919 70 i from The Ieasn, De
and the clerks Of the United States the
pentenary United States the District Columbia
the the duty of taking and returning the
United aud Of supervising and directing the acts of
The Commissioners Public Buildings The hospital for the insane of
Of this department in addition to which BY laws
Gently passed the Secretary Of the Interior charged with the con
department eqh additional building tor its accommoda
on and the erection q one mas been ~ s g
provided with in what known Winders Building" while
Of the including the Office
Patent Office building The whole Of which
early for the Of the Patent Once,
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Department consists Of the offices Of the Secretary Of
Treasury compoers commissioner OF the customs
dos treasurer register solicitor light house board and
The following
and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
Sstays oGeelIon Cobb Secretary tho Treasury,
Hon. Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary one engineer IN charge
employed
The Secretary the Treasury charged with the
supervision the fiscal transactions Of tho and Of The
the the and OF the
He Of the coast the light house
hospitals the United States aud the
public buildings for custom houses and other
poses
First Conrtyollsrs OoeHon. William Medi, Comptroller and
mode Of rendering
diplomatic well the public lands
eviscs certihcs the balances arising thereon
Saoad Copptosrs oGce-J NJ Cults, esq., Comptroller,
seventeen clerks lie keeping
the and Indian departments OF the
and cere the balances arising thereon
Office Of Of The CuaomsSamucl mgbam esq.
and eleven clerks He prescribe the mode OF keeping
rendering the
the building and repairing custom houses
yises and certihes the balances arising thereon
Yrs Thomas L. Smith, esq, First Auditor
e receives adjusts the
disbursements appropriations and expenditures
civil list and under Congress-
Commissioner Of the the
troner, respectively for their decision thereon.
Second Audlo~s ObceThomas d. Fuller, Second Auditor
clerks relating
pay, clothing recruiting Of the army well arories
all relating the Indian
the balances the Second Comptroller for his de
thereon.
Third AUDITORS OoeRobert Atkinson esq Auditor and
eight clerks He and adjusts all
of the army forlcaons Military Academy military
department. we'll for pensions claims
properly the military service under various
the balances the Second Comptroller his do
eison thereon.
Dayton esq Auditor
clerks He and adjusts all for the Of
the balances the Second Comp
troler for his decision thereon.
Fifth udlors OceMurray Mcconnell esq Fifth Auditor,
six clerks He receives and adjusts all accounts for diplomatic and