The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-01-10

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The Organization OF the Executive Depa artments
of the Government OF the United States
srAr1 pErAKxEsr
The machinery employed tho business arispp ou
foreign relations with all the of the more
department only seventeen as toow
One Secretary q STATE on Lewis e one Assistan. Secretary Of
lalor, and one librarian.
D.enas BranIhis branch Of tho State Department.
oa Of the United foreign
department commissioners IN
der trese o. boundaries &c ara prepared copied and recorded and
being hrs entered In AN analytic table index
Branch This branch charge correspondence
s United se ~. - 70 those ouicsrs and
lar agency relating consular prepared
The D.bv0 AeIIls has charge Of all correspondence
disbursement Of which the department is charged.
The transaons as the
@ S sSs Sa As e ss rsoSra the commissions Of eoasa
issued -
cak q A,Trnsns and cs,uie He makes out and records
COMMISSIONS on which they are issued Has charge Of the library
Clerk Of the and AAes takes charge of rolls
osa a. and Of as they are the de-
which called for and superntends their publication
and that Of IN The neMpapsr and book form attends to
publications which this assigned
Has charge of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Gleys Amh.,ioat"s and oyrism He has charge of tho
attaches certificates for
aud accounts for the Has charge publications ranm,
the department under the relating copyrights
dxes their titles records all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular
of Passpasse prepares and records pardons
and emons and registers and files the petitions and
daily register all letters diplomatic consular re-
ycd and of the disposition made them relating
OFFICE
Get chief clerk The ordinary business of this
Official opinions government as
called for by the President by head Of department by the
Examination Of the titles Of all land purchased Tho
na houses houses and all other public of
Applications courts
Applications appointment judicial and legal business
The conduct and argument Of all SUITS the Supreme
The United % s w y n the obs , n q 10
when referred by the head thereof Attorney
~ TO sss G, s % ssss % the business Of the 0o are added
First The direction of all appeals land claims California
second The concaon and revision tho tho
Coumba
Secretary of the Department of the lnes Hon, Jacob Thomp
clerk Ioscs Kelly two dsbanr clerks and ten other
lar clerks and to rs supervision and committed the
t The Public Lands
with the survey management public domain,
g q titles therefor whether derived from
made by former by sales donations for schools
military beunes Or public and likewise the revision
hcu thereof ONCE
r,, sns Hon A. Hendricks Indiana It's pn
besides assistant draughtsman and $50 clerks
"a Pensions The present head Of this bureau George G
on and aaeaon s os al em u M a sa an
numerous laws passed by Congress granting bounty land pensions
which tho United have He has
Chief clerk (s Cole consisting
AaordnaTy requirements Of the bounty land law has added
3d. inans COMMISSIONS Of Indian Affairs ad ner Charles
4th- Patent oseeTo
ing and issuing Of patents for and useful discoveries inventions
The collection and distribution Of and cuttings has
@ @ aDssns " BY Law the acting srS q nsr rsn IN
ant examiners Of paten some dozen subordinate permanent
Besides these principal branches of this
a the organic ae Of ls4o transferred to from The
and clerks of courts manage
pencnry the United District Columbia and
nsn @ s q M ss the d. duty Of taking an and returning the cen
INC Commissioner of Public Buildings The hospital for the
management q tis departments addition which, by lawse
S T paa e ng he Gafsea % the
The department! requires additional building for its ccommoa
the a, few years for tina, purpose the Pension Once
all crowded building whole Of which
will be required at early day for the of the
which was originally intended
The Treasury Department consists OF the offices of the Secretary
he Treasury comptrolers of tho
ors treasurer register SOLICITOR lighthouse board and coast
following brief indication of the duties Of these several on
cs, and of the force employed therein, respectively:
soearys o6oeTon Cobb Secretary Treasury;
architect and three draughsmen temporarily employed and twenty
5 % s nn s
uon Of The laws concerning he and Of the