The Washington union., 1858-02-05
The Organization Of the Executive Dcpa rtments
OF the Government Of the United States
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Of the Government Of tho United States
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The machinery employ TO conduct the business arising out
Of our eregn relations with all the Of the world
Department Of s c the United States Is oni aSenaon ~ oss
oae Secretary State dion LOWS cass Assistant Secretary
state dion john Appe'on one chief clerk twelve clerks trans
latori and one librarian.
Diplomatic BranATls branch Of the State Department aas
pomatc Of the United foreign
@ err efsa,sa @ @ 70 THIS government In Al. diplomatic instructions
M der treaties @ Of Nc arc copied and aud
being first entered in an analytic table or index.
Consular BranIh branch has charge Of the correspondence
Of he United states IN !" those AMI
70 their dispatches and to letters from other asking for
lar agency relating to consular affairs, prepared and recorded
The Diarsino Agsle charge correspondence
oor with relating any with
disbursement Of which the department is charged
T,anlay.is TRANSACTIONS
department require He also records the
consu when English upon exequatus
issued.
CLERK Of Appointments and Commissions
letters o appontnen and nominations TO the Senate
commissions which they issued Has charge the library
cle q Le h, and e4iss He takes charge Of the rolls
from the President prepares the authenticated copies thereof
and that of treaties he newspapers and in book form attends 10
their distribution throughout tho United States and that Of all docu
publications regard which this assigned
department, writing and answering all letters connected Herewith
CLERK Of hlaes,oaae CsTyr,gh-Hc charge the
seals Of the United States and Of tho department and and
and for the fses p' Has uaons %
the department under the laws relating oshs records and in
the diplomatic and consular
Clerk Of Paya and prepares
they passports keeps
daily register all letters other than diplomatic and consular re-
to this business
OFFICE
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney General Of the United States
Glet chief clerk The ordinary business this Office be
classified under the following heads
Official opinions The current business Of the government
called for by tho President by any head department or by tho So
h'.0r rspmna u nS ~ me c NJ a, lana rbss ne n sites s
arsena custom Houses lighthouses and all other public works bf
Applications paou in all eases Of conviction in the courts
Applications appointment all the judicial legal business
The argument all suits Supreme Of
the United States IN which the government Il concerned
The Of all other arising any of the depart
ens when referred by the head thereof the Attorney General
To these ordinary
the rr present mt time the l'liosps s VII viz;
Second The coacaton and revision of the laws of the District
Columba
DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Department Interior Thomp
son Of the state Of ssp lis clerical force consists Of one chief
clerk Moses Kelly esq., two disnsrsng clerks and ten other reSa
following branches Of the public service
missioner Of the General Land once ihe Land Bureau charged
with the survey management and sale Of the public domain and the
made by former governments by sales Of m schools
Of Virginia military bounty claims aud The issuing scrip
thereof Uicc also audts 1he
spal recorder clerk principal surveys
besides daugtsnn assistant draugsn and some 100 clerks
ga Pensions The present head this bureau George
nation and adjudication all claims arising under the various and
% s msr % y s land and
which the United states have been engaged He has
Other clerks 70 which Congress- to ebe him to meet tic
cr,s g. ns @ s w e. Sw hin ad
ed Of Indian Affairs I'D ttm Charles
fifteen other subordinate clerks Jfi str'4i M
performance all things touching respecting the
ing and issuing Of patents for and useful discoveries inventions
the collection distribution seeds plants cuttings has
a @ asnss tho by M the as anS % ran in
snt examiners Of patents dozen subordinate permanent
principal Of this depart
ment the organic ne Of lss transferred to ii from the Treasury De
the the accounts OF the United States marha
attorneys the clerks Of the United States the
Of states
penteniary Columbia
from the State Department the duty Of taking and returning tho cen
the Commissioner Public BIdinss The hospital for tho Of
this department. in addition to which by laws
Gently passed the Secretary Of The Interior = charged with the con
The department requires additional building for its accommoa
the last few years for thai purpose present
provided with rooms in wa, = known q Winder building while
will be required early day for the Of the Patent oce for
which II was originally Intended
Treasury of
the compoos commissioner OF the
register solicitor light house board
following indication Of the
ces and of the force employed therein, respectively,
Secyedrps 0heeIon Cobb Treasury
Assistant
architect three draughtsmcn temporarily employed and
Tie Secretary Of the Treasury charged with the
the fiscal transactions the and
Of the laws concerning the and the
United States lie superntends tho the coast the light house
establishment hospitals Of the United the
public buildings for houses and other
poses.
Conytyolc,s OEceIIon William Medl Comptroller and
prescr the mode of keeping rendering
for the civil and diplomatic service well tie public lands
ceItihes the balances arising thereon.
Coiltroa's Office W. Cus esq, Comptroller, and
II the mode OF and render
the Of the Indian departments OF tue
public cert6cs the balances arising thereon
Of CuaorsIIugh Anderson
eleven clerks He prccbes the mode Of keeping
of the and dsbursc
for the building and repairing custom houses &C. aud
and ceriiaes the balances arising thereon.
OGcs-Tbomas L. Smith, csq, First Auditor and
appropriations and expenditures
list under Congress- reports
Of Customs the First Comp
trolcr, respectively for their decision thereon
AUDITORS 0g,rThomas ] D. Fuller, Second Auditor and
and adjusts all
pay clothing recruiting Of the well arnorics