The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-21
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
of The Cove rnme nj OF the United States:

1 Tns orxsn,zat,ooo Of IN. executive Depa rtmenrs
Of the Governments OF the United States:
pETAKra.sr. 1885,, III fsr ~
The whole machinery employed arising
foreign relations with all The Ie~ers Of ih world = for more
Of safe Of he United states only seventeen as soows
Hon Lewis cass Assistant Secretary Of
dion John Appeon one chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
DiplOmaie BranA-Ths Department
agents Of he United states abroad and foreign pow
accredited this In At all diplomatic instructions
der treaties boundaries &c prepared copied and reeoded and
being FIRST entered 10 an analytic table or index
c~suar Of the correspondence
between the department and the eonsu and agents
their dispatches and to letters from other persons asking for cons
lar agency relating consular Affairs are prepared and recorded
DInc Agsa-ne has charge OF all correspondence and
with relating fund with the
disbursement Of which the department is charged
department require the commissions of oonsus
and consu when in English which exequaturs
Clerk Of APPOINTMENTS
commissions appointment and nominations the snate
commissions which they issued Has charge of the library
oley n ~ Rolls and Ara,sIIe churge rolls,
pdhacat ai 40 fr, prepres copies
w MA bs Nc WA arI IN BOOK torn; attends to
throughout the United States, ard that Of all docu
department writing answering herewith
all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Clerk Of Administrations CoTpighsHe has charge Of the
attaches certificates TO papers presented for receives
department the laws relating copyrights records and in
their titles; all from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular. t1f
Of PosorHe prepares pardons
a y ars n rsI. a nd 's c S ssps on
daily register d an cg other an diplomatic and consular
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BLACK, Attorney General Of the United states; R.
c ne p The ss snar business Of this once may be
l. Official opinions the government
called for By The President by any head Of department. BY The So
Or titles Of all land purchased the sites
afsena houses lighthouses and all other public works Of
4 Applications appointment judicial and legal
The conduct and Of all suits in the Supreme Court Of
T ns Of ali other u arising any of the depart
when referred by the head thereof the Attorney General
| The present time Tie following viz:
First The red direction o. all appeals On land claims in ca M,
Columbia
....It
Secretary Of The Department Of the Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
clerk Moses Kelly esq., sbursng clerks, regu.
lar clerks AMI It's supervision and committed the
s The Lands The chief Of this bureau called the Com.
survey management public domain,
issuing Of titles therefor whether derived from grants
donaiops schools
military boune or public and likewise the revision
present. COMMISSIONS Hon. 4 Hendricks Indiana It's prn
c officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys
besides assistant daughsman and some $50 clerks
PonsThe present head of this is George 9.
whiting Of Virginia The commissioner is charged with the exani
BY granting bounty land
sa n M IL states have Ss H las sns
chief clerk q Cole aud permanent corps consisting Of some
extraordinary of the bounty land law has added
81 & nsns 5 n a ID
Mix oGsoeetown c. He provided with chief clerk and about
4th 0ace-To the
performances all and things touching and respecting the
discoveries,
improvements the collection statistics relating agriculture;
se sawhD Dy law the asns ponmssas srS N
s aSssnss ans
Clerks besides eodsdsrsois sanDer temporary employees
ment The organic act Of ISs transferred to from the Do
the the the United marsas
the lead and other mines of tho United States and the affairs
from tho the duty Of taking and returning the
the United States and Of supervising and directing the acts OF
The army and navy and Of the District Of Columbia also under tho
aay pa me soag o ss WHY s
gcuon the three roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
repeatedly during
the last few y'r for cha. ,I purp sna na he son once
tho other branches Of the department. including the secretary Office
DO required early day Of once
which it was originally intended "tay a.H
tho Secretary
the Treasury comproe customs au
tors treasurer register solicitor light house board ard coast
The following is brief
ces, and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
Treasury
rhp Clayton, Secretary charge
architect draugbsmen temporarily employed tenty
secretary Treasury charged with the
public buildings and other
poses. Fl III
First Com,srokcrs OJeHop William Medl, Comptroller,
fifteen clerks He prebes the mode OF keeping and rendering
public lands
the balances arising thereon.
Second Comptroie's O6eeJ W. Cults esq, Comptroller and
lie mode keeping and render
the the Indian departments OF tho
public SERVICE and evses and cernes the balances arising thereon
Commissioner, He pescris the Keeping
rendering
mens the building repairing
vses and certifes tho balances arising thereon
QceThomas L. Smith, esq, Auditor,
He
appropriations expenditures
private Of Congress- reports
Commissioner OF the Customs the
troler respectively for their decision thereon
Second OceThomas D. Fuller Second Auditor, and
He receives and adjusts all relating
pay, clothing recruiting OF tho army well
arsenas ordnance all relating the Indian depart
reports the second Comptroller for his de
sion thereon
Third Oce-Robert j. Atkinson Third Auditor, and
seventy clerks He and adjusts all accounts for sub
of