The Washington union., 1858-02-06
The Organization Of the Executive Depa rtlne nts
Of the Government OF the United States

The Organization Of the Executive Departments
Of the Government Of the United States
srAm DEyAErxKsr.
The whole machinery employed arising
oegn powers world Is
Of STATE Of the United states only soows
Secretary OF State Hon Secretary Of
ia.or nd one librarian.
Digomatsc B,anArhs branch OF the state Department as
charge Of all the other d
poauc Of the United States abroad and those foreign
es accredited TO this government la all diplomatic instructions
from the department commissioners
der treaties q &C. arc copied and aud
being first entered IN analytic table or index.
cs Branch This branch has charge Of correspondence,
between the the commercial
OF the United states N Instructions to those officers and answers
lar agency relating 70 consular affairs prepared aud recorded
The Dbune has charge of all correspondence
other matters connected with accounts relating TO fund with the
disbursement Of which the department is charged.
Ths Tsanaaors furnish such anslsions
department require He also records the commissions con
and vice consn when pot English which
issued.
CLERK Of ppitneas
letters appointment Senate
exequatus records Eng
which the. issued Has charge Of the library
Clh of e Rolls htp charge Of the rolls or
they the
from the President the authenticated thereof
for prepares superintends publication,
the newspapers
distribution throughout tho United States and thai Of all do
which this duty the
department. writing and answering all letters connected Herewith
Has charge of all indian reaies aud business rang thereto
Aaheaoaa Gopyyiphts He has charge Of the
and OF tho department. and and
attaches cerieaiss to papers presented Tor ter
department laws relating copyrights records and in
all the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular
Clerk Of Pa,ons and Pd17oHe and records parons
and miss % a sf s and ao n . s sna apsr Esr on
daily of other than diplomatic and
and OF the disposition made them letters relating
TO this business.
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Hon Jeremiah Attorney United States R.
cet chief clerk The ordinary business of this Office may be
0fc opinions the current business Of tho government
called for by the President by head Of department by the So
the titles Of all land purchased, the sites Of
arsena light houses all other public works OF
Applications pardons all conviction the courts
Applications appointment all the judicial and legal business
The argument of all tbs Supreme Court of
the United States Which the concerned.
when referred by head thereof tho Attorney General
tho present time the following, viz:
First The direction Of all appeals on land claims in California
The coddcntn and Of the laws of tho District
Columbia.
INTERIOR pEYARrNKr.
Secretary Department Interior Hon Jacob Thonp
Of le state Of Mississippi Us clerical foe consists Of one ea
clerks and 10 as supervision and committed the
following branches Of the public service
The Bureau charged
issuing q therefor whether grants
made by former BY aa donations for schools
OF Virginia military bounty land claims and the Issuing scrpn
present Commissioner Hon T. A. Hendricks p
ta officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk
besides draaghsma assistant daughnan and $50 clerks
ID Pensions -The present head Of this George
adjudication all arising nnder the and
for the military naval services The revolutionary subsequent
wars in which Tho United States have been ENGAGED e has one
other clerks which Congress enable him 70 meet The
temporary n clrrshps dsrcn,
Id Indians Commissioner of indian Affairs od interim Charles
Georgetown ~ G. He provided with chief clerk and abon
h!teen other subordinate clerks
performance Of all acts and things touching ana respecting the grant
ing and Issuing Of patents for new and useful discoveries inventions
The collection and distribution seeds plants and cuttings Il has
principal and twelve
sisant examiners patents some dozen subordinate permanent
Besides these four principal branches depart
en act Of laaa transferred to from The Treasury De
marsas
attorneys clerks of the United States courts the
the penientary Of the United states Columbia
the Department the duty Of taking and returning the
Public buildings The hospital for the insane Of
The and and Of the District o. Columbia Is also under to
management department; addition to which by laws
Gently passed Of the Interior is charged with tho
The department requires an additional building it
ton repeatedly recommended during
provided what is known Wndcr Building, while
other branches Of the department. including the secretary oc
the Office building the whole Of which
will required early day for the of the Patent Office ff
which it originality Intended
The Treasury Department Secretary
Treasury conpocrs commissioner Of the customs six
tors treasurer register solicitor light house board and coast
yoy.
The following
cess Of the force employed therein respectively:
s,narys Ogc,Iou How Cobb, Secretary Treasury
Assistant secretary engineer chargc
architect three drauphmcn temporarily employed anu twenty
The tho Treasury charged with the
fiscal transactions Of the and Of the
and OF the
United lie supenends the the coast the light house
establishment hospitals tho United States aud tho
srncon certain public buildings Tor custom houses ana oher pn
Fg,a Compyoers 0ceIIon. William Mei Comptroller, and
prcsbes the mode OF keeping and rendering ac
the civil and diplomatic service wcl tho pubic lands
and ccrifcs the balances arising thereon.
Second Com,sroler Office Cuts, csq Comptroller, aud
pescribc the mode Keeping ana render
the the and Indian departments OF ne
public service and ccnes the balances arising thereon
clerks He prescbcs the mode Of keeping
rendering the and dsbursc
building and repairing custom houses &c and
,iscs and cer,iGcs the balances arising thereon.
T,,s ndito,'s O0ce-Thomas smith, esq, Auditor
nineteen clerks adjusts the OF the
disbursements appropriations and expenditures
and under private acts Of Congress and reports
Commissioner Of the Customs and the First Comp
troler, respectively, for their decision thereon
Second Audaoys Obhs Fuller, Second Auditor and
He and adjusts all relating
paw clothing Recruiting OF tho well arnors
relating the Indian
balances 10 second Oomproier
thereon
udtor OffcsRober j. Atkinson, Third Auditor and
seventy eight all for
sence Of the army odcatons Military Academy military roads
tx~r all n,h.Ip lutp.