The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-17
INrERIOR pEPARTMENT.


Secretary of the Department Of the Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
s Sn hs s' Kelly @ S rS u ten Si
lar clerks and It's supervision aud management committed the
lt The P Lands Tie chief Of this bureau called the Com
missioner Of the General Land once The Land Bureau charged
with the sale Of the public domain tho
Issuing titles whether derived from combinations
made y former governments by sales donations grants for schools
military boune public improvements likewise
of Virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip in
present Commissioner Is Hon A. Hendricks Of Indiana Its prn
cpa officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of
besides dranehtsma assistant drausma and some 100 clerks
Whiting, OF Virginia The commissioner charged with the eNan
nation and adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
by Congress granting bounty land pensions
for the ms or naval IN ne and subsequent,
chief clerk g. Cole esd and permanent corps consisting Of some
Sd Affairs Charles E. Nix,
Georgetown d. G. He provided with CHEF clerk and about Eileen
An Iat OATo this bureau Is committed the execution and
performance things touching respecting the grant
improvements relating agriculture
the collection and distribution Of seeds pns and cuttings has
cerkwho l. law the Commissioner
the absence Of the Conmonertweve principal and twelve
Clerks besides considerable lumber Of temporary employee ma
Joseph Holt The Commissioner and Samuel T. shusesi esd Chief
Clerk,
Eeos these four prep branches Of this new executive depart
paruncpt the o. e accounts OF The United States marsa
attorneys clerks of the United States courts the
pentcpry OF the United the District OF Coumha
from the State Department the duty of taking and returning the
the United States and Of supervising and directing the acts Of
HE Commissioner Public Buildings The hospital for tho nsnc
army navy and Of the District Of Columbia Is also under the
management this department. addition which, by laws
ccnty passed the Secretary Of the Interior charged with the
The department reau an building for Is aeeupmoaa
iou and the erection q has been repeatedly recommended rpg
the last few years for that purpose AZ preept the Pension Office
provided with rooms in what kppwn 'Wnies building while
are 1 ali into he ra,tH oce building the whole u which
will required early day for the Of the Patent Office
which 1t was originally Intended.
.a.a. DPAprazSr.
The Treasury Department Secretary Of
Treasury coptrocrs commissioner the customs
or treasurer register solicitor light house board and
The oowngi brief indication Of the duties of these
ces oil the force employed therein, respectively:
sec,earys Office Hon Howell Cobb, Secretary Treasury
Philip Clayton Secretary; charges
architect three daushtsmcn temporarily employed aud twenty
eu supervision tho transactions e government
Of The laws 1Gssny hG eanSrS n ana W. @ Che
establishment the marine hospitals Of the United States aud the
strucon public bodgs pu
poses. ~
First Conrsrols QGeeHon William Mcdll Comptroller,
aeon clerks He prserses The Hode Keeping and rendering
and revscs and cerihes the balances arising thereon.
Second comIbOi1es oHceJ NJ CUTS ESQ, Comptroller and
ing the Of the aud Indian departments Of tie
public servce and and ceres the balances arising thereon
clerks lie prescbes Che Keeping
rendering Of the
and cesnes the balances arising thereon.
Frs oGee-Tbomas l. Smith esq, Auditor aud
and disbursements appropriations expenditures
count Of the civil list aud under private acts Of and
the BALANCES the COMMISSIONER the Customs and Comp
npler, respectively for their decision thereon,
Auddor 0eeIhomas D. Fuller Second Auditor,
twenty clerks lie receives and adjusts all relating
the pay, clothing and recruiting the army wen armo
aroas, and ordnance and all accounts relating the Indian depart
reports BALANCES the Second Comptroller
sion thereon
Third utoy's Robert j. Atkinson ESQ., Third Auditor and
seventy eight clerks for sub
Of the army, orcalons Military Academy military roads
aud The Qaaremaslers department IS wei o. M pensions claims
arising from military services previous 1916,
srcss reports Comptroller for his de
cision thereon
Aulors oGcAaron Dayton esq Fourth Auditor aud
sixteen clerks He receives and adjusts all
the Navy Department and the balances Comp
,roller for his decision thereon.
FVh Audaors oGoeGurrny Mcconnell esq., Auditor and
six clerks He and adjusts all diplomatic
similar performed under the direction Of Depart
the balances the First Comptroller
thereon
Sir AUDITORS OacDr Thomas Tate auditor of the Treas
the Department. and hundred
clerks He receives and adjusts All accounts arising from lie Ser
vice Of Office Department decisions are hna unless m
appeal be taken twelve months TO the First Comptroller
Intends the Post once Department ana
penalties imposed ponasters and mail con
falling to do their duty he directs and legal proceed
inps CRIMINAL may be nu
tbozed law TO enforce The prompt payment moneys
Department. instrung Uucd States attorneys marsla
all matters caug thereto each term
the United States courts the condition progress suits
and legal proeeedngs has charge a aads and other property
Department and has sell and dispose the
benefit Of the United States
Trewers o6cesamue Casey ESQ.,, Treasurer thirteen
clerks He receives and the the United
Office aud that of the repositories created by tho act the 9th
August 1916 apd pays out The same ppon warrants drawn by the
by the Postmaster General aud
~ ~, a' ~ ~ iie hso nolus
out the same upon their checks.
Registers 0GoeIi Bigger, osq, Register, and twenty
aud navigation Of the United States and receives from the First