The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-03
The Organization Of the Executive Departments
Of Tie Government or the United STATES


Of the Government or the United states
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The Who'll. EMPLOYED 10 business arising out
foreign relations with all the powers Of the World p ss ny
Department Of ssie o. he United only seventeen as follows
One Secretary ofssate Dion Lewis cas one s ,,sns
State ion John Appeon chief clerk twelve eefAs 0e u
h,or, and ono librarian
Diplomatic branch Of the Saaie Department s, nss
pomac agents the United abroad and those %
srs accredited 70 THIS a u ~ p eoouer
der Of boundaries prepared copied and Recorded ana
all Of nike character received are registered and hed he contents
being nrst entered In AN analytic table or index
B,anIhs branch has charge Of the correspcndenee
the department and the consu and commercial agents
on die United states In il those and
their dispatches and TO letters from other persons
agency relating affairs prepared and recorded
The Dinrsfno A9 He has charge correspondence and
other with accounts relating TO any fund with e
disbursement ef which the department is charged
The Translator furnish such TRANSACTIONS as the
department require He also records the commissions o. oonsn
and consu when not in English upon which eKeqsanr are
issued
clak of Appointments makes out aud records
commissions letters Of appointment and nominations the senate
commissions which they are issued Has charge OF the library
CLERK q He takes charge Of The rolls or
prepares the authenticated thereof
which called for for and supernends Their
the book form attends To
their distribution throughout the United States and that Of all doe
department writing all letters connected Herewith
Has charge all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
CoA Of Authorizations and corypighx-He charge Of the
attaches certificates 10 papers presented authenaon
department relating copyrights records and In
their titles records all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular.
clerk Of Pardon Passport prepares and records pardons
and rcmons and registers and files the petitions and papers on
which they founded Makes and records passports keeps
register all letters other than diplomatic and consular
and Of the disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney States A. D.
Mccmon esq., chief clerk The ordinary business Of this Office may
be classified under the following heads:
opinions the business OF the government
called the President head Of department. by the So
Enamuaton Of the purchased the sites
sena light houses and all other public works OF
Applications pardons conviction the courts
Applications for appointment judicial legal business
argument all the supreme Court Of
the United States in which the government Is concerned
ment when referred by the head Attorney
heads Of The business Of the Office added at
Of all appeals land claims California
Second The cohcaon and revision of the laws Of the District o.
Columbia
INTERIOR
Secretary of the Department, Of the Interior Thomp
the State of Mississippi It's clerical force consists OF one CHIEF
lar oks and to is sneryon and arc commed
following branches Of the public service;
Public The chief Of this bureau called the Com
missioner Of the General Land oc The land Bureau =
with the . ana as o 81
made by former by sales Donations grants Tor schools
Of virginia military bounty claims the issuing of scrip
lien thereof The land Office also audts IFS own accounts The
cpa recorder chief clerk principal clerk OF surveys
besides draugihan assistant draughsman and some 100 clerks
Cd ensiosThe present head Of this bureau Is George G
adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
@ laws By I DG"n land and or
which the United States have been engaged He has
chief clerk g. Cole q and permanent corps consisting Of some
Indian Affairs, Charles F. Mix Of
~ He
4h Paeia OeeTo this bureau Is committed
performance things touching and respecting the grant
Ing and issuing Of patents for new and useful inventions
the collection Of statistics relating agriculture
the collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings II has
s ahssnae Of ae p mS and twelve as
sant examiners Of patents some dozen subordinate permanent
besides considerable number of temporary employees Hon
Joseph Holt is the Commissioner and Samuel shuge esd che
Clerk
men organic lS49 transferred it from the Trcasur De
parnent the supervision
and attorneys the clerks courts
Of the lead and other mines Of the United States and the affairs
the Department the duty Of taking and returning the
The Commissioner OF Public Buildings The hospital for tho insane
and Of the District Of Columbia also under the
Gently passed the Interior charged with the
strucon of the three roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
department reqni additional building for its accommoda
ton the Of has been repeatedly recommended during
provided with rooms in what known as wmdes Building while
the other branches Of the including the office
required early day for the of the Patent ONCE fol
which originally intended.
The Treasury Department Offices the Secretary
tho Treasury comroers customs
register solicitor light house board and
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The following
ces and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
Secrenrzs OceHon Cobb Secretary OF the Treasury
Philip Secretary engineer charge;
architect and three daughtsmen temporarily employed and twenty
Treasury charged with the
of the fiscal transactions OF the government and OF HI
the and navigation of h
the tho the light hous
hospitals of the United States aud the
public buildings for custom houses and other
| poses.
Ft COMPTROLLER OGce.TIon. William Medi, Comptroller
the mode Of keeping and rendering
diplomatic well the public lands
and certGcs the balances arising thereon
Second CompIer's Office NJ Cults, esq. Comptroller,
seventeen clerks prcscbes mode keeping
the and Indian departments of b
and cerhes the balances arising thereon
Office Of Commissioner Of Cuioas.-samnc Ingbam,
clerks lie rescribcs the mode keepn
the aud dsburs,
ments building repairing custom houses &C. and
| vises and certi1es the balances arising thereon.
Fira Office Thomas L. Smith, esq, First Auditor,
nineteen clerks
Commissioner the Customs aud the First
| troller, respectively for their decision thereon.
Second oDioe-Thomns y. Fuller, Second Auditor,
twenty all
Of the well
the balances the second Comptroller for his
sion thereon.
Third Auditor OFce-Robc Atkinson ESQ, Auditor
seventy eight clerks He receives and adjusts all accounts for sui