The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-16
The Organization of the Executive Departments
of the Government OF the United States

The Organization OF the Executive l,spartments
Of the Government OF the United states
stats prrAErnYsr
whole machinery employ the business arising cat
Of our segn relations with all the Of the world Is sr more
Department Of the only seyenecn as follows
Secretary Estate ion cass Assistant Secretary Of
on John AppeOn chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
aor, and one librarian.
Diplomatic raneIhis branch Of the saae Department
charge department other d.
pOao the United abroad and those foreign pow
dep ent commissioners
asr treaties NC arc Sa a ana %
being nrst entered in analytic table or index
consar has charge Of The correspondence
oonsus aud commercial
q the United States In u Instructions 70 those olers and answers
lar relating consular AFFAIRS are prepared and recorded
T Di1rsHg 9aiie has charge o. all correspondence end
with relating fund with the
disbursement Of which the department Is charged
TrdnauH furnish such TRANSACTIONS the
lie records the commissions OF oOnsus
.aa ID 'o''' "D'D '''e' N''-
CLERK Of rroiatneas makes and records
commissions letters OF appointment and nominations % the Senate
exequaturs when English the
which they issued Has charge OF the library
C Of the Rolls Arc He takes charge OF the rolls,
rolled acts and resolutions Congress
the President the copies thereof
which called for for and supenends their puoaon
and ,hs, Of treaties in the newspapers and IN book form attends to
mens and publications IN regard TO when is duty Is assigned 70 e
department. writing aud answering all letters connected theew
CLERK f sntioaiions cqypigAsHe has charge Of the
the department and and
and @ he e i al Charge Of pusaans anmled
the under the lava relating epghts records and In
titles records all letters from the Department. other than
the diplomatic and consular.
ots Of Pa,lns Passports prepares records pardons
they founded and records passports keeps
g.d and Of ~ s 0 made Of e eters relating
to this business
Attorney General Of the United States;
McCanon esq., ordinary of this Office
be classified the following heads:
called for by the President by head Of department or by the so
citor q The IGsasgy ,,o - IN IAN, nrc..o, - ,o . q,
sena cusohouscs lighthouses and all other public works Of
Applications for pardOns in
A. Applications for appointment IN all the judicial legal
s. argument, the supreme Court Of
the United States IN which the government Is concerned
The supervision Of all other suits arising in Of the depart
TO these ordinary beads q the business % The ONCE are added az
hs present he ls OSw anaa. on land claims in California
Second The codcaon and revision the laws of the District o.
Columbia.
INTERIOR
Secretary the Department Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
Mississippi clerical force consists Of chief
clerk Moses Kelly esq two dursng clerks and ten other
clerks supervision and management committed the
ist The this bureau called the Com
with the survey and sale q the public domain and tue
whether grants
made BY former governments by sales aonaon Tor
military boun public improvements and likewise the revision
The land Office, also auits lis accounts The
present Commissioner = Hon \ A. sndr o. lhaana Us prn
besides assistant dranghtsman and some 100 clerks
PensiosThe present head of this bureau is George G.
Whiting Of Virginia The commissioner charged With the exami
passed by Congress granting bounty land pensions
wars in which The engaged has
chief clerk C eq and permanent corps consisting OF some
3D. Observation-Disclosures Affairs Charles E. Mix,
Georgetown He provided with chief clerk and about n'een
4h paiea olcs-To and
Ing and issuing of patents for and useful inventions
the collection statistics relating TO ageatuei
collection and distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has a
the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
sistant patents
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees Hon
5 Ssph Holt Is the Commissioner and s'iuS sD's'' o''
Besides these four depart
organic 1879 transferred 10 it from the Treasury De-
supervision Of the accounts Of the United States arsals
the lead and other mines Of the United States and the Affairs
of pentary the District OF Columbia and
the state Department the duty Of taking and returning the cen
the United States and OF supervising and directing the acts OF
the army navy Dstric, Columbia also under the
@ on % s'n e x tx hs s
Of the three roads leading TO the Pacific COST
department additional building for It's acoinmoia
on has been repeatedly recommended during
the last few for that A. tie psnSon oes -
branches Of the department including the seorei office
early The Patent
| which il originally Intended
consists Of the offices OF the Secretary OF
the Treasury comptrulers commissioner the
treasurer register SOLICITOR lighthouse board and coast
! /. "
The following Is of these
ces and of lie employed therein respectively
Sosalys OGIon. Cobb, Secretary OF the Treasury
Assistant Secretary; engineer in charge
raughmen temporarily employed and twenty
charged with the
of the fiscal transactions OF the and the
the coast the light house
establishment hospitals of the United States and the
public buildings for custom houses and other
| poses. *
Pt CoaIsrolls QgoIIon william hcdll Comptroller, ans
the mode of keeping ad rendering
diplomatic service well the public lands
and reyises cerles the balances arising thereon.
Second ComJtroler's 0EceJ NJ Cuts esq, Comptroller and
Indian departments Of the
SERVICE and reves and cercs the balances arising thereon
once Of Commissioner Of The Cuaon-Sanuel lnghan, esq
clerks lie precbcs the mode Keeping
OF the and dsburse
the building and repairing custom houses &c and
viscs and certiles the balances arising thereon
ya Ardnors Cc Smith, esq., Auditor,
He receives adjusts accounts OF the customs
appropriations and expenditures
civil list under Of Congress- and
Customs the First
| troller, respectively for their decision thereon
Ssd Auin0s's CcThomas J. D. Fuller Second Auditor,
and adjusts all relating
pay clothing recruiting OF the well armories
ordnance relating Indian
men reports the balances the Second Comptroller for his dec
| sion thereon. 9s