The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-15

The organization OF tn. Executive Departments
OF The Government OF the United States
sran pzrAHnnr
me whole machinery employed the arising
foreign relations Win all The powers Of the world = ss more
department the United States only seventeen follows
John Appeson chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
lator and librarian.
Dit1ona3 ByanA-Ths branch Department mas
charge Of all correspondence between other d
poma Of the United States abed and those Of foreign pow
sent om department commissioners IN
der treaties & @ sp as S @ Contents
being first entered IN an analytic table or index 3i
x nv and the oonsus agents
ofthe United instructions 20 these onees ana answss
agency relating consular affairs are prepared ana ecoroad
The Dsusao A has charge Of all Correspondence and
with accounts rotating to any fund with The
disbursement of which tho department IS charged
ne r,anaor furnish such tranaaons the
department require He also records the commissions Of oonsus
consu when mot IN English upon which e1eqaiurs are
Issued.
6lsk of Apxoneyus records
commissions appointment nominations the Senate;
makes and records exequaus and records when IN English the
which they issued Has charge Of the library
o Of tAe Rolls charge of the rolls,
Congress they received at the de
the President the authenticated copies thereof
called and supenends their publication
ma .na saass Is b United states and thai Of ali docu
publications which this duty assigned to the
charge all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
CLERK Of Administrations orwoAsHe has charge of the
attaches certificates TO papers presented
and accounts for the fees Has charge Of publications transmitted
then all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular e W ft q.
Clerk Of Pardon, prepares and records pardons
and and registers and nles he petitions and papers on
v register Of ali letters other than diplomatic and consular
ceved and the disposition made Of them prepares letters relating
10 this business
ATTORNEY
Hon Attorney General of the United States r.
Ge esq chief clerk The ordinary business Of this office may be
ofcal opinions of government
called by President head of department by the So
titles Of all land purchased as the sites Of
houses light houses and all other public works OF
Appcaions for pardons conviction
Appaons for appointment in all judicial legal business
s. The argument the supreme Court Of
the United in which the government is concerned
ments when BY the General
ordinary heads Of the business of the office are added at
he present time the following, viz:
The direction Of all appeals on land claims California
second and revision of the laws of tho District
Columbia. HEIFRT
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Department the Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
clerk Moses Kelly esq ) dsbursing clerks other
clerks its and management are committed the
Isl, The chief Of this bureau is called the Com
survey and sale Of the public domain and tho
issuing Of titles therefor whether derived from q grants
military boan or public % and ssse s N rsyGn
Land Office, also ADULTS its accounts The
present Commissioner Is Hon r A Hendricks q Indiana s pn
besides draugsman assistant draughma and some 100 clerks
I'd present head Of this bureau is George O.
Whiting q Virginia The co i charged ar With ns 9sam n
laws passed by Congress granting bounty land pensions
which United States have been engaged He has
chief clerk Cole and M CORPS consisting r y, some
extraordinary requirements Of the bounty land law has added
3D. indians Of Indian Affairs Interim Charles
Mix otGeogown d. c. He provided with chief clerk and about
4,h Patent Ge-To committed the execution and
i - ,a,a for ns am nsn,
Ing and issuing patents Sr sew
the collection plants cuttings has
chief cierkwho by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
@ ns q soms Dozen
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees
ment organic s4o transferred from the Treasury De
and attorneys the
mnt Of The lead and other mines Of the United States and the affairs
Department the duty Of taking and returning the
.e sS5 MS Public s The hospital Tie Of
army and Of The District Of Columbia also under the
department. addition which, by laws
Gently the Secretary of the Interior charged with the
The department requss additional building for its acommoda
and the erection one has been repeatedly during
provided with rooms wnder's Building" while
the other branches of the department including
are all onee building, the whole Of which
required early day for the use Of the Patent oce for
which it was originally Intended ,s
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The Treasury Department the Secretary
The treasury comproers, commissioner Of the customs
dtors treasurer register SOLICITOR lighthouse board and coast sur
The following is Of these several OIL
ces the employed therein respectively:
sscrags 0HcsHon Howell Cobb Secretary of the Treasury
Assistant Secretary engineer In charge
three cess The secretary Of the Treasury charged gen
the and of the