The Washington union., 1858-02-04
The Organization Of the Executive DE pa rtm IN IL
OF the Government OF the United States

The Organization Of the Executive Depa rtments
of the Government OF the United States
srArE pkrARr.nsr
whole machinery employed business arisng
Of h.esn relations with all the the
Department only seventeen
Secretary STATE Hon Lewis Cass one Assistant Secretary Of
state n John Appleton one chief clerk twelve clerks one trans
ator, and one librarian.
Dirao".aiic Of the s.ae Department
charge all the
plomatc agents Of the United and those
department
der treaties boaudar Ae prepared copied and recorded and
being first entered in an analytic table or index.
Cosua, brunch branch has charge Of the correspondence
between the agents
Of the United States In officers
to their dispatches and to letters from other asking for
lar agency relating TO consular Affairs prepared and recorded
The Dss1ss0 AonfHe charge correspondence
other matters connected with accounts relating fund with tho
disbursement II which tho department i charged
furnish such translasons as the
department He also
and vice conu when not in English which
issued. F
CLERK of A1qoia~ens makes records
l m @ s a ~ , M na nonaS n !" ss sne senate &
commissions which they issued charge
Of charge Of the rolls or en-
parment from the President the authenticated thereof
and that of treaties IN The and ia book form
hoir distribution throughout the United States and that Of all doa
aud publications which
Department. writing and answering all letters connected herewith
f Authorizations CYyohs-He charge Of the
department prepares
su @ osrs a TOT Is
the department under the laws relating opyghts
dexes their titles records all letters from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular.
Clerk kg Pa'as and Passports He prepares pardons
which they are nnacd Makes out and records pass Keeps
daily register q all letters other than diplomatic and consular
10 this business
ATroRx 3 oYY1cE. 6 . 4 t
Jeremiah Black, Attorney General of the United
Glet chief clerk The ordinary business Of this Office may be
Official opinions e business Of the
called for by The President by hcad @ by the
Examination of the titles Of all land purchased the sites Of
arsena custom houses lighthouses and all other public works Of
Applications appointment all Judicial legal
The conduct and Of all suits in the Supreme Court Of
The Of al other suits arising any Of the depar,
when referred by tho head thereof the Attorney General
the 10 sss a s n S s Ss " the ONCE are added
a appeals
Second The cohcaion and revision Of the laws Of the District
Columbia
DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Department the Hon Jacob Tomp
clerk (oscs Kelly esq) dsbursing clerks regu
a clerks and to It's and are committed tho
The Pu,lic Lands The chief Of this bureau called the
survey, public
issuing Of titles therefor whether derived from combinations grants
schools
military beuncs public improvements and likewise the revision
Oncc, Also accounts
present Commissioner Hon Hendricks Of Indiana Its pn
cpa officers chief clerk principal clerk
besides assistant draugsman and $50 clerks
ID Peasou Tho present head of this Is George
Whiting Of Virginia The commissioner L. charged with the exam
laws passed by Congress granting bounty Land or pensions
which engaged has
chief clerk 6 Cole ESQ anh sos consisting % " o. some me
extraordinary the land w has added
temporary force Of about MY esrEshps q different
orGeogc,own O. He with chief clerk
4th Otrcs--To
all aei and things touching and respecting the
relating
chief who L by INV The acting af Patents in
the absence Of the principal and twelve
elers considerable number temporary employees
mss s ss @ a % sa & nv M
the q the accounts the United States marals
the United States and
the enisntary Of the United States in the District @ Columbia and
fo tho tho duty Of taking and returning the
this United States and Of supervising and directing the acts
the army navy Columbia is
Of this department in addition 70 which hy laws
the roads leading 10 !he Pacific
ton and the erection one repeatedly during
tho last few years M thai patIt,s PvTm we n SnS0m ee %
banchcs Of the department including the creay olc
Office building, whole
required early the Once
which it originally intended
Treasury Department consists Of tho Offices Of the Secretary
Treasury comptrolers commissioner of the
dors register solicitor light house board aud
vey.
following indication Of the duties Of these
and Of the force employed therein, respectively:
Scydary OGceon Cobb Secretary Treasury;
Philip Secretary engineer CHARGE
The the Treasury charged
tho concerning the navigation the
public buildings FOR houses pur
First Comykrolo's 0Gceon. William Metil, Comptroller and
keeping rendering
diplomatic public lands,
revises and certiAes tho balances arising thereon
Second Couptrpls oEc-J Cults, esq Comptroller,
He the mode OF keeping and render
the the and Indian departments Of the
public and certes the balances arising thereon
Office Of Commissioner Of Casom-Iugh Anderson, esq,
Commissioner clerks He pescibc the mode keeping
building repairing houses,
viscs and certihcs the balances arising thereon
Fira Audiors OVcsTbomas !. Smith, esq First Auditor
adjusts the
disbursements appropriations and expenditures
tho civil list under private Of
the
troler respectively, for their decision thereon.
Second AUDITORS OGwThomas Fuller Second Auditor and
clerks He receives and adjusts relating
pay, clothing recruiting Of the army, armores
all relating
and the balances to the Second Comptroller his