The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-28

United which the goy concerned.
supervision OF arising any the depart
by Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of e ouce are added at
FIRST direction q all appeals land claims in California
second The codhcaon and revision of the laws of the District
Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary Department the Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
The State Of Mississippi rs clerical force consists q one chief
clerks and is supervision and management committed the
following branches Of the public service:
The Pubic The chief Of this bureau called the Com
missioner Of te General land once The Land Bureau charged
with the management and sale Of the public domain and tho
issuing titles therefor whether derived from combinations
sales donann ofgrnn for schools
Virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing of scrip
present Commissioner Hon A. Hendricks Of indn Its
a officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of
besides daughtsnan assistant drughsmnn and 1850 clerks
The present head Of this bureau Is George
whiting, Of Virginia The commissioner charged with the exam
adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
Congress granting bounty land
for the military naval services in the revolutionary and subsequent
chief clerk O. Cole esq., and permanent corps consisting Of some
3D. Indanr Commissioner cr Indian Ars Charles Nix
Georgetown lie provided with cha clerk and about uee
ADJ Patent QEGs-Io this bureau
performance Of all ac and things touching and respecting the grant
improvements the collection of statistics relating agriculture
collection distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
cerwho by acting Commissioner Of Patents in
the principal and twelve
clerks considerable temporary employees Hon
Joseph Holt the Commissioner and Samuel shuge esq Chief
Besides these four principal depart
ment the organic the Treasury
par,cnt the supervision Of the accounts The United states narsas
and attorneys courts,
the lead and other mines Of the United States and the affairs
pontenary Of the United States in the District OF Coua and
s , ~ wy ~ an, i,niagl Tho oHi for do insnn or
the army navy District Columbia Is also under
Of this department. in addition to which, by laws
structon wagon leading the Pacific
The department reqo es an additional building Tor is aceoamoa
the for that purpose At present the cnsn oace
provided with in what is known Wcrs lftdng while
the department including the secretary Office
crowded into the Patent Office building The whole of which
which il originally intended
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
The Treasury Department Of the Offices Of tho Secretary
The two comptroers commissioner Of e customs six
dos register solicitor gth board and coast
Tho following brief indication several on.
ces, and the force employed therein respectively
sc74ars Ogceion Cobb, Secretary the Treasury
Philip Clayton Assistant Secretary one engineer charge
architect dragen temporarily employed and twenty
The secretary the Treasury charged with the
execution concerning the and navigation Of the
United lie supcnends The survey q The coast the light house
certain public buildings for custom houses and other pur
poses.
First com,trolers 0gcc-IIon william ned Comptroller
precrbes the mode Of keeping and rendering
civil and diplomatic service as we the pnbc lands
and cerihcs the balances arising thereon.
Second Conriroilers 0goeJ Cuts esq. Comptroller,
clerks lie pescrbes the mode keeping and render
Ing army navy, Indian departments of the
public and cenes the balances arising thereon
oGee Of Commissioner Of he Samuel ngtam, esq
Commissioner and eleven prcscbes Keeping
and rendering the accounts customs
and for the building and repairing custom SC and re-
vses and oertaos the balances arising thereon.
Fa A,aaoq's ogee smith, esq, First Auditor and
nineteen
revenue and appropriations and expenditures on ne
op Of lie civil list ana under private acts aud reports
Comp
troIer, respectively for their decision thereon.
Second AUDITORS oFoeTbomas Fuller Second Auditor
twenty one eeks. re INV us "i ~ M 'sm. "
ea and ordnance and ali accounts relating to tie Indian depart
nr and rets te balances 10 the Second COMPTROLLER for his dc
son thereon
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