The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-10

The orgs nfxation of the Executive Departments
ct the Government OF the United States;
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whole machinery employed the business arising oa
thar generally conceived The number employed n he
one sees Of ts,s op LEVI, Cas- one Assistant Secretary
state Dion John Aetn chief cert twelve clerks one Trans
lator, and librarian.
Diplomatic sranhThs branch OF the Department
charge the doParmen. and other d
ers accredited 10 his government all diplomatic instructions
sent from the department and communication % un
ali of like character received registered and hed their contents
being entered in analytic table on Index ~
Consular BanohItis charge of correspondence
A between the department and the oonsu and commercial agents
10 @ and 70 letters from o,er asg for consul
agency relating consular recorded
The Diurre Ass has charge Of all correspondence and
disbursement Of which the department charged
The TunaH His duties furnish such transaaoes tho
and vice consu when not in English upon which eKeqaaurs are
commissions appointment and nominations tho Senate
makes out and records exeqaatrs and records when IN English che
which library.
Clerk of the Rolls and charge rolls
rolled acts resolutions Of they received at the de-
supcrntcnds their publication,
snS sn % l n az % S states 0sa @ AZ
to which this duty assigned the
Has charge Indian treaties, and business relating thereto
Clerk y Avsaaatoaons opyigAs-re charge
certificates papers presented for auhencaon
the Has charge Of publications
department the relating copyrights and in
dexes their ss records all letters from the department. other Than
the diplomatic and consular.
Clerk Paros ard Pas1ose Prepares and records pardons
and and registers and nes the petitions and
daily register q al letters other than diplomatic and consua re-
cevcd and Of tho disposition made of them letters relating
TO this business
ATTORNEY
,laJ
Mccamont chief clerk The ordinary business Of this Office
be classified under the following heads;
called for by the President by any head Of department by the So
O. Examination purchased
srsenals houses aud all OTHER public works Of
Applications pardons all of conviction the
Applications appointment in all tho judicial legal business
the United States in which the
n,eu when referred by the ses thereof % he Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of the business Of the Office added
FIRST The dsrccon Of all appeals land claims California
Second The codscacn and revision Of the laws Of the District
Columbia.
Secretary Department Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
State Of Mississippi Its clerical force consists Of chief
clerks supervision management
following branches s,s q .l.e public seryice; H.
o The General Land Office The Land Bureau charged
issuing therefor whether grants
nae by former governments by sales donations for schools
Of vgnin military bounty land claims and the issuing scrip
present Commissioner A. Hendricks Indiana It's prn
spa officers are recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys
ID Pensions present Ia George
Whiting Of Virginia. The charged with the exam
adjudication Of all claims arising under he various and
for The military naval the subsequent
which the United States have been engaged He has
chief clerk Cole ESQ., and permanent. corps consisting some
sd Commissioner Of Indian Affairs Charles f. Mix Of
Georgetown He provided with chief clerk and about aeen
sh Patent OGce-To committed execution and
performance Of all ac and things touching and respecting The
mprovemens the collection statistics relating ngruiure
e st aho nv @ q a - mas
s M n thc principal and twelve
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees Hon
S Sssph hon e ana samuel sADss' esd oAei
Besides principal executive depart
en the organic act Of 1919 transferred to from tho Treasury Dc
ment tho supervision the accounts Of the United states marsha
the lead and other the United States and the affairs
from the State Department The duty Of taking aud returning th ecu
Of the United States aud Of supervising aud directing the acts
the army navy tn, district Columbia Is also under the
q a. sssry o s o aaS0 n M laws
sucion Of the three roads leading 70 the Pacific coast
and the erection q has been repeatedly during
the last few years for that pnrpo: prssn, The Pension oee
the ohcr branches OF the department including the scors Office
crowded into the Patent building the whole OF which
viii be required early day ONCE
which 1t was officially intended.
The Treasury Department consists of tho offices of the Secretary of
dors register SOLICITOR lighthouse board and coast
:. ri
The following the Of these
ces, and Of the force employed therein, respectively
eusays omceIcn Cobb, Secretary Treasury
Hon. Philip Clayton Assistant Secrey engineer in Charge
architect temporarily employed and twenty
socry the charged with the
era transactions the and the
execuun the laws concerning the commerce and Of the
supertend the coast the light house
establishment hospitals Of the United States and the
public buildings for custom houses and other pur
poses
Con,troiers o@ceIion William Mcdl Comptroller, and
tho mode keeping and rendering
diplomatic well tho public lands
and reyises and cerhdes the balances arising thereon
Second Comltrots Office NJ Cults, esq, Comptroller, and
prescbos mode of keeping and render
Ing the accounts army navy Indian of the
OEoe of Cpssssoper of ne Ctx,omssamuel Ipgham, esq
Commissioner clerks He pescrbcs The mode Of keeping
and rendering and dsburse
mens building and repairing houses &c and re
vises and ceriAes tho balances arising thereon
Frz Audior L. Smith esd First Auditor and
Isrks adjusts The accounts OF the customs
count Of the civil private acts Of Congress and reports
The balances Of the Customs ana the FIRST So
troer respectively for their decision thereoh'
n 4,.a.s j. d. Fuller, Second Auditor, and
twenty lilo and adjusts all accounts rotating to
The pay clothing recruiting the well armore
arsnas and ordnance relating the Indian depart
en reports the balances the Second Comptroller FOR MS de
sion thereon.
rba Aauor ooceRobcrt T. Atkinson ESQ., Third Auditor
clerks adjusts all accounts for sub
sisence Of tho army oricons Military Academy military roads
uartermastcrs department as Won as lor cms