The Washington union., 1858-02-07
The Org ganixatten of the Executive Departments
Of the Govcrnmcnt or the United States:

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machinery employed conduct the business arising out
Of foreign relations with ali the powers the
state the United states Is oy a. toows
One Secretary q stse ion Lewis cas secretary
lator and one librarian.
Diplomatic branch of tho STATE Department
poac agents states abr, sna those foreign pow
srs accredited This government all diplomatic instructions
M sr eaaes M &c arc prepared copied and and
being nrst entered in an analytic table or index
Consular ByaA branch charge correspondence,
- G Tn s "nh M ana tns onsus aua oomneru" assns
TO their dispatches and TO letters from other asking
lar agency or relating oonular Affairs aud recorded
TIE Dung AesIie has charge c all corrsspsadence and
other matters connected with relating fund With the
| disbursement II which the department Is charged,
10 furnish such trsnsaon as the
department He also
and vice ocnu when not in English which exequaurs
issued
CLERK of ppinaenls makes out and records
commissions letters Of appointment and the
commissions on which they ned Has charge Of ts library
Clt Of the Rolls Arc4 He charge rolls
from tho President, the authenticated copies
which are called for prepares for and susrnenda their pubicatoo
their distribution throughout the United States
department and answering all herewith
Has charge Of all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
attaches certificates presented for auhencaon
department relating copyrights
dsSes their titles records all letters from the department other than
thc diplomatic and consular.
Clerk Of Pardos Passports prepares pardons
and s m and ss and ns s as petition. and PAPERS on
daily register Of all letters other than diplomatic and consular
TO this business.
Anoksr, oncr
Hon jeremiah BLACK Attorney General q the Uptea States
Get ciefce The ordinary business m this ctnee be
oci opinions the business Of the government
called by the President by head Of department by the
q Examination titles purchased
arsena houses and all other public works Of
s. Applications for all conveiou in the
Applications appointment Judicial legal
5Iho conduct asurep, suits n ta autree Of
The United States in which the government concerned
when by Attorney
To these ordinary heads Of tho business Of the os added
First The direction Of all appeals on land claims in California
Columbia.
INFERIOR pxrAxrnAS1
Secretary Of the Department, Of the Ines Hon Jacob rhomp
sSa e ss {, Mss so dss ~ sa q @ s
Ell s pssr % an management IRE committed inc
st The Iu Lands The chef Of this bureau Is id'cd 'fe tor
missioner one Of tho General Land oes The re land & nurssn charged I
issuing Of titles therefor whether derived from combinations Of grants
military boun,s public ements, revision
Virginia military bounty laud claims and the issuing Of scrip
present Commissioner Hendricks Indiana prin
besides dranehsmaa, assistant daughiman and $50 clerks
"a Yessas p4sses. hssd " ,ts su-eru searse
whiting Virginia charged with Ire ess,
passed BY Congress granting bounty pensions
Tor the military or naval services the and subsequent
, Other e % xe asn eDns h to mee. oe tine
teporary force o about hfy clershps Of different
Mix ofGeotseown q M provided tth cbe -isrk and abont
oacsTo Committed Tie execution aHa
Of all and things touching and respecting the grant
the collection statistics relating agrclrc
te collection aud distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
chief crkwho by the acting Commissioner Patents in
the absence Of ihr Commcncrwevc PRINCIPAL and tviyc
clerks oousidcrals number Of temporary employees
Besides these four principal branches q this new executive depart
the supervision the Of tho United States mahas
the United States the affairs
Of the pen,ena Of the United States in the District Of Columbia and
the United States and Of and directing the acts Of
army navy Of
management Of this Department. addition wllh by laws
three wagon leading the Pacific
% and ls y a. Sos
the si few for that purpose present the Pcnson Once
The branches Of the department including
all crowded into tho Patent oce building the whole Of which
which it originally Intended.
Treasury Department Of the offices Of the Secretary
Treasury comproers
register solicitor light house board and
following of the duties Of
and Of the force employed therein, respectively
Scraayys Howell Cobb, Secretary Treasury
Philip Secretary; charge
architect raugtsnen temporarily employed twenty
Secretary the charged With the
the of the
the the aud Of the
sGpcnends survey the
public buildings houses pur
poses.
FY Comylroirs OEee-Hon MediI Comptroller,
he mode rendering
civil well public lands
and revses and certues the balances arising thereon
Colnpytrs OGceJ W. Cuts, esq, Comptroller, and
army navy and Indian of the
public aud ce1es the balances arising thereon
Office of Contn,ison>r Of CuomsIIusl Anderson esq,
rendering Of the and disburse
and for building and repairing custom houses &C. and
and cernes the balances arising thereon.
Tie and adjusts the
and disbursements appropriations and expenditures
the civil list AMI under private Of
the Commissioner Cuoms and the Comp
iroler, respectively, for their decision thereon.
Saond ofoc-Thomss J. D. Fuller. Auditor
pay clothing recruiting of the army well arnorics