The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-09-18
The Organization or the Executiye Departments
OF the Government OF The United states

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The Organization OF inc executive departments
OF the Government OF the United states;
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secretary state (oa c Assistant Secretary O
Htste, on, john Appon chief clerk, twelve ees 'ne Ah
Diplomatic Byanchrhis branch Department
charge Of al between s dep s Inr ,as @
In all diplomatic instructions
der boouas &c copied ana recorded and
being nrst entered n an analytic table on index.
Consular ranh-Tbp charge correspondence
no. between the department and the eonsu and commercial agents
their dispatches and 10 letters from other asking for
lar sgeny relating consular affairs prepared and recotded
Ditssing ag~ae charge correspondence
relating any
disbursement II which the department is charged.
TIE Tac Ills duties furnish such ranslatons the
department may require
aud vice cosus When 10. in English which eseqa'as are
CLERK Of Arrostnsat and Commissions makes
commissions appointment nominations 70 the Senate
they Has charge Of the library
cpA Of TIE Rolls and Ayshio the rolls
from The President
which called for and superuends their publication
Of the and in book FORM attends
their distribution throughout the United states and that Of s doc
department; writing answering connected iberch
Has charge all Indian treaties aud business relating thereto
AlfhtIAhcrtoas
seals q The United states and q u. and prepares and
aaohea certificates 70 papers presented i receives
department copyrights
dexe the titles all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular.
Clerk Of Pars-ITe prepares padon
and and registers aud ss the petitions and ppers on
daily register O. all letters other than diplomatic and CONSULAR
% this business.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OPTICS
Hon jeremiah s. black Attorney staies
Mccaon esq., chief The ordinary business of this Office
opinions business Of the government
called for BY the President by any head of department or by , So
EXAMINATION Of the titles Of purchased
Applications psdons all conviction the
Applications for appointment judicial legal
The argument the Supreme Court
the United States u which tho government concerned
when thereof the Attorney General
10 these ordinary heads Of tho business Of the office are added at
FIRST The direction sppeas land California.
Second The codlcaon and revision Of the laws Of the District
Columbia.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary Of The Interior Hon. jacob Thomp,
clerk Moses kelly esq dbarsug clerks,
lar clerks and 70 rs supervision and management are committed The
The chief Of this bareau called The Com
survey management public domain,
Issuing q titles therefor Wheeler derived from q
military bountes public inpov emts likewise
lieu thereon The land oince also anas lis own accounts Inc
Commissioner is Hon Hendricks Of Indiana lis prn
besides drnughtsman assistant daughnan and some 100 clerks
Cd Pensions present this George
Whiting Of Virginia lhs commissioner Is charged with the exami
numerous passed BY Congress granting bounty land or pensions
wars in which states engaged
chief CLERK Cole esq and permanent corps consisting Of some
3D. Aaars, Charles T. Nix
Georgetown D. lie provided with chief clerk and about fifteen
4t Iai oeeTo this bureau is committed
Ing and issuing Of patents Cor and useful discoveries inventions
collection distribution Of seeds plants and cuttings has
chief cewho ~ by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
principal, aud
pant examiners Of patents some dozen subordinate permanent
CLERK Clerk NJ I =
mon the organic act of 1919 transferred to from The Treasury De
the he accounts q the United state narsa
Of tho lead and other mines the United States ai the affairs
the Department duty Of taking and
The United states and q superyng and dresas The acts Of
the and navy ud Of tho District Of Columbia also under the
Gently passed, Secretary charged with the
Hrneion Of the three roads leading 70 The Pac coast
additional building
on has been repeatedly recommended during
provided with in what known as winders Blins while
the other branches of the department. including the secretary Office
VIII required day for the Of the Patent oce for
which 1t was originally intended
TREASURY pRrAR1,msr
TIE Treasury Department consists Of the Offices Of the Secretary Of
the
do treasurer register, SOLICITOR lighthouse board and coast
The following Is brief indication Duties several
and OF the force employed therein respectively
Syaays OGeIlon Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury,
Philip Secretary charge;
temporarily employed aud twenty
three clerks The Secretary the Treasury charged with the
supervision fiscal transactions The and Of tho
and navigation II the
supenonds the survey OF tho coast the lighthouse
establishment hospitals the United States and the
public buildings and
poses.
rendering
diplomatic well tho public lands
and revises aud certnes the balances arising thereon
sond Coaysroleg's 0GceJ Cuts esq Comptroller, and
pfescries keeping
ing army navy Indian Of the
public service and and ch the balances arising thereon
Office of Commissioner Of Csetoms--Samucl Inglam esq
clerks He prescrbes the mode Of keeping
rendering OF The customs revenue and dburse
ncnts repairing houses, &C., and
yIsos certGcs the balances arising thereon.
Office Tbomas L. smith, First Auditor, and
tho
and expenditures
the civil list and under private acts Of Congress- and reports
10 the
troler, respectively for their decision thereon.
soad Audaor Thomas Fuller Second Auditor,
adjusts all
the pay clothing recruiting Of the wei as armore
ordnance and all accounts relating inc lnn depart
reports balances the Second Comptroller r his dcc
sion thereon a
Third AUTHORS Atkinson, Third Auditor, and
adjusts all accounts for sub
pisteue orhcatons Military Academy military roads
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