The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-11-18
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the United States;


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whole machinery employed the business arising out
simple than generally conceived The number employed u the
Que Secretary o,e Gn Lewis cs one Assistant secretary Of
sae ion John Appeon chief clerk twelve clerks one Trans
lator, and one librarian
Diplomatic Bronch-Ths branch Department,
Of all correspondence between the department and other
government NIT ali instructions
from the department and communications commissioners I'm
boundaries copied and recorded and
all Of Ike character received registered and h their contents
being FIRST entered in analytic table or index
Coasuiqr charge correspondence
de between the department aud the oons and commercial agents
o. Ss United states n @ sr nse anS
agency affairs prepared and recorded
The Dsng Agent he has charge O. all correspondence ana
disbursement eff which the department is charged
The furnish such translatons the
issued.
commissions appointment and nominations 10 the Senate
makes out and records exequatu and records when Ia English me
they issued Has charge OF the library
Clerk charge Of the rolls,
rolled acts and resolutions Of Congress as they are received al e de-
which called for for and spenends their pnoAcaon
their d,ruon throughout e United States ana that Of all
publications which Chs duty assigned the
charge Indian treaties and business relating thereto
Clok Of Authorizations orynehsHe charge Of the
the Of the department and and
presented for suthenucaon receives
the department. under the laws relating TO copyrights records and in
dexes their titles records all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular.
Passports prepares and records pardons
and resons aud egs and no The petitions and papers on
daily register Of ali letters other tan diplomatic and consular re-
ceved tho disposition made Of them letters relating
ATTORNEY
Black Attorney Of tho United States
Mccmon chief clerk The ordinary business of this once
be clas sined under the following heads;
Official opinions Of the government
by President any head Of department by tho
Examination titles all purchased The sites Of
srsenal houses light houses and all other public works Of
o. Applications pardons Of conviction the
Applications appointment Judicial legal
The agumen, all tho Supreme Court Of
the United saes in which the ogernment concerned
men when referred by the thereof Attorney
TO these ordinary heads Of the business Of tho Office added
First all appeals land claims California
| Columbia.
Secretary Department Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
son Of the STATE Of Mississippi Is clerical force consists Of one chief
lar clerks and 70 is and management are eom~e he
The chief this bureau is called the Com.
missioner Of The General Land Once The land Bureau charged
Issuing therefor whether combinations
miEary bone or public improvements
Virginia military bounand claims and the issuing Of scrip
present Commissioner T. A. Hendricks pr
cpa recorder chief clerk principal clerk Of
besides draugtsman assistant daughtsman and $50 clerks
of various grades.
Tho present head Of this bureau 3 George
whiting of Virginia The commissioner s charged with the exam
nassel y granting bounty land or pensions
for the military naval the and
chief clerk g Cole es and permanent corps consisting Of some
3d. Commissioner Affairs, Mix
Georgetown He provided with chief clerk and about hneen
4h Patent o6fce-To
performance Of all aud things touching and respecting the grant
issuing patents Inventions,
p the collection statistics relating agriculture
chief clerk is by acting Commissioner Patents
the absence Of the principal and twelve
subordinate
clerks besides temporary employees
CLERK ! ~
Besides these principal branches Of this executive depart,
pamcnt the supervision Of the accounts Of the United states mahas
the clerks OF the United States courts the
nen States the
peneny the United States the District Of Columbia; and
the United states and q supervising and directing the acts Of
the army aud navy
Of this department. in addition to which BY laws
strucion Of the three roads leading 20 the Pacific coast
tho has been repeatedly recommended during
tho last that purpose present the Pension Office
the other branches Of the department including the Office
the Patent Office building the whole Of which
required early day for the Of the Patent Office
which was originally Intended
..# TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Department Of the Offices of the Secretary
Treasury comproers commissioner OF the customs
dors treasurer register solicitor light house board and
The following is brief indication duties these several ON
Gee the force employed therein, respectively;
Secraay Ofceon Howell Cobb Secretary Of thu Treasury
Philip Assistant Secretary; clarge
drangtsmen temporarily employed and twenty
era
the laws the commerce and Of the
superntens the the the light house
establishment hospitals OF the United States
Of certain public buildings for custom houses and other
poses.
Coyroiey's Hon William bedl Comptroller,
fifteen prcscribes Of keeping rendering
and diplomatic well the public
and eert1es the balances arising thereon.
Second Comptr0is OGcc-- Cults, esq, Comptroller
keeping
ing Of the army navy and Indian departments Of the
public ses and ccres the balances arising thereon
Office Of Commissioner Of The Customssamuel lngbam,
clerks lie prescrbes the mode
rendering the accounts OF the customs and dburse
| a ceTtiGes tho balances arising thereon.
Fus Office Thomas Smith, esq Auditor
disbursements appropriations and expenditures
civil list under Congress-
the
troler respectively for their decision thereon,
Second Audis Obce-Thomas Fuller Second Auditor,
pay, clothing recruiting Of the army wen armoo
all relating
reports the balances the Second Comptroller for bis
| sion thereon
Third oeoe-EobcrtJ. Atkinson esq Third Auditor
army Military Academy military roads
the Qprtermasers department well penons claims
military
gross reports balances the Second Comptroller for his do