The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-02

Que Secretary (ion Assistant Secretary Of
ator, and one librarian
Diplomatic BraAA-This Of Department
pomac agents the United abroad Of foreign
ers accredited to thus government In y AL diplomatic @
der treaties S are o and seGa aTa
being hrst entered in an analytic table or index
B,anIs charge Of correspondence
Ae between the demsn, and he eon and commercial agents
their dispatches and 10 letters from other persons asking for
agency relating affairs prepared aud recorded
The DucEng Agse has charge Of all correspondence and
other matters connected with relating fund with the
disbursement Of which the department Is charged
TL duties 10 furnish such TRANSACTIONS as the
require also the commissions
and vice eonsu when mot English which eHcqua,urs
Issued
olek Of appointments
eomlnssons letters Of appointment and nominations TO tho sena,e
exeqaurs records when in English tho
commissions which they sacd Has charge OF the library
CLERK Of the Rods and AAo lie takes charge Of the rolls or en-
parmen, fo The tho copies
which called prepares and suIerntends their publication
their distribution throughout The uuiod states
publications regard 10 which this duty assigned 70 o
Has charge Of all Indian treaties, and business relating thereto
cfe,k u aiAaicatio,s cryeh he has charge Of the
attaches certificates papers presented Cor auencaon receives
the department under the laws relating 10 copyrights records and IN
dexe their titles records all letters from the department other than
the diplomatic and consular.
Crk Parons and Pasoe prepares and records pardons
and rensns and and files the petitions and papers
daily all letters, other than diplomatic aud consular
eved and Of the dpon nace Of em letters relating
10 this business
ATTORNEY GsAntsi's
Hon Jeremiah Black Attorney General Of the United States A. b.
Mccmont chief clerk The ordinary business Of this office
bo classified unier the following heads
opinions business Of the government
called for by the President by head Of department. OF by the So
Esumaton the of purchased
Arsena gh, houses and all other public works
Applications iardous all conviction In the
Applications appointment judicial legal
the United states in Which the government L concened
The supervision Of all other suits arising in any Of The depart
TO these ordinary heads of the business of the Office added at
First The direction Of appeals n
Second The cocon and revision Of the laws Of the district
Columbia.
pErarrnESr
Secretary the Of the Interior Hon Jacob Thomp
Mississippi chief
clerk Moses Kelly esqD dbursng clerks and teu other
following branches ram q The public services:
@ r s s ' S The as SS
with the survey and sale Of the public donn and the
By sales donations Of for schools
military bouns public improvements aud likewise the revision
military bounty land claims and the issuing scrip
The Land ONCE also audits its accounts The
ea officers recorder Chief clerk principal surveys
besides draughtsan assistant dranbtsmon and some $50 clerks
"a presen, head Of this bureau George G.
OF
adjudication Of all claims arising under the and
laws Congress granting bounty land pensions
wars in which engaged has
chief clerk 6 Cole esq and permanent corps consisting Of some
mmssioner Of ndian Aosrs Charles l. Mix of
Georgetown D 2 He provided with chief clerk aud about aloen
4, Ia,ea O0cTo ills bureau
performance Of all things touching aud respecting the
Ing and issuing patents for and useful Inventions
and The eoeoon q s'ass relating @ agriculture;
chief cckwho Is by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
ssant examiners d patents some dozen subordinate permanent
clerks besides considerable number Of temporary employees Hon
e eSsdph Hon = ''' "'a De' = A0Se'' esd '''
besides these four principal branches this new executive depart,
me organic act Of lslo transferred to from The Treasury De
the supervision Of the accounts Of the United states marshas
and attorneys the manage
lead aud other mines the unted States and the affairs
Of the pentena Of the United states IN The c q and
Of tho United states aud Of supervising aud directing the acts Of
army navy and OF the District OF Columbia Is also under the
Of this department. In addition to which by laws
ucton the three roads leading the Pacific coast
The department r s an additional building r Is neconnoda
the last for That Al present the Pension Office
tho o,or department including Secretary ccc
into the Patent Office building the whole Of which
required early day the Of the Patent oee,
which it was originally Intended
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The Treasury Department Secretary
the Treasury two conroeTs commissioner OF the customs six
aos treasurer register solicitor light house board and
following brief indication OF the duties OF these several Off
COS, and OF the force employed therein, respectively;
Sa,ys OGceIon Howell Cobb Secretary Of the Treasury,
Philip Clayton, Assistant secretary engineer charge;
architect draughtsmcn temporarily employed aud twenty
The the Treasury charged With the
the
the the and Of the
supcrtends the Of the coast the lighthouse
the hospitals Of the United States, aud the
Of certain pubic buildings for custom houses and other
poses
Ffr Cona,iroli,r 0oe.--on william, Mcdi Comptroller
clerks lie pescbes the mode OF keeping and rendering
counts m the civil and diplomatic service as well as tho pubic lands
AM the balances arising thereon
Second CsBpaer1s oGcsJ NJ Cults, esq., Comptroller
presc5cs mode Of
the and Indian departments the
pablo service reyes and cenes the balances arising thereon
O6ce Commissioner Of the CafoplsSanucl Irglam esq
Keeping
ments the building and repairing custom houses and
vises and certihes the balances arising thereon
ffra AUDITORS CGeeTbomas Smith, esq, Auditor
nineteen adjusts the
disbursements, and expenditures
civil list and under private acts of Congress aud
the Commissioner Of the Customs and the Comp
troller, respectively for their decision thereon.
Second Auoaoy's OHcThomas j. Fuller Auditor
twenty He and adjusts all relating
pay clothing and recruiting OF the well arorics,
relating Indian
nen reports the balances the secod Comptroller hs
zion thereon.
Third AUDITORS O6ceobert Atkinson ESQ., Auditor
lie and adjusts all
Of the frtihcaion Military Academy military roads
arising military services 10 1916 and horses
properly the military service, under
the balances the Second Comptroller his do
eision thereon.
adjusts all the of
the Navy Department md reports, the balances the Second Comp
trolcr for his decision thereon
Fh Aadaors Office Murray Moconnel, Filth Auditor, and
Ain. al. sntg Gar l.