The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-03-31

The Organization Of the Executive departments
Of the Government OF the United States
Tbs whole machinery employed the arriving
snnl he ~" s IT. 1e ~p' ~ Ia ,ss
Department q STATE q only seventeen
ne Secretary ssaie on Lewis
% on John Appston one chief clerk twelve clerks one raas
charge al correspondence between the other III
pomac q the United States and those foreign
accredited
.ent from the and TO un
all Of Ike character received ara registered and nd their contents
being nrst entered In analytic table index.
branch has charge s the assa
o. the United States In instructions 70 those oers ana answ
lar AGENCY relating affairs prepared and recorded
Disav Asa-He charge Of all oorrspoOdenes and
other matters with accounts relating 70 any iund win the
disbursement u which the department Is charged
yansa-s furnish such transahons As the
s ys %s bot ' snsS which,
ISSUED.
Cqt Of Appoitwe and Commission makes out records
commission letters appointment senate
records e1equa.u and records when IN Eg tho
which they issued Has charge tho library
Cys Of tAs AcAis-He charge Of the rolls
rolled acts and resolutions Of they arc Received the &C.
which are called prepares & experiments publication
and a q in the and n book form attends to
and publications regard which this duty is assigned the
all connected herewith
charge all Indian and business relating thereto
Clerk AsaApioaioms Copyrights He has charge Of the
Of the United sas and Of the department and prepares and
Has charge Of publications transmitted To
dszes titles ali the department other than
The diplomatic and consular
ck Paoas and PassOte prepares and records pardons
which they Makes and records passports; keeps
disposition made Of them letters relating
s. this business. gaiNg,t 9if4 va
ATTORNEY axSxrAIs oynr
Zion jeremiah ss o SsVea D ns @ b.
classified the following heads:
Official opinions business Of the government as
called for by the President by head Of department or o he 50
Examination Of tho titles purchased Of
arses light houses and all other pablo works Of
Applications pardons Of conviction In the courts
Applications Cor appointment judicial and legal business
TIE conduct and argument of all suits in the Supreme
the United States in which the government Is concerned
The Of all other suits arising any Of the depart
ordinary heads Of tho business Of the once are added
The p Issf r ar es s a appeals p on land claims In California
second and revision OF the laws Of tho District o.
Columbia.
INTERIOR pEpARrAESr.
Secretary Department the Interior Hon Jacob 1homp
son Of tho Mississippi It's clerical force consists Of one chief
ss Kelly esa two sn sa aa e c alss &
following branches Of the public service
LIST The Pubic The chief Of this bureau il called the Com
Land Once The Land Bureau is charged
with the una v e r
by BY sales grants or schools
N vu military o paDs issuing
thereof The Land Once also and is own aeu"unt Inc
epa reroar chief clerk principal clerk Of surveys
drnuhsman assistant aaushsman and some loo clerks
"a Tho present head O. this bureau G Gee
nation and adjudication all cms arising under the various and
p s ira S and
which the United States nave noen ogaged e mas one
s @ 6 ae% 'o To n s
o. @ nsm 1S11 rs a w aas
Sd Commissioner Of Indian Affairs a. ae, Charles q
Nix sorgctswn p 9 He s provided win 'h' ''e'N ana an0'
Adj a this bureau Is committed nn tue snsc ~, nra ana
Ing for md useful discoveries inventions
the collection pnd distribution o. plants and cuttings II has
chief by law tbs acting Commissioner g ras!s y
estr patents dozen subordinate permanent
I,ss these Ton, principal branches executive depart
ment organic Of I8ie transferred from the Treasury De
the supervision q ie accounts Of the United states
and the clerks q s United SAFES eaaris che ansgo
Of the ncntcary Of the United Columbia
ro be Department the duty king and returning the
the Commissioner Pablo buildings The hospital lr the insane
the army and a,y u @ S' a TO which by @paS, ro
Gently passed. Secretary Of the Interior charged with the
rs q a ' lsq was1 at f Guiding 81 il
@ The erection q one has been repeatedly during
provided with rooms known "wmiers building while
are al Crowded into The Patent once building whole which
viii be early the the Patent Once
which originally intended
pEPARrlET.
The Treasury the Offices Of the SecasA a
the Treasury compoe commissioner the caaa coast sur
ditors, register solicitor light hSa ,; 81 an
yic o,l,oy,ipg l. a brief ucrein, respectively
ces Cobb Secretary the Treasury
c. Clayton, Assistant Secretary engineer CHARGE ono
-1cc three temporarily employed
Tie Secretary Of the Treasury charged gen
supervision the government
lie the survey tho
hospitals Of the United States
sucon public buildings for custom houses
poses
C0mrkrollers OGce-TIon william lfedi Comptroller
tho civil diplomatic service, well public
and rcvises and ccrthcs the balances arising thereon
Comttoers 0GceJ W. Cuts, esq, Comptroller and
Clerks Fe prescbcs the keeping
public service reves cercs the balances arising
Office IF Commissioner Of The CntomsIiugh Anderson ESQ.,
and eleven clerks He prccbcs the keeping
rendering
the building and repairing houses and
vises and certhcs the balances arising thereon.
0Rce-Thomas L. Smith, esq, First Auditor and
clerks He receives adjusts the
disbursements and
OF tho civil list and under private Congress reports
trollcr, respectively for their decision thereon.
n. Second Auditor and
twenty clerks he receives and adjusts
clothing, and recruiting the army armores
ordnance depart
reports the balances the Second Comptroller