The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-12-23
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
of the Government OF the United States
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Of the Government OF the United States
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The whole machinery employed conduct the business arising OUT
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Department Of STATE the United only seventeen follows:
State on John ApptOn twelve clerks, trans
aor, and one librarian.
Diplomatic BssaehThs branch OF the state Department
charge all the other d
poae agents Of the United foreign
accredited this In all diplomatic Instructions
from the department.
Der treaties boundaries ac prepared copied and recorded and
being FIRST entered analytic table or index.
ooa, ane1s branch has charge Of the correspondence,
between the and tho onsu and commercial
the United states In instructions 70 those officers and answers
lar agency OF relating 10 consular affairs are prepared ana recorded
The Dang lie has charge OF all correspondence and
o,her matters connected with accounts relating TO any fund with The
disbursement I'll which the department is charged
furnish uansla,ons the
he also records the commissions of eonsns
ADD sce onus when not English upon which eseqnanrs are
Issued.
qDiains,is He makes and records
letters appointment and nominations the Senate
exequaiu records when fngh tho
commissions which they issued Has charge OF the library
f charge Of the rolls
rolled acts resolutions Of Congress- they received at the de
tho President prepares the authenticated copies thereof
called prepares their publication.
and that Of the aud in book form attends To
thor distribution throughout the United states and thai q all aosa
mcns and publications regard to which this duty assigned to the
department. writing and answering all letters connected herewith
as charge all Indian treaties and business relating thereto
clek Of Aasnticaiios Cqyreh has Of the
seals the United saios and of the department. aud prepares and
and accounts @ se ass ase Of pasaoas 70
tho under the laws relating copyrights records and
deses choir titles records all letters from The department other than
the diplomatic aud consular.
Of Passports prepares padons
which they are founded Makes on, and records pssos seeps
daily register Of all letters oher than diplomatic aud consular
W this business
ATTORNEY oAsERAIs
Jeremiah Black Attorney General the United States A.
Mccaoni esq olef clerk The ordinary business Of this Office may
10 for heads: \
Ocia opinions on the current business OF the government as
called for by the President by head OF department, or by the So
Examination Of the titles Of all land purchased as The sites
arsena houses light houses aud all other public works q
the United states
Applications appointment judicial legal business
The conduct and Of all suits The Supreme Court Of
the United States In which the government is concerned
The Of all other arising in Of the depart
nen's when referred by the head thereof the Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of tho business Of the ONCE are added at
The present time the following, viz
second The cocaon and revision Of the laws Of the District
Columbia
Secretary Of The Department, Of the Interior Hon Jacob Tom
Sn o. s s Ks ~ ns I o oSs and m p"s s
clerks; and rs supervision and committed the
lst chief this bureau called the Com.
missioner of the General land Office The land Bureau charged
issuing titles therefor whether derived from combinations
by former by sales donnons grant schools
military public improvements, and likewise the revision
Of Virginia military bounty land claims and the issuing Of scrip IN
present Commissioner y Hon Hendricks Of Indiana s prn
pt officers recorder chief clerk principal clerk of surveys
besides daughsn assistant daughau aud some 100 clerks
whiting Of Virginia The charged with the
aas and Of al claims arising snar a a @ s
foe the military o. naval services IN the rsyony ana saes@qs
chief clerk g. Cole csq aud permanent corps consisting Of some
3d. Indians Of laIan Mfirs Charles Mix of
Georgetown D. He Is provided with chief clerk and about aeen
other subordinate clerks.
QG, this committed the and
performance Of all acs and things touching and respecting the grant
the collection of Statistics relating agriculture
clerk law acting Commissioner Patents in
the absence tho Commissioner twelve principal and twelve as
Of Subordinate
clerks besides considerable number employees Hon
Joseph He'll h the Commissioner and samuel shnec Chief
Besides these principal depart
partnen The supervision accounts
and tho clerks Of the United states courts the
mon the United States and the
the pencniary Of the United states In the district OF counb and
iin ,e saW Ms md guy and e'n" lie a ~
Commissioner Of Public buildings The hospital for the Of
management this department; addition TO which by laws
gently passed The e'cy q Ge l s,9 Is e p.sc ms the con
The department rcqni additional building for its aceomnod
the years purpose present the Pension oce
provided with rooms in what known Wnders Building while
crowded into the Patent Once building the whole of which
viii be required early day for the use Of tho Patent Office M
which Il was originally Intended
DEPARTMENT.
Treasury Department consists Of the Offices of the Secretary Of
Treasury compoers commissioner Of the cnstoms SIX
ors register SOLICITOR lighthouse board aud COST
The following is
ces, and the force employed therein respectively
SeYsaarys oDIon Cobb, Secretary Treasury
Philip Clayton Assistant secretary engineer IN charge
temporarily employed and
The Secretary the Treasury charged with the
the fiscal transactions the and Of the
the laws concerning the commerce ana navigation OF the
He the The coast the light house
hospitals Of the Tinted States and the
public buildings for houses aud other
poses.
Pya com,trols OGcsIion william Medll Comptroller aud
He the mode Of keeping aud rendering
cv diplomatic service we'll the public lands
andr eyses ceriAes the balances arising thereon.
Second Conttyvlleys oGceJ 81 Cults, esq, Comptroller and
clerks He poscbes the mode Of keeping and render
the and Indian departments OF the
and critics the balances arising thereon
Office Of Commissioner Of The Samuel nglam, esq
eleven clerks He prcscbes the mode OF keeping
rendering OF the aud dsbnrs
building and repairing custom houses
vses certnes the balances arising thereon.
fsa AUDITORS Office Smith, esq Auditor and
He adjusts the
appropriations and expenditures
OF the civil list under private acts 81 Congress- and
Commissioner the Customs aud the Comp
sroler, respectively for their decision thereon
Seond Thomas D. Fuller Second Auditor,
clerks He and adjusts all
pay cohng and recruiting of the well
aud all relating the Indian depart
and the balances the Second Comptroller for his dec
siou thereon.
Occ,RobcrtJ Atkinson esq Third Auditor
eight clerks He and adjusts all sab
&c army orcaons Military Academy military
department well pensions
arising military previous 1916
other property lost the military Service under various acts Of Con