The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-31
The Organization OF the Executive Department.
OF the Government OF the United states.

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q our nreign relations with all the powers Of the world Is far more
Department Of STATE o. The United states is oniy seventeen as oiiows
Que Secretary efstate, 0aon, Lewis cassD one Assistant secretary Of
lator, and one librarian.
Diplomatic BranA.-Ths branch or Tho raate department. aAs
plouaue agents Of The United states abroad, and those or foreign pow.
es aooreiisd % tins government IN i all diplomatic instructions
dr treaties o. boundaFies, Nc are prepared, copied and recorded and
being nrst entered IN an analytic liable OF index.
Consular Byonch.-Ths branch has charge of the Correspondence,
nc between The department and the oonsuls and commercial agents
% their dispatches and 70 letters from other persons asking for consul
lar agency, or relating to consular anairs, are prepared and recorded.
other matters connected with accounts relating 10 any fund with the
disbursement Of which tho department ia charged.
The Ttanaaor-Hs duties are 70 furnish such TRANSACTIONS as the
department may require, He also records the commissions Of consus
and vice oonsus, when no, to English, upon which eHequaturs arc
c1a4 Of appointments and cousnissus He makes out and records
commissions, letters Of appointment, and nominations 10 tho Senate;
makes out and records exequaturs, and records, when la English, tho
commissions on which they are issued. Has charge Of the library.
cggk g the Rolls aud A,chhes- He takes charge Of the rolls, or en-.
rolled acts and resolutions Of Congress, as they are received at the de,
which are called Tor; prepares for, and superntehda their publication,
their dlsuibuton throughout the United States, and that Of ali doom.
nents and publications in regard to which this duty is assigned 10 the
Has charge Of ali Indian treaties, and business relating thereto.
Gluk q AaAe"tteatiqrs and cSsFy,esa-Ie has charge Of Tho
attaches ooraaeates 10 papers presented Tor authehtieailcn; receives
aud accounts for the fees. Has charge Of publications transmitted to
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deSes their titles; records all letters from the department, other than
the diplomatic and consular.
Clzk Of Paydons and Pasqass-He prepares and records pardons
and remssions; and registers and hes the petitions and papers on
which they are founded. Makes out aud records passports; keeps a
cdycd, and of the disposition made OF them; prepares letters relating
10 this business.
AfronsxY oxSsRArs orricx.
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DO classified under tho nllowihg hends:
/. onial opinions on The carpnl business Of The government, as
called for by the President, BY A. head Of department, or by the 30
2 ESarniuaaoa Of the titles Of all land purchased, as the sites Of
arsenas, custom houses, lighthouses, and all other public works Of
8. Applications for pardous in all cases of conviction in tho oOurts
Of the United States.
8. The conduct and argument Of all suits In tho supreme Court Of
the United States in which the government is concerned.
o. The supervision of all other suits arising in any Of the depart
ments when referred by the head thereof TO the Attorney General
To these ordinary heads Of tho business Of tho oflco are added at
Tho present time the miloeins, viz;
Second. The codinoation and revision Of tho laws of the District D,
Columbia ..-u..
INTERIOR ErARr,dKsr.
Secretary Of the Department Of tho Interior, Hon. Jacob Thomp-
son, of the state Of Mississippi Its clerical force consists Of one chief
clerk, Moses Kelly, esq., two diaburstng clerks, and ten other regu-
lar clerks; and 10 It's supervision and management are committed the
following branches OF the public service:
list fhe Public Lands. The chief of this bureau is called the Com
with the survey, management, and sale Of the public dornnn, and the
Issuing Of titles therefor, whether derived from oonarmations of grants
of oS'V Wilma Ipp military " b pu""0 land cams' and III the issuipa a Of s esis'i IN
lieu thereof. The Land once, also, audits It's own accounts. The
present Commissioner ts Hon. r. A. Hendricks, OF Indiana ls prn,
otpal officers are a recoraer, chief clerk principal clerk OF surveys,
besides a draughtsnan, ASSISTANT dr~aughtsman, and some $50 clerks
I'd. Peadous-rhe present head Of this bureau Is George C.
Whiting, Of Virginia. The commissioner Is charged with the exami
nation and adjudication Of all claims arising under the various and
numerous laws passed by Congress- granting bounty land or pensions
for the military or naval services in the revolutionary and Subsequent
wars in which the United States have been engaged. lie has one
chief clerk, q. Cole, esq., and a permanent corps consisting orsone
Sd. indians Commissioner Of Indian Affairs, Charles E. Mix, Of
Georgetown, D C. He is provided with a chief clerk and about hncen
4th. Patent oBoc.-To this bureau is committed the execution and
performance Of all uacts and things touching and respecting the grant
Ing and issuing of patents for new and useful discoveries, inventions,
and improvements;' the collection of statistics relating 10 agriculture;
the collection and distribution OF seeds, plants, and cuttings thas a
chief cicrk--who Is by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents In
the absence Of the commissioncr--twclv principal, and twelve as.
sistant examiners Of patents, some dozen subordinate permanent
clerks, besides a considerable number Of temporary employees. Hon.
Joseph Holt is the Commissioner. and samuel 7, Shugert, esq, Chief
Clerk. 4ae
Besides these four principal branches Of this new executive depart
ment, the organic act OF 1919 transferred 20 II from the Treasury De
partmcnt the super vision of the accounts OF the United States marshas
and attorneys, and tho clerks Of the United States courts, the manage
menl Of tha lead ana o,hef mines OK inc United states, Sa INC aaairs
ofthe penitentary Oh the United states In the District OF columbiai and
from the state Department the duty OF taking and returning the cen
snses OF the United states ana y Supervising anu oireoths ue acts OF
The Commissioners of Puble Buildings. The hospital for tho insane OF
the army aad navy and Of the District OF Columbia is also under tho
management OF this department; in addition to which, by laws re-
comfy passed, the Secretary Of The Interior Is charged with the con
strucion n the three wagon roads leading 10 the Pacific coast
The department requii es en- additional building for its accommoda-
ton, and the erection Of one has bcen repeatedly recommended during
tho last low years for that purpose. Al present the Pension Office is
the ether branches OF the department, including tho Secretary's Office,
arc all crowded into The Patent Office building, the whole Of which
will be required atom early day for the use Of tho Patent Office, for
which IL was originally intended. y
h TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists Of tho Offices Of the Secretary Of
tho Treasury, Two comp,rolcrs, commissioner OF the customs, SIX au-
dtors, treasurer, register, solicitor, lighthouse board, aud coast sur
yey.
The following $ a brief indication Of the duties Of these several off,
cos, aud Of the force employed therein, respectively;
Secr4orys QGt&-tIon. Howell Cobb, Secretary Of the Treasury,
Hon. Philip Clayton, Assistant Secretary; one engineer in charge; one
architect, and three draughtsmen temporarily employed, and twcnty-
aral upar,1,o ~ thu 6seal III and If III