The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-15
The Organization OF the Executive Departments
OF the Government OF the United states:


STATS DErAEaazsr.
The whole machinery employed to conduct The business arising ou.
simple than Is generally conceived. Tho uuabsp saonlossa ~ =
Department Of State Of tho United States is only seventeen, as @lowBi
One secretary Of State, (aon. Lewis ossD one Assistant Secretary Of
stats, (hon- John AppletonO one chief clerk, twelve clerks, one trans
Ator, and one librarian. a
charge Of all correspondence between the department and other al
plomato agents Of the United States abroad, and those cforagn pow
ers accredited to this government In Il all diplomatic instructions
sent from the department, and communications 70 commissioners I'M
ali N Of y IKE character received s : pr rs I dI and asi : s sser aonis ss
being first entered IN an analytic table or index.
cqasaIa, B,s.ea This branch has charge q ne correspondence.
ofthe United States. In ii instructions 10 those oneers, and answers
lar agency, or relating TO consular affairs, are prepared and recorded.
re p,sss'.ae Aess- Ne has charge Of all correspondence and
disbursement Of which the department Is charged.
The TranIGhr-Hs duties are 70 furnish such TRANSACTIONS as the
department may require He also records the commissions Of consus
issued,
CLERK @ AgpoFtaar1 and C0psui4ions- He makes out and records
commissions, letters OF appointment, and nominations TO the Senate
makes out and records exequaturs, and records, when In English, the
commissions on which they are issued. Has charge Of the library.
dlsk d the Rolls and ArAaa~-He takes charge Of the rons, or en-.
rolled acts and resolutions OF Congress, as they are received at the de.
partmentfrom the President prepares the authenticated copies thereof
and that OF treaties, in the newspapers and in book form; attends 10
their distribution throughout the United States, and that Of all docu-
ments and publications In regard 10 which this duty Is assigned 10 the
departments writing and answering all letters connected Herewith.
Clerk Of Authorizations and Copyughs--He has charge Of the
seals the United States and Of the department, and prepares and
s snS aceo 1e,u1 . e y p papers n.s presented cssaSs Of 2 nus s y mt 5ees,vs ,S
the department under the laws relating 10 copyrights; records and in
de4es their titles; records all letters from the department, other than
the diplomatic and consular.
CLERK Of Pardons and faapot, He p~repates aid records psrdohs
which they are founded. Makes out and records passports, kespa a
daily register Of all letters, other than diplomatic aud consular, 70
oeived, and of the disposition made of them prepares letters relating
ATTORNEY. GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. jeremiah s. Black, Attorney General Of The United States; A. B.
MoCalmontt esq, chief clerk. The ordinary business ftns office rhsy
be classified under the following heads:
/ onoai opinions On he current business Of the government, "a
called for by the President, by any head Of department, or by the So
2 ELIMINATION Of the titles of all land purchased, as the sites of
arsenals, ousom-houses, lighthouses, and all other public works Of
g. Applications for pardous in all cases Of conviction in the courts
4, Applications for appointment, in all the judicial and legal business
8. The conduct and argument Of all suits in the Supreme Court Of
The United states in which the government Is concerned.
ments when referred by the head thereof 10 the Attorney General
First The direction Of all appeals on land claims in California
Second. The codincaion and revision OF the laws OF the District o.
COlumbia. N Fl. #H# .aE t #a@ HE"E ".
INTERIOR pttAnr4rsr.
Secretary of the Department Of the Interior, Hon. Jacob Thomp.
son, of the State Of Mississippi us clerical force consists Of one chief
lar clerks and % is supervision and management are committed tho
LIST. The Public Lands, The chief Of this bureau is called the Com.
missioner of the General Land Once. The Iald Bureau is charged
issuing of titles therefor, whether derived from combinations of grants
r made by former ma governments W n ? by sales sales ao1a'io ON Sls sT%as 10, sr s scSoGs,
of Virginia military bounty land claims, and the issuing Of soripin
present Commissioner is Hon. T. a. Hendricks, Of Indiana, It's pfin.
cipal officers are a recorder, chief clerk, principal clerk of surveys,
I'd. PenSons--The present head of this bureau is George c.
Whiting, of Virginia. Tho commissioner is charged with the examt
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 aud subsequent
wars in which the United States have been engaged. lie has one
chief clerk, q. Cole, esq and a permanent corps consisting of some
Sd. indiana Commissione of indian Affairs, Charles T. Mix, OF
Georgetown, D. @. lie is provided with a chief clerk and about hneen
4th, Pana OGee.-To this bureau is committed Inc execution and
performance Of all "acts and things touching and respecting the grant
and improvements y the collection of statistics relating 10 agriculture;
the collection and distribution OF seeds, plants, and cuttings. 1t has a
chief clerk-who is by law the acting Commissioner Of Patents in
the absence OF the Commssioner-twelve principal, and twelve as
sstant examiners of patents, some dozen subordinate permanent
clerks, besides a considerable number oftemporary employees. Hon.
Joseph Holt is the Commissioner. and Samuel 7. shugert, esq, Chief
Clerk. rr4rsaFfFT.h rEF "a fwErr a
Besides these four principal branches of this new executive depart.
ment, the organic act Of 1919 transferred to 1t from the Treasury De-
and attorneys, and the clerks of the United States courts, the manage
ment Of the lead and other mines OF the United States, and the affairs
of the penitentary of the United States in the District Of Columbia; and
from the State Department the duty of taking and returning the cen
suses of the United States, and Of supervising and directing the acts Of
The Commissioner of Public Buildings The hospital Tor tho insane OF
the army and navy and Of The District Of Columbia is also under tho
Gently passed, the Secretary OF the Interior Is charged with the con
strucuon of the three wagon roads leading TO the Pacific coast
The department requil es an additional building for its accommoda-
ton, and the erection OF on has been repeatedly recommended during
the last few years for that purpose, AT present the Pension Office Is
the other branches of the department, including the Secretarys Office,
are all crowded into the Patent Once building, the whole Of which
will be required at an early day for the use of tho Patent Office, for
which it was originally intended. 81.
. ...... H.. TREASURY DEPARTMENT. w
The Treasury Department consists Of the Offices of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, two oomptrolers, commissioner OF the customs, SIX au-
dhors, treasurer, register, solicitor, lighthouse board, aud coast sur.
The following Is a brief indication of the duties of these several ON
ces, and Of the force employed therein, respectively: snr...
Segddyy's OGo-Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury,
Hon. Philip Clayton, Assistant Secretary; one engineer in charge; one
architect, and three draughsmon temporarily employed, and twenty
three clerks. The Secretary OF the Treasury is charged with the gen
aral prVis Of n fiscal transactions of The government mud OF Tho