The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1859-03-23
The Organization or the Executive Departments
OF The Government OF the United states.


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TIE whole machinery employed 70 conduct the business arising out
Of 0ur foreign relations with ali the powers OF the world Is Tar more
simple than y generally conceived. The number employed Ia the
one secretary ofsaie, Hon Lewis oass one Assistant secretary q
STATE, (Hon, John AppetonO one chief elerk, twelve clerks, one trans,
Diplomatic B,anoh-Ihs branch Of the ssate Department Aas
charge Of all Correspondence between the department and other d.
srs accredited 10 this government In il ali diplomatic instructions
sent from the department, and communications TO commissioners I'M
all Of like character received are registered and dled, their contents
being hrst entered In an analytic table or index
Consular Branch This branch has charge Of the correspondence,
&c, between the department and the consuls aud commercial agents
otus United states. In IL instructions 90 those officers, and answers
% their dispatches aud 20 letters from other persons asking for oonsu
lar agency, or relating 10 consular affairs, are prepared and recorded.
TIE Dh1u1stn0 Aeaa he has charge q all correspondence and
other matters connected with accounts relating 70 any fund with the
disbursement Of which the department Is charged.
Ts TraAaaor,-Hls duties are 10 furnish such Transitions as the
department. may require. He Also records the commissions Of consus
and vice oonsuls, when not In English, upon which o1equaturs are
issued.
Czk Of Arpobtnaaais and coaminiaaG-He makes out and records
commissions, letters OF appointment, and nominations 10 the Senate;
COMMISSIONS on which they are issued. Has charge Of the library.
CLERK of ne Rolls aud AreAires-H lie takes charge OF the rolls, or en-.
n nsr,ms %tI 1t sa ,se p : ~ p esa he ss m !, Ss M seS' Veas y , ice y,
which are called for prepares Tor, and superintends their publication,
and that Of treaties, in the newspapers and in book form attends 20
meDts and publications in regard to witch tins duty is assigned 10 the
Hns charge Of all Indian treaties, and business relating thereto.
CLgk Of Authorizations and CFyrighG-He has charge Of the
seals of tie United states and Of the department, and prepares and
aud %ip accounts fr he z is esrsi Tias charge Of pr pusSca,ioas aaas'nissd %
the department under the laws relating to copyrights, records and IN
dezea their titles; records all letters from the department. other than
the diplomatic and consular, -a
CLgt Of Pardons and PaspOts-He prepares and records pardons
which they are founded Makes out and records passports; Keeps a
daily register of all letters, other than diplomatic and consular, re
ceiyed, and of tho disposition made Of them; prepares letters relating
10 this business.
ATTORNEY GENERALS oFrok-
Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, Attorney General Of the United States; A. b
be classified under the following heads:
l. Official opinions on the current business of the government, as
Nalipd mr. nv The President! by any head of uepartueul or by the So
. ESSamIInaton Of the titles Of all land purchased, as the sites Of
arsenals, customhouses, lighthouses, and all other public works Of
8, Applications for pardons in all cases of conviction in the courts
A. Applications for appointment in all the judicial and legal business
s. The conduct and argument Of all suits in the Supreme Court Of
O. The supervision of all other suits arising in any Of the depart
@ents when referred by the head thereof 70 tho Attorney General
To these ordinary heads OF the business Of the olhee arc added al
FIRST The direction Of all appeals on land claims in California.
Second. The eodihcatton and revision of tho laws of tho District o.
Columbia. as sf@#afs
# INTERIOR DEPARTMENT
Secretary Of the Department Of tho Interior, Hon. Jacob Thomp.
clerk, Cioses Kelly, esq., two dsbursng clerks, and ten other reeu.
lar clerks; and to its supervision and management are committed the
LIST The PntRc lands. Tho chief of this bureau Is called the Com.
missioner Of the General Land Onlce The Land Bureau is charged
with the survey, management, and sao Of the public domain, and the
issuing Of TILES therefor, whether derived from combinations of grants
military bouptes, or public improvements, and likewise the revision
g. Sru s taarsaf nl T%s yo ra'a oSe 7 as solna aadr !" il. = owns a'S aeesu an s'' Rh ~
present Comnissioner is Hon. I. A. Hendricks, Of Indiana. Its prn
chal officers are a recorder, chief clerk, principal clerk OF surveys,
besides a draughtsman, assistant d%raughtsman, aud some 100 clerks
ID, P@asicasg-Tho present head Of this bureau 8 George C.
Whiting, Of Virginia. The commissioner Il 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 aud subsequent
wars in which the United States have been engaged. He has one
chief clerk, 6. Cole, esq and a permanent corps Consisting oil some
Cd. ians-CommissiOn of Indian Affairs, Charles E. Mix, of
Georgetown, D. C. He is provided with a chief clerk aud about hneen
other subordinate clerks. .
4th. Patent OGce.-To this bureau Is committed the execution and
performance Of all "acts and things touciiur and respecting the grant
Ing and issuing Of patents for new AMI aseini discoveries, Inventions,
the collection and distribution OF seeds ptAtAs, anu cut'hgs. u has a
chief clefk4who Is by law tho acting Commissioner OF Patents in
s u aIse aSan nj ss 81 p @sIa so,n uSg aoSch n'i s 3 nae ,@rnss n
clerks, besides n considerable number Of temporary employees. Hon.
Joseph Holt Is the Commissioner. and Samuel ]. shugert esq, Chief
Clerk. "| ~
ment, the organic act OF 1919 transferred To IL from the Treasury Dc.
partmentt the supervision OF the accounts of the United states lnarshas
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 pententiary Of the United States in the District Of Columbia aud
from the state Department the duty OF taking ana returning the cen.
suscs of the United States, and Of supervising aud directing tho acts OF
The Commissioner of Public Buildings. The hospital for the insane Of
The army and navy and Of the District Of Columbia Is also ur'er the
management of this department; in addition 10 which, by laws re
Gently passed, the Secretary Of the Interior is charged with the con.
struction Of Me three wagon roads leading to The Pacific coast.
The department reguh es an additional building for It's aeoommoda,
ton, and the erection Of one has been repeatedly recommended during
provided with rooms in what is known as .swInder's building while
the other branches Of the department, Including the secreiaryis Office,
are all crowded into the Patent Once building, the whole Of which
will be required at an early day for the use Of the Patent oace, fT
which ii was originally intended.
H .aa. TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department consists of the Offices Of the Secretary Of
Tho Treasury, two comptrollors, commissioner OF the customs, six au-
dlOrs, treasurer, register, solicitor, lighthouse board, aud coast sur
The following ia a brief indication Of the duties of these several OH.
ces, and Of the force employed therein, respectively: ~
Sorddyys OGce-Hon. Howell Cobb, Secretary of the Treasury,
Hon. Philip Clayton, Assistant Secretary; one engineer In charge; one
shren cfe2,Ss ' The secretary Of Inc Treasury is charged with the Gen.
eral supervision Of the fiscal transactions Of the government, and Of the