The national Republican., 1861-02-04
Organization ami tuai Of tho Departments Il I
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.r.r.i STATE DEPARTMENT.. ~ tar,sb
The whole machinery employed to conduct the
business arising out Of ur foreign relations with
all the Powers Of the world 10 far more simple
than IL generally conceived. = The number en-
ployed In the Department Of State Of the United
States is only twenty -eight, a. follows One Sec
retary Of State, (Hon. Lewis Cass,) one Assistant
Secretary Of State, (non. John Appleton,) one
Chief Clerk, one, Superintendent of Statistics,
twenty-five Clerks, one Translator, and one Lii
braran. --
Diplomatic Braneh.-This branch Of the State
Department has charge of all correspondence
agents of the Unite States abroad, and those Of
foreign Powers accredited to this Government.
In it all diplomatic instructions sent from the
Department, and communications 10 commission
ers under treaties Of boundaries, &C., are pre-
pared, copied, and recorded; and all Of like char
acter received are registered and fled their con-
tents being first entered in an analytic table or
index.
sCons.la, Brdneh-This branch has charge of
the correspondence, &C., between the Department
and the con ;uls and commercial agents of the
United States In 1t instructions TO w. osc officers,
and answers to their dispatches and to letters
from other persons asking for consular agency,
or relating to consular affairs, are prepared and
recorded. l.....
The Disbursing Agent-He has charge Of all
correspondence and other matters connected with
accounts relating to any fund wish the dsburse-
ment of which the Department Is charged.
The Transiator.-His duties are 10 furnish such
translations as the Department may require. He
also records the commissions Of coDsuls and vice
consus, when not in English, upon which exc
quaturs are issued
Clerk of Appointments and Comn,isaons-He
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| 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.
| Clerk ofthe Rolls dndArchipes-He takes charge
| of the rolls, or enrolled acts and resolutions OF
Congress, as they are received at the Department
| from the President; prepares the authenticated
copies thereof which ave called for; prepares for,
and superintends their publication, and that OF
treaties, in the newspapers and in book form;
attends to their distribution throughout the
United States, and that of all documents and pub
locations in regard to which this duty is assigned
to the department; writing and answering Rll
letters connected herewith. Has charge Of all
Indian treaties, and business relating thereto.
Clerk of Territorial Business-The Seal Of the
| DepartmenL 6c-He has charge of the seals Of
the United States and of the Department, and
prepares and att aches certificates to papers pre-
sented for Authorization has charge OF the Ter
ritorial business immi grafton and registered sea-
men; records all letters from the Department,
other than the diplomatic and consular.
Cerk of Pardons and Passports he prepares
and records pardons and remissions; and regis
ters and files the petitions and papers on which
they are founded Makes out and records pass
ports keeps a daily register Of all letters, other
than diplomatic and consular, received, and OF
the disposition made of them prepares letters
relating to this business.
Superintendent Of Statistics.-He superintends
the preparations of the "Annual Report Of the
Secretary of State and Foreign Commerce." az
required by the acts Of 1912 and 1866.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE.
Hon. Jeremiah g. Black, Attorney General o
the United States; A. b. McCalmont, Esq, Assist
ant The ordinary business of this Office may be
classified under the following heads:
l. Official opinions on the current business Of
the Government, as called for by the President
by any head of Department, or by the Solicitor
Of the Treasury.
o Examination of the titles of all land pur.
chased, as the sites of arsenals, custom-h houses
lighthouses, and all other public works OF tht
United States.
g. Applications for pardons In all cases of con
vcton in the courts Of the United States.
4. Applications for appointment in all the ju
dicial and legal business of the Government.
s. The conduct and argument Of all suits il
the Supreme Court of the United States in whicl
the Government Is concerned.
6 The supervision of all other suits arising i
any of the Departments, when referred by tn
head thereof to the Attorney General.
To these ordinary heads of the business Of tn
; Office is added at the present time the directio
of all appeals on land claims in California.
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Secretary of the Department Of the interior
, Hon. Jacob Thompson, of the State Of Missis
, siopi Its clerical force consists Of one Chic
. Clerk Moses Kelly, Esq y two Disbursng Clerk
and ten other regular Clerks; and to its super
vision and management are committed the fol
, lowing branches of the public stryice:
9 lst. The Pubic Ldnds.-The chief of this bu
q reau is called the Commissioner of the Gsners
. Land Office. The Land Bur- au is charged wit
n the survey, MANAGEMENT, and sale Of the publ
domain, and the issuing of titles therefor, whethe
a derived from confrmations of grants made b
! former Governments, by sales, donations, Q
! grants for schools, military bounties, or publ
improvements, and likewise the revision of Vir
r,r;a military bounty-and claims, and the issu
ing of scrip in lieu thereof; Jn- Lsaa ofc'
also audits it's own accounts. Ths present Com
missioner is Joseph s. Wilson. Its principt
[. officers are a Recorder, Chief Clerk, who ais
q acts as Commissioner ad interim, Principal Cler
}, of Surveys, besides a Draughtsman, AssistaI
/. ORA ghtsman, and some $50 Clerks of varior
,f grades.
- :. I'd. Psnsions.-The present head of this burea
J. is George c. Whiting, of Virginia. The Con
" missioner is charged with the examination an
n adjudication of all claims arising under the VI
u rious aud numerous laws passed by COngre
IT granting bounty land or pensions for the mil
tary or naval services in the revolutionary an
d subsequent wars in which the United States hay
n been engaged He has one Chief Clerk, (Joh
l, Robb, Esq,) and permanent corps, consistir
of some seventy other Clerks.