The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1903-05-21
Our Nations
Cabinet.

and countersigns and affixes such seal
10 all executive proclamations, to
various commissions, to warrants
Of pardons, and to the extradition of
fugitives from justice. He is the GUS
todian of treaties made with foreign
states, and of the statutes of the United
States; grants and issues passports and
the exequaturs to foreign consuls of
the United States. He publishes the
laws and resolutions of Congress,
to the constitution and
declaring the admission
of new states into the Union. He is al
so charged with certain annual reports
to Congress, relating to commercial in
formation received from diplomatic
and consular offices. He has three
assistant secretaries, six chiefs of bu-
reaus and large number of clerks
and other employees.
The secretary of the treasury has
charge Of the financial affairs of the
nation; prepares plans for the improve
ment of its revenues and the mainte-
nance of its credit. He superintends
the collection of taxes and customs du-
ties; issues warrants for receipts and
expenditures; controls the construction
o, public buildings; the coinage and
printing of money; the collection of
statistics; the administration of the
coast and geodetic survey; the life saw
ing, lighthouse, revenue cutter, steam
boat inspection and marine hospital
branches of the public service, and fur
nishes generally such information as
may be required by either branch of
Congress. The routine work is trans
acted in the offices of the supervising
architect, director of the mint, superin-
tendent of engraving and printing,
supervising surgeon-general of the ma
rine hospitals, general superintendent
of the life saving service, supervising
inspector-generalo of steamboats,, bureau
of statistics, lighthouse board, and in
the division of warrants, estimates and
appropriations, appointments, customs
duties, public moneys, loans ndcurren-
cy, mercantile, marine and internal reve-
hue, revenue marine, stationery, print
ing and blanks, captured property,
claims and lands, mails and files, and
special agents. He has two assistants,
and under him are two comptrollers
and six auditors of accounts, and several
thousand clerks, laborers and other
employees at Washington and in every
state in the Union.
The secretary of war performs such
duties as the president, who is COM
mander-in-chief, may enjoin concern
ing the military service, and has super
intendence of supplies aad transporta-
tion for the army. The chiefs of the
ten bureaus of this department are
officers of the regular army and belong
to the permanent military establish
ment of the country.
The secretary of the navy has general
charge of the construction, armament,
equipment and employment of vessels
of war, and discharges whatever duties
may be assigned by the president, who
is also commander-in-chiefo of the navy.
The eight bureaus of this department
are in charge of regular officers of the
navy, and are part of the permanent
naval establishment.
The secretary of the interior has SUI
pervision of public business relating to
patents for inventions, pensions and
bounty lands, and the public lands, in
; cluding mines; the Indians; education;
railroads; the public surveys; the cen-
, sus, when directed by law; the custody
and distribution of public documents,
J and various hospitals and eleemosy-
, nary institutions in the District of Co.
lumbia. He also exercises certain pow
ers and duties in relation to the terri,
, tories of the United States. There are
: two assistant secretaries, chief clerk
eight chiefs of different divisions, and a
very large force of clerks. writer's, copy.
lists, laborers and watchmen employed
at the capital and in different parts OF
the country. Considering the scope, va.