DEPARTMENT DUTIES.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

The Secretary of State is charged, under the direction of the President, with the duties appertaining to correspondence with the public ministers and consuls of the United States, and with the representatives of foreign powers accredited to the United States; and to negotiations of whatever character relating to the foreign affairs of the United States. He is also the medium of correspondence between the President and the chief executive of the several States of the United States; he has the custody of the great seal of the United States, and countersigns and affixes such seal to all executive proclamations, to various commissions, and to warrants for pardon, and the extradition of fugitives from justice. He is regarded as the first in rank among the members of the Cabinet. He is also the custodian of the treaties made with foreign states, and of the laws of the United States. He grants and issues passports, and exe quaturs to foreign consuls in the United States are issued through his office. He publishes the laws and resolutions of Congress, amendments to the Constitution, and proclamations declaring the admission of new States into the Union. He is also charged with certain annual reports to Congress relating to commercial information received from diplomatic and consular officers of the United States.

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE

Becomes the Acting Secretary of State in the absence of the Secretary. Under the organization of the Department the Assistant Secretary, Second Assistant Sec etary, and Third Assistant Secretary are respectively charged with the immediate supervision of all correspondence with the diplomatic and consular officers in the countries named in Divisions A, B, and C, of those bureaus, and of the miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto, and, in general, they are entrusted with the preparation of the correspondence upon any questions arising in the course of the public business that may be assigned to them by the Secretary.

THE CHIEF CLERK.

The Chief Clerk has the general supervision of the clerks and employees and of the busines of the Department.

BUREAU OF INDEXES AND ARCHIVES.

The duty of opening the mails; preparing, registering, and indexing daily all correspond ence to and from the Department, both by subjects and persons; the preservation of the archives; answering calls of the Secretary, Assistant Secretaries, Chief Clerk, and chiefs of bureaus for correspondence, &c.

DIPLOMATIC BUREAU.

Diplomatic correspondence and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto.

Division A.-Correspondence with France, Germany, and Great Britain, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to those countries.

Division B.-Correspondence with Argentine Republic, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chili, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Russia, and Uruguay, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to those countries.

Division C.-Correspondence with Barbary States, Bolivia, Central America, Colombia, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji Islands, Friendly and Navigator's Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Hayti, Japan, Liberia, Madagascar, Mexico, Muscat, San Domingo, Siam, Society Islands, Turkey, Venezuela, and other countries, not assigned, and miscellaneous correspondence relating to those countries.

CONSULAR BUREAU.

Correspondence with consulates, and miscellaneous correspondence relating thereto. There are three divisions, A, B, and C, with certain countries allotted to each, as in the Diplomatic Bureau.

BUREAU OF ACCOUNTS.

Custody and disbursement of appropriations under direction of the Department; charged with custody of indemnity funds and bonds; care of the building and property of the Depart

ROLLS AND LIBRARY.

Custody of the rolls, treaties, &c.; promulgation of the laws, &c.; care and superintendence of the library and public documents; care of the revolutionary archives, and of papers relating to international commissions.

STATISTICS.

Preparation of the reports upon Commercial Relations.

EXAMINER OF CLAIMS.

[From the Department of Justice.]

The examination of questions of law and other matters submitted by the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary, and of all claims.

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

The Secretary of the Treasury has charge of the national finances. He digests and prepares plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and support of the public credit; he superintends the collection of the revenue, and prescribes the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts, and making returns; grants all warrants for money to be issued from the Treasury in pursuance of appropriations by law; makes report and gives information to either branch of Congress, as may be required, respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, and generally performs all such services relative to the finances as he is directed to perform; controls the erection of public buildings, the coinage and printing of money, the collection of commercial statistics, the marine hospitals, the revenue-cutter service, the life-saving service. Under his superintendence the Light-House Board discharges the duties relative to the construction, illumination, inspection, and superintendence of light-houses, light-vessels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks, and their appendages; makes provision for the payment of the public debt under enactments of Congress, and publishes statements concerning it, and submits to Congress, at the commencement of each session, estimates of the probable receipts, and of the required expenditures, for the ensuing fiscal year.

The routine work of the Secretary's office is transacted in the following offices: Division of Appointments; Division of Warrants, Estimates, and Appropriations; Division of Public Moneys; Division of Customs; Division of Internal Revenue and Navigation; Division of Loans and Currency; Division of Revenue Marine; Division of Stationery, Printing, and Blanks; Division of Special Agents; and two disbursing-clerks pay the salaries and compensation of the officers and employés of the Department, and disburse, upon the orders of the Secretary, such moneys as have been appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Department.

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY.

One of the two Assistant Secretaries (now Hon. John C. New) has the general supervision of all the work assigned to the Divisions of Appointments, Warrants, Estimates, and Appropriations, Public Moneys, Stationery, Printing and Blanks, Loans and Currency, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and office of the Director of the Mint; the signing of all letters and papers as Assistant Secretary, or "by order of the Secretary," relating to the business of the foregoing divisions and bureau, that do not by law require the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury; the performance of such other duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary or by law.

The other Assistant Secretary (now Hon. H. F. French) has the general supervision of all the work assigned to the Divisions of Customs, Special Agents, Revenue Marine, Internal Revenue and Navigation, and to the offices of Supervising Architect, General Superintendent Life-Saving Service, Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service. Bureau of Statistics, and Supervising Inspector-General of Steamboats; the signing of all letters and papers as Assistant Secretary, or "by order of the Secretary," relating to the business of the foregoing divisions, that do not by law require the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury; the performance of such other duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary or by

law.

THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

The First Comptroller countersigns all warrants issued by the Secretary of the Treasury covering the public revenues into the Treasury, and authorizing payments therefrom. All accounts examined by the First Auditor, except those which go to the Commissioner of Customs, and all examined by the Fifth Auditor, and accounts of Registers and Receivers of land-offices examined by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, are re-examined and revised in the First Comptroller's Office. Here, also, are examined and reported on the drafts for salaries

by marshals, collectors of internal revenue, secretaries of the Territories, and other disbursing. officers. Powers of attorney for the collection of drafts on the Treasury are examined; and many other duties, having reference to the adjustment of claims against the United States, per.. tain to the office, but are of too varied a character to be enumerated.

THE SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Accounts received from the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors against the United States are examined, revised, and certified to, viz: Reported by the Second Auditor-for organizing volunteers, recruiting, pay of the Army, special military accounts, Army ordnance, the Indian service, the Army Medical Department, contingent military expenses, bounty to soldiers, the Soldiers' Home, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteers. Reported by the Third Auditor-disbursements by the Quartermaster's Department, the Subsistence Department, the Engineer Department, Army pensions, property taken by military authority for the use of the Army, and miscellaneous war-claims. Reported by the Fourth Auditor-disbursements for the Marine Corps, by the Navy paymasters for pay and rations, by the paymasters at the navy-yards, for Navy pensions at foreign stations, and the financial agent at London.

These accounts are examined in Divisions, devoted respectively to the affairs of Army Pay. masters, Army Quartermasters, Navy Paymasters and the Marine Corps, Army Pensions, Miscellaneous Claims, and Indian Affairs.

THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

The Commissioner of Customs revises and certifies the accounts of revenue collected from duties on imports and tonnage; of moneys received on account of the marine-hospital fund; fines, penalties, and forfeitures under the customs and navigation laws; steamboat inspection; licenses to pilots, engineers, &c.; and from miscellaneous sources connected with customs matters, accounts of the importation, withdrawal, transportation, and exportation of goods under the warehouse system; for disbursements for the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, revenue-cutter service, construction and maintenance of lights, marine hospitals, debentures, excess of deposits for unascertained duties, refund of duties exacted in excess, lifesaving service, construction of custom-houses and marine hospitals; fuel, light, water, &c., for custom-houses, &c.; approves and files the official bonds given by customs officers, and transmits their commissions; files the oaths of office of the persons paid in the accounts certified by him; and prepares for the use of the law-officers of the Department the accounts of those in arrears under the heads above mentioned.

The office is organized in four Divisions, viz: Customs, Bookkeeper's, Bond, and Miscellaneous.

THE FIRST AUDITOR.

It is the duty of the First Auditor to receive all accounts accruing in the Treasury Department (except those arising under the internal-revenue laws), and, after examination, to certify the balance, and transmit the accounts, with the vouchers and certificate, to the First Comptroller or to the Commissioner of Customs, having respectively the revision thereof. The subordinate Divisions of his office are

Customs Division.-Receipts and expenditures of the customs service, including fines, emoluments, forfeitures, debentures, drawbacks, marine-hospital service, revenue-cutter service, &c. Judiciary Division.-Salaries of United States marshals, district attorneys, commissioners and clerks; rent of court-houses, support of prisoners, &c.

Public Debt Division.-Redemption of the public debt, including principal, premium, and interest; payment of interest; redemption of certificates of deposit; notes destroyed. Warehouse and Bond Division.-Examination of accounts received from custom-houses. Miscellaneous Division.-Accounts of mints and assay offices; Territories; Coast Survey; salaries and contingent expenses of the legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the Government; construction, repair, and preservation of public buildings; Treasurer of the United States for general receipts and expenditures.

THE SECOND AUDITOR.

The Second Auditor examines, adjusts, and transfers to the Second Comptroller all accounts relating to bounties, the recruiting service, the pay and clothing of the Army, the subsistence of officers, medical and hospital accounts, the pay of private physicians, and the expenses of the War Department, contingent disbursements of the Army, and all accounts relating to Indian Affairs. The Divisions are

Paymasters' Division.-Army paymasters' accounts and payments to the Soldiers' Home and the National Home for Disabled Volunteers.

Miscellaneous Claims Division.-Accounts of the Ordnance and Medical Departments of the Army, contingent expenses, Army Medical Museum and publications, regular and volunteer recruiting, freedmen's bounty and pay.

Indian Affairs Division.-Disbursements for the Indians, money accounts and property returns of Indian agents, and claims for goods supplied and services rendered.

Pay and Bounty Division.-Examination and adjustment of claims of white and colored soldiers and their legal heirs for pay and bounty.

Investigation of Frauds Division.- Investigation of alleged cases of forgery, fraud, over

ROLLS AND LIBRARY.

Custody of the rolls, treaties, &c. ; promulgation of the laws, &c.; care and superintendence of the library and public documents; care of the revolutionary archives, and of papers relating to international commissions.

STATISTICS.

Preparation of the reports upon Commercial Relations.

EXAMINER OF CLAIMS.

[From the Department of Justice.]

The examination of questions of law and other matters submitted by the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary, and of all claims.

THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.

The Secretary of the Treasury has charge of the national finances. He digests and prepares plans for the improvement and management of the revenue and support of the public credit; he superintends the collection of the revenue, and prescribes the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts, and making returns; grants all warrants for money to be issued from the Treasury in pursuance of appropriations by law; makes report and gives information to either branch of Congress, as may be required, respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, and generally performs all such services relative to the finances as he is directed to perform; controls the erection of public buildings, the coinage and printing of money, the collection of commercial statistics, the marine hospitals, the revenue-cutter service, the life-saving service. Under his superintendence the Light-House Board discharges the duties relative to the construction, illumination, inspection, and superintendence of light-houses, light-vessels, beacons, buoys, sea-marks, and their appendages; makes provision for the payment of the public debt under enactments of Congress, and publishes statements concerning it, and submits to Congress, at the commencement of each session, estimates of the probable receipts, and of the required expenditures, for the ensuing fiscal year.

The routine work of the Secretary's office is transacted in the following offices: Division of Appointments; Division of Warrants, Estimates, and Appropriations; Division of Public Moneys; Division of Customs; Division of Internal Revenue and Navigation; Division of Loans and Currency; Division of Revenue Marine; Division of Stationery, Printing, and Blanks; Division of Special Agents; and two disbursing-clerks pay the salaries and compensation of the officers and employés of the Department, and disburse, upon the orders of the Secretary, such moneys as have been appropriated to be expended under the direction of the Department.

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF THE TREASURY.

One of the two Assistant Secretaries (now Hon. John C. New) has the general supervision of all the work assigned to the Divisions of Appointments, Warrants, Estimates, and Appropriations, Public Moneys, Stationery, Printing and Blanks, Loans and Currency, Bureau of Engraving and Printing, and office of the Director of the Mint; the signing of all letters and papers as Assistant Secretary, or "by order of the Secretary," relating to the business of the foregoing divisions and bureau, that do not by law require the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury; the performance of such other duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary or by law.

The other Assistant Secretary (now Hon. H. F. French) has the general supervision of all the work assigned to the Divisions of Customs, Special Agents, Revenue Marine, Internal Revenue and Navigation, and to the offices of Supervising Architect, General Superintendent Life-Saving Service, Supervising Surgeon-General of the Marine Hospital Service, Bureau of Statistics, and Supervising Inspector-General of Steamboats; the signing of all letters and papers as Assistant Secretary, or "by order of the Secretary," relating to the business of the foregoing divisions, that do not by law require the signature of the Secretary of the Treasury; the performance of such other duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary or by law.

THE FIRST COMPTROLLER.

The First Comptroller countersigns all warrants issued by the Secretary of the Treasury covering the public revenues into the Treasury, and authorizing payments therefrom. All accounts examined by the First Auditor, except those which go to the Commissioner of Customs, and all examined by the Fifth Auditor, and accounts of Registers and Receivers of land-offices examined by the Commissioner of the General Land-Office, are re-examined and revised in the First Comptroller's Office. Here, also, are examined and reported on the drafts for salaries

by marshals, collectors of internal revenue, secretaries of the Territories, and other disbursing. officers. Powers of attorney for the collection of drafts on the Treasury are examined; and many other duties, having reference to the adjustment of claims against the United States, per. · tain to the office, but are of too varied a character to be enumerated.

THE SECOND COMPTROLLER.

Accounts received from the Second, Third, and Fourth Auditors against the United States are examined, revised, and certified to, viz: Reported by the Second Auditor-for organizing volunteers, recruiting, pay of the Army, special military accounts, Army ordnance, the Indian service, the Army Medical Department, contingent military expenses, bounty to soldiers, the Soldiers' Home, and the National Home for Disabled Volunteers. Reported by the Third Auditor-disbursements by the Quartermaster's Department, the Subsistence Department, the Engineer Department, Army pensions, property taken by military authority for the use of the Army, and miscellaneous war-claims. Reported by the Fourth Auditor-disbursements for the Marine Corps, by the Navy paymasters for pay and rations, by the paymasters at the navy-yards, for Navy pensions at foreign stations, and the financial agent at London.

These accounts are examined in Divisions, devoted respectively to the affairs of Army Pay. masters, Army Quartermasters, Navy Paymasters and the Marine Corps, Army Pensions, Miscellaneous Claims, and Indian Affairs.

THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS

The Commissioner of Customs revises and certifies the accounts of revenue collected from duties on imports and tonnage; of moneys received on account of the marine-hospital fund; fines, penalties, and forfeitures under the customs and navigation laws; steamboat inspection; licenses to pilots, engineers, &c.; and from miscellaneous sources connected with customs matters, accounts of the importation, withdrawal, transportation, and exportation of goods under the warehouse system; for disbursements for the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs, revenue-cutter service, construction and maintenance of lights, marine hospitals, debentures, excess of deposits for unascertained duties, refund of duties exacted in excess, lifesaving service, construction of custom-houses and marine hospitals; fuel, light, water, &c., for custom-houses, &c.; approves and files the official bonds given by customs officers, and transmits their commissions; files the oaths of office of the persons paid in the accounts certified by him; and prepares for the use of the law-officers of the Department the accounts of those in arrears under the heads above mentioned.

The office is organized in four Divisions, viz: Customs, Bookkeeper's, Bond, and Miscellaneous.

THE FIRST AUDITOR.

It is the duty of the First Auditor to receive all accounts accruing in the Treasury Department (except those arising under the internal-revenue laws), and, after examination, to certify the balance, and transmit the accounts, with the vouchers and certificate, to the First Comptroller or to the Commissioner of Customs, having respectively the revision thereof. The subordinate Divisions of his office are

Customs Division.-Receipts and expenditures of the customs service, including fines, emoluments, forfeitures, debentures, drawbacks, marine-hospital service, revenue-cutter service, &c. Judiciary Division.—Salaries of United States marshals, district attorneys, commissioners and clerks; rent of court-houses, support of prisoners, &c.

Public Debt Division.-Redemption of the public debt, including principal, premium, and interest; payment of interest; redemption of certificates of deposit; notes destroyed. Warehouse and Bond Division.-Examination of accounts received from custom-houses. Miscellaneous Division.-Accounts of mints and assay offices; Territories; Coast Survey; salaries and contingent expenses of the legislative, executive, and judicial departments of the Government; construction, repair, and preservation of public buildings; Treasurer of the United States for general receipts and expenditures.

THE SECOND AUDITOR.

The Second Auditor examines, adjusts, and transfers to the Second Comptroller all accounts relating to bounties, the recruiting service, the pay and clothing of the Army, the subsistence of officers, medical and hospital accounts, the pay of private physicians, and the expenses of the War Department, contingent disbursements of the Army, and all accounts relating to Indian Affairs. The Divisions are

Paymasters' Division.—Army paymasters' accounts and payments to the Soldiers' Home and the National Home for Disabled Volunteers.

Miscellaneous Claims Division.-Accounts of the Ordnance and Medical Departments of the Army, contingent expenses, Army Medical Museum and publications, regular and volunteer recruiting, freedmen's bounty and pay.

Indian Affairs Division.-Disbursements for the Indians, money accounts and property returns of Indian agents, and claims for goods supplied and services rendered.

Pay and Bounty Division.-Examination and adjustment of claims of white and colored soldiers and their legal heirs for pay and bounty.

Investigation of Frauds Division.- Investigation of alleged cases of forgery, fraud, over