The Executive Departments of the United States Government: Their Organization, Duties, Etc

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W. H. Loudermilk & Company, 1879 - Executive departments - 557 pages

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Contents

The Office of the SurgeonGeneral 7 The Office of the Chief of Engineers 8 The Office of the Chief of Ordnance 9 The Office of Military Justice 10 ...
49
The Collection of the Revenue
85
The Safekeeping and Disbursement of Public Moneys 4 The Support of the Public Credit
95
The Interests of Commerce and Navigation
100
The Management of the Public Accounts
109
The Public Property and Miscellaneous
111
CHAPTER VI
114
The Division of Special Agents 168
115
The Division of Public Moneys
128
The Customs Division
146
The Division of Internal Revenue and Navigation
150
The Secret Service Division
169
Captured and Abandoned Property Division
170
Division of Disbursements
173
The Lighthouse Board
176
Bureau of the Mint
178
Construction Branch
180
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing
181
Office of Supervising Surgeon of Marine Hospitals
183
The Bureau of Statistics
185
Office of the Coast Survey
188
The Lifesaving Service
190
CHAPTER VII
193
Accounts of Public Debt 195 2 Mints and Assay Offices 195 3 Judiciary 195 4 Public Printing 195 5 Con gressional 195 6 Internal Revenue 195 7 D...
195
Steamboats 196 10 Miscellaneous
196
CHAPTER VIII
199
Division of Army Accounts
204
Division of Miscellaneous Claims
205
CHAPTER IX
206
The Customs Division
207
Warehouse and Bond Division
208
Bookkeepers Division
210
CHAPTER X
212
The Customs Division
214
Public Debt Division
215
Judiciary Division
216
Warehouse and Customs Bond Division
217
CHAPTER XI
220
Bookkeepers Division
222
Paymasters Division
223
Indian Division
224
Property DivisionInquiries and Replies
225
CHAPTER XII
227
The Bookkeepers Division
230
The Subsistence and Engineer Division
231
Claims Division
233
Pension Division
234
Collection Division
235
THE FOURTH AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY 237246
237
The Paymasters Division
240
Prize and Record Division
241
Navy Pension Division
242
General Claims Division
243
CHAPTER XIV
244
Internal Revenue Accounts
245
CHAPTER XV
247
The Examining Division
252
The Registering Division
253
The Bookkeepers Division
254
The Foreign Mails
255
Moneyorder Accounts
256
CHAPTER XVI
258
Division of Receipts and Expenditures
260
Note and Coupon Division
262
Note and Fractional Currency Division
264
Tonnage Division
265
CHAPTER XVII
266
The Cashiers Division
271
The Division of Issues
272
The Redemption Division
273
The Division of Loans
274
The National Bank Redemption Agency
275
The Division of Issue
309
The Division of Reports
311
The Division of Redemption
312
THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT 314349
314
The PostmasterGeneral
315
The First Assistant
340
The Blank Agency 6 Bond Division
341
Salary and Allowance Division
342
The Division of Railway Classification
343
Mail Equipment Division
344
Division of Postage Stamps c
345
Division of Registered Letters
346
Office of Foreign Mails 317
347
Moneyorder Office 318
348
Office of AttorneyGeneral for the Post Office Department
349
CHAPTER XXI
350
The AttorneyGeneral
351
CHAPTER XXII
363
The Solicitor of the Treasury
366
CHAPTER XXIII
378
The Secretary of the Navy
379
Bureau of Yards and Docks
390
Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting
391
Bureau of Steam Engineering
392
Bureau of Ordnance
394
CHAPTER XXIV
396
The Secretary of the Interior
397
The Assistant AttorneyGeneral for the Interior Depart ment 336
398
The Division of Appointments 416
398
The Division of Indian Affairs
417
The Division of Lands and Railways
418
The Division of Pensions and Miscellaneous
419
THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE 422455
422
Surveys 422 2 Preemptions 423 3 Homesteads
424
Timber Culture 426 5 Bounty Lands 427 6 Mineral Lands 428 7 Desert Lands 429 8 Town Sites
430
Agricultural College Scrip
431
The Commissioner of the General Land Office
433
Chief Clerks Division
438
The Recorders Division
439
The Division of Public Documents 413
441
Division of Railroads 412
442
Preemption Division
443
Division of Accounts
444
Division of Mineral Claims
445
CHAPTER XXVI
446
The Office of Indian Affairs
448
The Board of Indian Commissioners
449
Land Division
450
Records and Files Division
452
CHAPTER XXVII
453
The Pension Office 456 2 Invalid Pensioners 457 3 Sur vivors of War of 1812 460 4 Widows and Childrens Pensions 460 5 Dependent Relatives Pe...
462
Time and Manner of Paying Pensions
465
Mail Division 167
466
Division of Records and Accounts
467
Invalid Division
468
Widows Division
469
CHAPTER XXVIII
471
Trademarks and Original Designs
477
The Commissioner of Patents
481
CHAPTER XXIX
488
The Division of Statistics
489
CHAPTER XXX
490
CHAPTER XXXI
492
The Commissioner
493
The Chemist
495
The Statistician
496
The Division of Loans and Currency 6 The Division of Revenue Marine
501
86
515
94
525
128
548
150
549
187
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