GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Elijah Hayward, Commissioner, 3 000 per annum Prior to the 25th of April, 1812, grants of lan were issued by Letters Patent from the Department of State. By an act of that date, a General Land office was established, in which all patents for land are now made out and recorded. By the art of 24th of April, 1820, all sales of Public Lands, made after July 1st of that year are made for cash; and complete payment must be made on the day of purchase, The minimum price is fixed at $1 25 per acre, below which they cannot be disposed of. By the act of 1812, the President was required to sign all land patents, but under a law of the last session, a Secretary has been appointe to sign them for him. During the past year, upwards of forty thousand patents for lands sold have been issued. CLERKS IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. JOHN M. MOORE, Chief Clerk...... .......... · .$1700 00 Samuel D King, has in charge the reports of the Commission- Accountants. l ....... +Sackett Reynolds.... | and report on quarterly accounts of 1150 00 1150 00 1150 00 1150 00 1150 00 Their duties are to 1150 00 keep the individual accounts of pur- 1150 00 1150 00 1400 00 Mead Fitzhugh.. the Receivers of Public Money.. 1150 00 ...... Joseph T. Walker messenger.... ...................... *William Smith, also acts as agent for the payment of Salaries, and for the disburse ment of the Contingent fund and extra appropriations for Clerk hire. + Sackett Reyno ds, has also in charge the accounts of the three per cent fund accruing on the nett proceeds of public lands payable to the states wherein those lands are situated, for which he receives 8250 per annum. SECRETARY FOR SIGNING LAND PATENTS. Andrew J. Donleson.......... .......... ...... ........... 1500 00 An Act prescribing the mode by which Patents for Public Lands shall be signed and Executed. SEC 1. Be it enacted, &c. That it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, by and with the advice and co sent of the Senate, to appoint a Secret ry, with a salary of one thousand five hundred dollars per annum, whose duty it shall be, under the direction of the President, to sign in his name, and for him, all patents for lands sold or granted under the authority of the United States. SEC 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, and no longer. [Approved March 2, 1833.] MINT OF THE UNITED STATES The Mint of the United States was established by act of 2d of April] 1792, at Philadelphia; where, in virtue of several acts of Congress, it has ever since continued. Samuel Moore, Director.. 2000 00/Joseph Cloud, Melter and COMMISSIONERS OF INSOLVENCY. The Commissioners of Insolvency are appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury, under the authority of the act of March 2, 1831, "for the relief of certain Insoolvent Debtors of the United States." For their powers, duties, and compensation, and the manuer prescribed for application for relief by n insolvent debtor, together with the form of proceedings on such application, see the acts, Vol. X. p. 124, and Vol. XI. p. 106. District of Maryland. District of Maine. William Richardson, April 1st, 1831 Beale Randall.......... March 22, 1831. District of Massachusetts. District of Connecticut District of New Jersey. Alexander Chevees, Mar. 22, 1831. Richard B Cuyler..April 7, 1831. Eastern District of Florida. James G. Green.... April 25, 1831. Charles M. Conrad....Oct. 4, 1831. John N. Duncan......Oct. 4, 1831. District of Columbia. William Hebb......July 30, 1831. H. B. Cenas..........Dec. 3, 1931. District of South Carolina. District of Missouri. District of Ohio. Benjamin Elliott..... April 1, 1831. Arthur L. Magenis, April 20, 1831 Martin Stroble.. April 1, 1831. James Jervey........April 1, 1831. John A. Bryan .....April 25, 1831, VOL. XII. WAR DEPARTMENT. LEWIS CASS, of Ohio, Secretary, $6,000 per annum. He The War Department, as organized under the present Constitution, was created by act of 7th August, 1789. The Secretary of War, at first, had the superintendence of Naval Affairs. On the 30th of April, 1789, however a separation took place and a Navy Department was established. The Secretary of War superintends every branch of the Military Department; and is, by usage, a member of the Cabinet holds his office at the will of the President. Attached to the War Department, and under the immediate direction of the Secretary, are, a Requisition Bureau, a Bounty Land Bureau, a Persion Office, an Office of Indiam Affairs; and an Engineer Office, a Topographical Office, n Ordnance Office, an Office for the Commissary General of Subsistence, an office for the lothing Department, a Paymaster General's office, and a Surgeon General's office. All these offices, together with the Head] Quarters of the Commanding General, (major General Macomb) and the adjutant General's and Quartermasters General's offices, are located at Washington. To this Department belongs the erection of all fortifications, making all topographical surveys; surveying and leasing the national lead mines; and the direction (under the laws) of intercourse with Indian tribes. CLERKS IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE. DANIEL KURTZ, acting Chief Clerk..... 2000 00 1400 00 John C. Reynolds, Clerk......................................... 1000 00 William Markward, messenger................ CLERK IN THE REQUISITION BUREAU. 1600 00 Francis Datcher, assistant messenger...... ................................................ From this Bureau all the requisitions of the War Department are made out on the Treasury, and salaries and the contingencies of the Department paid. CLERKS IN THE BOUNTY LAND BUREAU. WILLIAM GORDON, Principal.. .........1400 00 .....1000 00 The Bounty Land Bureau of the War Department is a Bureau in which claims for military bounty lands, originating in the revolutionary and late war, are examined, and from which military bounty land warrants issue. Hesekiah Miller, Clerk...... Samuel J. Polls, Clerk...... This office which had previously been one of the Bureaus of the War Department, was created by an act of July 9, 1832, entitled "an act to pro vide for the appointment of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and for other purposes." This act provides that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, who shall be appointed by the President and Senate, shall, under the direction of the Secretary of War, and agreeably to such regulations as the President may, from time to time prescribe, have the direction and management of all Indian Affairs, and of all matters arising cut of Indian relations.All accounts and vouchers for claims and disbursements connected with Indian affairs must be transmitted to the Commissioner for administrative examination, and by him be passed to the second Auditor of the Treasury for settlement. CLERKS IN THE PENSION OFFICE. JAMES L. EWARDS, Com missioner...... 800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00 800 00 Nathan Rice, Clerk...... 1000 00 ..2500 00 William R. Palmer, Clerk 1000 00 G. W. Crump, Chief Clerk 1600 09 William M. Stewart, Clerk Benjamin L. Beall, Clerk 1400 00 John Cromwell, Clerk.... French S. Evans, Clerk... 1400 00 Daniel D. Addison, Clerk R. Ela, Clerk.............. ................ 1400 00 F. F. Franciosi, Clerk .. William S Allison, Clerk 1400 00 Daniel Boyd, Clerk.. Henry H. Sylvester, Clerk 1200 00 Newton Berryman, Clerk Vinal Luce, Clerk.... .... 1200 00 Erasmus D Bullock, Clerk Daniel Brown, Clerk.. 1000 00 John T. Sprague, Clerk.. John D. Wilson, Clerk. 1000 00 James Benson, messenger 300 00 The Pension Office was created by Congress, at its last session: the claims for Pensions had been previously settled by a Bureau of the War Department. (See Vol. XI. p. 115.) In the office, as now established, the Commissioner of Pensions executes under the direction of the Secretary of War, such duties in relation to the various Pension laws, as may be prescribed by the President of the United States. 800 00 OFFICES OF THE GENERAL STAFF OF THE ARMY. HEAD QUARTERS OF THE ARMY. Major General Alexander Macomb, General-in-Chief. Lieutenant Samuel Cooper, Aid-de-Camp, 4th Artillery. The Army of the United States is placed under the command of the Major General, who is generally styled, the General in Chief. His duties comprise the arrangement of the military force in such manner as to give protection to the maritime frontier and to the interior border. He superintends the recruiting service; the discipline and police of the army; orders general courts marial, and decides on all cases, except when the ife of an officer or soldier is affected, or the commission of an officer. It is his province to see that the laws and regulations governing the army are enforced, and that justice is done to all concerned In his duties he is assisted by the Adjutant General, through whose office all orders are issued to the army, and returns of is strength made, as well as the general military correspondence in relation to the details of service He is also assisted by the two Inspectors Generals, who, under his orders, inspect the condition of the several regiments, corps, and posts, and inquire minutely into every subject relating to the welfare of the army; and recommend such improvements as may add to the comfort of the officers and meu; they also report on the general con dition of corps, and the individual character of its members. The General in Chiet has two Aides-de-Camp who assist him in his correspondence and in the recording of it, and who also perform the duties of assistant adjutants general. There are no clerk s attached to the head quarters of the army, the correspondence and dues being of a delicate and confidential nature, in a great degree, it is entrusted only to those who, by previous education and experience, can properly appreciate and understand its object. ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. Colonel R. Jones, Adjutant General. ....... Lieutenant William B. Davidson, 3d Artillery. Lieutenant James H. Prentis, 1st Artillery. Lieutenant Lorenzo Thomas, 4th Infantry. Brooke Williams, Clerk........ ........1150 col John H. Hepburn, Clerk....................................................................................................1000 00 James L. Addison, Clerk.............................................................. .......800 00 This office is the repository of the records which refer to the personnel off the Army, in war, as well as in time of peace, and of the military history of every officer and soldier, from the earliest period of the government, so far as these may have been preserved. It is here where all military appointments and commissions are made out and registered, where the names of all enlisted soldiers are entered, and their size, roll, and enlistments, recorded and filed, &c. It is in this office where the monthly returns of the troops, and muster rolls of companies, required by the 13th and 19th Articles of War are received and preserved; where the original proceedings of General Courts Martial are deposited and entered, where the inventory of the effects of deceased officers and soldiers are forwarded and recorded. [90th and 94th Articles of War.] The Adjutant General of the Army is charged with the registery of all commissioned officers, and with the distribution of their commissions; with the record of all appointments in the Army, promotions, resignations, deaths, &c. All orders which emanate from General Head Quarters of the Army, and all regulations and general orders from the War Office, are communicat ed to the troops by the Adjutant General In this office, the annual returns of the Militia of the several States and Territories are deposited for safe keeping, as well as arms, munitions, and accoutrements pertaining to the same, required by law to be made to the President of the United States. The general returns of the militia of the United States, required for the use of Congress, pursuant to the act of March 2d, 1803, are consolidated in this office. Here all appointments and commissions of the officers of the militia of the District of Columbia, are registered and distributed. ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. Brevet Brig. Gen. Charles Gratiot, Corps of Engineers, Chief Engineer. Lieutenant W. H. C. Bartlett, of the Corps of Engineers, Assistant. Benjamin Fowler, Clerk....................................................................................................1150 00 J. C. Wilson, Clerk......... ...................... .........1000 00 Willis Fawcett, Clerk........... The chief of the Corps of Engineers is stationed at the seat of Government, and directs and regulates the duties of the Corps of Engineers, and those also of such of the Topographical Engineers as may be attached to the Engineer Department; and also is the Inspector of the Military Academy, and is chargad with its correspondence. |