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There are a great many very important officials connected with the Treasury Department, chief among which are the following, viz .: Pri- vate secretary uf the head of the department, at 82.400 per year. three assistant secretaries, at 64,000 each; chiel c'erk, &3th; cluef of ar point- mient division, $2,400; chet of warrants division, &4."w); chief of public moneys division, ¿2,500; chief of customs division, 82,500; acting chief of revenue marine division, 82,500; chief of stationery division. $2,500; chief of loans and currency division, $2,am; chiet of miscellaneous divi- sion, $2,500, supervising special agent, &s per day; government actuary. 81 00; supervising architect. 84 500; steamboat inspector, 83,500: chief Bureau of Statistics, 85,000; life saving service superintendent, £4,000; assistant, $2. w0; commissioner Bureau of Navigation, 83,600; superin- tendent United States coast and geodetic survey, $6,000; supervising surgeon-general marine hospital service, $4,000. Bureau of Engraving and Printing, chief, $4, 00); assistant chief, ¿. ,230; superintendent engrav- ing division, 6i,fil.
The foregoing will serve to show many of the lines of work attended to in the Treasury Department, as the nantes of these offices explain the branch of work they are charged with attending to. There are a num- ber of other important offices in the department that should be men- Honed, among them being the following:
The Solicitor of the Treasury, or chief attoricy, who receives 34,500 per year for attending to the legal matters connected with the department.
The Commissioner of Customs, who receives 34,000 per year and hus rieputv 82,210, has charge of all accounts of the revenue from cus- toms and disbursements, and for the building and repairing of custom houses.
The Treasurer of the United States receives $6,60 per year. assist- ant treasurer $1,600, and superintendent of national hanks ( Red. Div.) 23/00. The Treasurer receives and keeps the government funds, either at headquarters or in the Sub-Treasuries or government depos- tories, paying it out upon warrants drawa in accordance with the law. and pays all interest on the national deht.
The Register of the Treasury is paid a salary of $4,00) per ycuir, and his assistant #1,250. The Register keeps the accounts of public expenditures and receipts, receives the returns and makes out the uttutal Statements of United States commerce and navigation; receives from hrst comptroller and Commissioner of Customs all accounts and vouchers acted on by them and files the same.
The Comptroller ol the C rrency receives &il"+) per year and his deputy :4,404. This bureau is charged with a general supervision of the national banks and matters connected with the issuing of paper inoney.
The Director of the Mint receives 21,500 per annum, and is charged with a general supervision over all the coinage of the govern- ment.
Comptrollers. The first and second comptrollers are paid a salary ot & ( sd) per year, and each of their deputies receive 83,700, The hrst comptroller revises and certifies the accounts of the civil amt diplomatic service and public lands. The second comptroller revises and certihes the accounts of the army and navy and of the Pension
Auditors. There are six auditors connected with the Treasury
rank over another. "The first auditor receives and a lists the accounts u count of the cisd list and utwier spiteant acts of Congress, rer arumny the hal seren In the com missimurs of the customs and best comp troller attenuva to army affair ; looks after all the accounts relating to te pay, clothans; and reerintag of the army: the arsenals armmirics at : ord- nasce; all accounts relating to the lathan Department; reporting tu the st.and compteover. "The third auchter hess all accounts for sustenance of the army, mndary academy, tinhitary mads, furifeatmais, quarter- master - de partineuf fertam je assets, rians arion z for nublar serv- previous to II. for all property Jest in the salary sers .r. he requests alog to the second controller. The fourth cantor alors parts
tre Fer, and . he's al at counts commented with thed planine serne of the Department of State. The sixth and for adjusts all arigrunts grow- in,; freun the servire of the Post Office Department.
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WAAR DEPARTMENT.
The War Dr panment was organial 4 August, 1741, The head of Hus department is kmanwt as the Sendtav of War, capowanted hy the
law or directed by the Presided relative to aubt dy Torres, Rabiary Tofun suns and the warbke stores id the United States, imamminer we us 1 % degarant de bel shape of Inan is well as military
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these mentioned, are officers of the Regular Anos, who are part salaries
The Comme ruling Gia neval cours next to the Secretary, and recentes a salary of ai fall per year. He looks after the arrangement of military tennis, sperimend- the mennting suisne and disciphigodt the arms orders coutts-marhal, and imm a gencial ser se in thatged with seeing to the etdoucement of the Laws and regulationsved the army. The Admini- General keeps the udls and the unders osied. The Quartermaster- General has i huge of the Jennick's and the supplies, then that may be required for the army. The Commissary ta vern is linot the Selbst- ence Department, and has supervision ser the purchasing and issuing army rations. The Bulge Adsenate General is the head of the depinto not military justice. The Surgeon-General, as the name ifn- die, looks alter the atture id the army relating to su h, wounded, hoste- tal, etc. T'he Pasmaster-tienetil is the thiscursing offer for the money required by the department. There is also the Ordinance office, control- ling online store., arsenale, armonies, the manufacture at arms, Llc. The Topographical office has charge of a e plats and drawings of A'l surveys made for militare purposes. Bestles these there are the Inspector-General: Departwiem and departments devoted to war rec- ords. publications, .
Fir thuis connection it may be of interest to the general reader to refer briefly to a tew facts concerning the Regular Army. The United States is divided for this purpose into a number of military districts. The head of each department receives h's general instructions and orders from headquarters. The term of service in the Regular . Army is five years. The pay at private sulthers at the start is old per month. and rations, and this is mireased according to tune of service, being $21 per nuinth and ramnons after twenty years service. The pay of the officers is proportioned to their rank. Contels receive &4,5m) per year; brigad." generals, 85,500; and major generais, 27,500.
NAVY DEPARTMENT
The head of this department is the Secretary of the Navy, who Is appointed by the President, and receives a salary of @s.000 per annum. Tins department is charged with the duty ot attending to the construc- tion, armament, equipment and employment of vessels of war, as well as all other matters connected with naval affairs, and appropriations made therefor by Congress. The Secretary of the Navy has direct control of the United States Naval Academy at Annapohs, Maryland: issues orders to the commanders of the various squadrons; has genera. authority over the Marine Corps; and has control of all the severa: bureaus uf the Navy Department.
There are a number of bureaus organized in the Navy Department for the purpose of more thoroughly handling the work, among the most important of which may he mentioned the following: Bureau c: Steam Engineering: Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Bureau of Naviga- tion: Bureau of Provisions and Clothing; bureau of Yards and Docks: Bureau of Ordnance; Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting: bureau of Construction and Repair. Attached to this department are also officials or bureaus to attend to the following matters: Marine Barracks, Wash- ington, D. C .; Museum of Hygiene; Naval Dispensary: Ucard of Inspection and Survey: Navy Supplies and Accounts; Naval Observa- tory; Hydrographic Office; Library and War Records; Naval Intelli- gence; Nautical Almanac, etc.
Rear-admirals in the Navy are paid &,000 per year; commodores. $5,000; captains, 24,500; lieutenant-comman lers, 83,000; methcal direc :- ors (rank of captains), ¿4,4)); meitical inspectors ' rank of commanders .. 81.400; pay directors (rank of captains), $4,400; pay inspectors iran's of commanders), 84,400. In the Engineer Corps the chief engineers are also paid $4,400 per year.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
This is one of the most important branches of the National Govern- ment. Its head is the Postmaster-General, who is appointed by the President, and receives a salary of 88,000 per annum. The Post Office Department has supervision over the eve.ution of all laws passed by Congress affecting the postal service, and tas general supervision over everything relating to the gathering, carrya: ; and distribution of Unite " States mails ; superintends the distribution and disposal of all money's belonging to, or appropriated for, the department ; and the instruction of and supervision over ail persons in the postal service, with reference to their duties.
In providing for handling the general work of the Post Office Depart- ment it has been found necessary to create four bureaus, or omces, as they are termed, each of which is presales over by an assistant post- master-general, who each receive &4."") per annum ; are all subject to the direction and supervision of the head of the department. A review of these various bureaus and their principal omcials, with the name et the office, will show very clearly the work ! indled hv cach.
The first assistant postmaster-general .4 avowed a chief clerk a: $2,000 per year ; superintendent of pint offire sunphes, 83,000 ; superin- tendent free denvery division, $0.000 ; chet division of salaries at .: allowances, 82 20 ; superintendent money rier system, 8: 500 ; super- intendent Dead Letter Office, 22,500) ; chief division of correspondence.
The second assistant postmaster-general has charge of a number (: divisions, indicated by the following otticia. & who are under his contre. : superintendent nt railway adjustments, 21 82 000 per year ; crief c; inspection rivision, $4,0) ; chief of mail equipment division, El,m. general superintendent railway mail sers ce, €3,00; superintendent foreign In.als, &:000.
The third assistant prostimaster-general has charge of the postage stamp dlivision and the tmiance dinvasion. l'e cluul of the foriner receives acall per annum, and of the latter 3200) per year.
The fourth assistant postmaster-gener .I bas control of a number of divisions, as mehrand for the following officials who are under his TOKey for autumn; chief of the dove um at hotels and commissions. 82346 chiel prest office inspector, & s,000; an I the division of mail the pre-
Bestles the various chiefs of divisions mentioned above there are ummerned with the First Offire Departnera aw rlerk, at &Lamm per year; . ||destituin tet clerk, At @1.00; .-- ist ant attorney-general, $4,1/4 sije rinte mulent and disbursing clerk, $2,100; and a fujingrapher, at esam per antun.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIDIL
The Interior Department to under the mineshate cunited of the Sec- Fretary af the Idlerir. Hetsapgranted by the Freeabend, and Berries a salary of A-ANNI per year. In puis depirin enf, 49 1he : dig nephes,
Is charged with a general supervision over plan Inis ne . remedies
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the signal servi c and provide for taking thetour de geal deres meat Various point the continent, and give telegraph notice of the top of status relating to educational matters in the various States.
ENTEREU ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS IN THE YEAR A. I
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DIREST OF THE SYSTEM OF CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
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lot institutions. For the purpose of hissalling properly the bus. anestes wild west of the subjects mentioned, there are bureaus ed for the paljune.
ralltti's paid to ihr prun spal otth ials connected with the lutermir ment are as follows: First Assistant ser retary of the interior, [ tion ut the land at d naval lote es, to ustabliss postoffices and post-fouls; per your, assistant secretary, esgeht thet clark, allt assist | to promote the progressed service and the useful ants by setting for
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
is department was formerly connerted with the Interior Depart- but in last it was rungsted and made nulependent, and the try of Agriculture was made a minin rot the Commit. ihe Ju.td department is apjaunted by the I'ne sident, aml receives a statty
le general duty and design of the Departrient of Agriculture 14 to e amal chiif: se among the people of the Listed States techul rilor- i on sulyjects connected with as niculune ri the most general and chensive sense of that word, att to procare, propagate anu dis- : among the people new and valuable seLes mal points. he following is a list of the chief oficiais connected with the iment of Agriculture and their salaris, and the hist will also serve cite the Varmmis huit's of work bundled by and the various duties devolve upon the department, vi24 .Assistant secretary of . 211- e receives &tal per annum; chief of Weather Bureau, elnu; of Bureau of Ammal Itwlustry, &dpi); statistician, $2,500; chemist, entomatogist, Stand; botanist, Slan; cranthologies, stay, chief estry division, samt, pomologist, 24 , that of vegetable pathol- il stations. 85,000; chitet il.vision of accounts, 84500; ch.ct of on of records and ethiting, al.buv: chief ot division of illustrations ngravings. ¿ 2,000, horticulturist, 54,000.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
'he head of the Department of Justice is the Attorney-General. s appointed by the I'resident, and recenes a salary of co.v. per n. The principal assistant of the Attorney-General is the Soucitor- ral, who receives timmy per vear. There are a number of assist- attorney-generals who receive 81,000 per annum, and a special ant attorney-general is appointed for nearly all of the various rtments, including the Treasury, State, Post Office and Intern r De- nents. Besides the-e there are a number of special officia.s con- d with the Department of Justice, such as exuniner of titles, who ves $1,509 per annum; superintendent of buildings. 82,501, ap- ment and disbursing clerk, $2,000, and attorney in charge of ons, 82.400.
The Attorney-General is the legal adviser of the President, and it is uty of the Department of Justice to give all opuuons and render ervices requiring the skill of persous learned in the law necessary able the President and other officers of the various Goversineut rtments to discharge their respective duties. This department is required to prosecute or defend all sunts or proceedings in which the ed States is interested. The Attorney-General has general super- n over all the solicitors for the various departments; and also exer. i general superintendence and direction over all United States shals and United States district attorneys of all the districts ot the ed States and Territories.
ISDEPENDENT DEPARTMENTS.
There are several independent departments, which, although none hem are as important as the foregoing, and their heads are oot inet members, yet they form a very necessary part and attend to r important branches of the National Government.
Government Printing Office. The head of this branch of public k is the Public Printer, woo is appointed by the Preside: : , and tives a salary of $4,500 per year. His chief clerk is paul $2,4 +) per ", and there is a toreman of printing and a foreman of bading, h of whom receive $2,100 per annum.
Civil Service Commission. This commiss on consists of three com- sioners, each of whom are paid 63,500 per year. The chief examiner nected with the commission is paid 60,000 per annum, and the retary 82,jx1.
Interstate Commerce Commission. This commission was created the purpose, and charged w .: the duty, of seeing that the laws regu- ng interstate commerce were faithfully executed and observed, and prevent unjust discrimination on the part of railway corporations and nmon carr.ers. The commission consists of five commissioners pointed from different Sections of the United States, each of whom eives a salary of 87, w per year. The secretary of the commission cives i salary of $3,500 per annum.
Department of Labor." The general design of this department is :o lect, assort and systematize statistical theta. . relating to the dl ferent inches of labor in the United States. The head of this department is own as the Commissioner of the Department ot Latmer, au I he :s par alary of ¿, y per annum. His chief clerk receives 82,400 per year, d disbursing clerk &1, 20.
JUDICIARY.
The judicial powers of the United States are vested in the following- med courts, viz .: The United States Supreme Court, consisting of e chief justice and eight associate justices, the United State . Court Clarins, which consists of the chief just ce and four jml. s; tic sited states Circuit Court of Appeals; atul the Uitedl Suites Circuit Lid District Courts. All jules of Unitel 5: D., Courts are app ant .! e life. or duras "And behavior." The o' f justice of the Unit 1 ates Supreme Court receives a salary of 81, 20) per annum, and the Sociale just res stopy each. The drent judges perceive de iry el LOU cach par aunui, district judges sy,voy, and judges of the Court ( Clanas 81,900 cach |nr year.
The jury action of the United States Courts extentis to all cases in w and in craty arising madder the Constitute a, the laws of the & nite I tates, and treaties; to all cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls; to all cases of admiralty and it initime Jurisdic- on; to controversies to which the United states shall be a party; in patruversies between two nt thore Stites; but veen a State and A citizen Eanother State; between citim, anfnib rint states; between chernsvt le same State claiming lands under grands at different States. la all ases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers and ransels, and hose in which a Suite is a party the Supreme Court has original ; awlic- ion. In the other cases the Supreme Court las appellate Jurisdiction.
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
The legislative power of the United States are vested in a Con- press, which consists of a Sonate and House of Representatives, and which theuts annually at Washington on the int 4 Monthsy of De .emle.r. The constitution gives to Con ress the following yourmail power: in lay ard collent taxes, ilatte 4 ma posts and as is; pory dir dels of the United States; bugninwe mat ry of the rrecht of the I'mt .f ' talt . 'n reg. ulate cominvece; in estable.b uraturin liws en baturalzatadi ans hul k . ruptcy; to con money ait regulate the value Or rot; hc the staurl-
buoned tunes, tw antlols and disablers, the carhisive flyht tn tlikit te- Soy ferve Count, to denise and rush per asal telonas connutted
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Gry tor the central weltarent the Lithal sites, and try "carrying inin execution the turning powers, and all other powers sus ulby the Con- stitution in the innerraient ut the U'mad Siespor mans departipeut ur officer themail." The Constantung express ylothat's Congress making any how respecting the establishment of religion, or produiting the the exercise thetent, of abrulging the tradilot of speech, or of the press, of the night of the people praceably a ass mble, and to petition the rovernment for a redress of grevances Conguys cannot suspend the privilege . [ the writ of Att, Is aret se except mesesnt rebellion of invasion when the public salety may require it. Na bull of attmaler or exported from any state. No preference ton be ened by any tegnia- tion of contactce of revenue to the party of other Stile over those of another. No title et notulgy can be gra : 4. Is by law passed by Congress must be submitted in the President for Ins approvat. If he returas it with Ins ulyjections, or vetous it, ts measure thas be passed over Ins veto hv a two-thinks vote if both b- miches of Con_ ress. 1.4 Senge, or the " Upper House of L ngress," is composed of two there's of their respective States, for the ture : of six years, and receive a salary of 85,000 per annum. No person c :? be elected to the United States Senate who has not attained the age of thirty years, been mine years a citizen of the United States, aml is when e'ectel an inhabitant of the State from which he is chosen, The Senate has sule power to try all impeachments. Its consent and cou: - "ation is necessary for all important officers appointed by the President. Its consent is also oec- essary to concluile any treaty.
The House of Representatives is the " Lower House of Congress." Each State tu the Union is divided into congressional districts, of as nearly equal population as is practicable. In each district a represent- ative is elected by the people for a term of two years, and each is paid a salary of $5,0 0 per year. Besides these, a delegate from each organ- ized Territory is adesitted to the House of Representatives, who is not entitled to vote, but has the right to debate on all subjects in which the Terntory which he represents has an interest. No person can be a rep- resentative who has not attamed the age <: twenty-nve years, been for seven years a citizen of the United States, and is at the time of his election an inhabitant of the State from which he is chosen. All bills for raising revenue must originate in the House of Representatives.
STATE GOVERNMENT.
HE method of State government throughout the United States follows very closely the general p.ao of government that pre- vaiis in national atfairs. The var sus functions of government in State affairs are handled in departments, with a State officer at the head of each branch, and'ine lines are clearly drawn between the executive, legislative and je. ciel powers. All the States are governed under a constitution, which outlines and defines the powers which each of these departments sball exercise and possess. All of the most important State officials are elected by the people, but in many of the States the less important offices are filled by appoint- ment of the Governor, by and with the consent of the State Senate
GOFERVOR.
The Governor is the highest executive officer in all the States of the Union, and is elected by a direct vote of the people. The term of ohice varies materially in the different States, ranging from two to sivy cars. As to the matter of salary that the Go: zruor receives, it also differs widely throughout the different States and is subject to frequent change. At the present writing two states-New Tork and Pennsylvania-pay their Governors Slut,y) per year; Illinois and California both pay st.UUu per annum; Minnesota, Inchiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri. Nevada, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin all pay $5,000 per year: Maryland pays &4,""); Michigan, Louisi: - a, Mississippi, Ohio, Tennes- sve and Texas pay $4,000, Funda and A-kansas pay $5,500; Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas and North Carolina all pay & ,000; West Vir- Kinia, 82,700; Montana and Washingh. , $2,500; the Dakotas and Nebraska, 82,300; Connecticut, Delaware and Maine, 82,J'ai; Oregon, algo, and New Hampshire, khude Istar : and Vermont $1,00. About the only statement concerning the qualit ations require i-for this office that would be common to all the States is that he ma-the a citizen of the State in which he is elected. In mr . of the States, in adilition to the salary fumed, the Goverin r is tarnis_ed with a residence, which is known as the " Lvecutive Mansion." The powers and Anties that devolve upon the Governor are about the same in all ed the States. He is char_ _ il with a general sur ervisinn over the faithful execution of the lis, a= 1 is the legal custou.an of all the property of the State fint specifically entrusted tu other nhicers by law, and is authorized to take summary possessionof such property. He is expected to communicate by message to car h session of the state legislature such information of recommend ations regarding Siutentar. as he may deem necessary and proper. a . be ist mifaiweredl to callextra sus-ions of that body whenever the pu. . . wellare may demand. He accounts to the say e boly for all money & received and paid out, au !
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