REGISTER'S OFFICE. Thomas L. Smith, Register, $3000 per annum. The Register of the Treasury keeps all accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the public money, and of all debts due to or from the United States; he keeps the District Tonnage Accounts of the United States; he receives from the Comptrollers the accounts which have been finally adjusted, and, with their vouchers and certificates, preserves them; he records all warrants for the receipt or payment of moneys at the Treasu ty, certifies the same thereon, and transmits to the Secretary of the Treasury copies of the certificates of balances of accounts adjusted. By an act of the 10th February, 1820, it is also made the duty of the Register of the Treasury, to prepare Statistical Accounts of the Commerce off the United States to be laid before Congress annually. CLERKS IN THE REGISTER'S OFFICE. MICHAEL NOURSE Chief Clerk His special duty is to keep the books containing the general accounts, of the debt of the United States and the accounts of individuals creditors in the hooks of the Treasury-he prepares all reports and statements that may be required in relation to the public debt, including the annual statements and report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund-pays the contingent account of the several branches of the Treasury Department. His other duties are of a more general character appertaining to the calls from the Departments and Congress, and to a superintendence of the diversified business of the Register's Office.......... .......................... 1700 00 James McClery, superintends the branches of commerce and 1400 00 1400 00 James Laurie, keeps the books of the revenue of the United States arising from the duties of impost and tonnage....... 1400 00 John S. Haw, receives and enters into the Journal the accounts of moneys, expended in the civil, miscellaneous, and diplomatic departments, and revolutionary claims-makes out for the First and Fifth Auditors' offices, certificates of moneys advanced to, and of balances due from individuals, upon which are founded the charges in the settlements of their accounts-and records and delivers warrants drawn in favour of and on the Treasurer of the U. S. 1400 00 ........... 1150 00 1150 00 William Mackey, keeps the books of exports of foreign merchandise in American and foreign vessels, and also makes out the annual statements thereof....... William B. Randolph, registers in abstract form under the several heads of appropriations, all the payments and repayments of both the Military and Naval Establishments-prepares quarterly lists of said payments under their respective heads-prepares the matter of the printed public accountstogether with the tabular views of appropriations, payments, repayments, and balances-superintends the printing of said portion of the public accounts-keeps a balance sheet which is an exhibit in aggregate of the quarterly operations under each and every head of appropriation for the services of said departments, together with the balances unapplied at the close of each quarter-and occasionally assists in preparing arswers to calls for miscellaneous information,..................... Francis Lowndes, keeps the tonnage accounts of the U. s. and corresponds with the several Collectors thereon-prepares the annual statement for Congress of the District Tun nage of the U. S. showing the several descriptions of tonnage belonging to each District at the close of the year.......... 1150 00 Lewis Salomon, keeps the records of Marine papers issued in all the ports of the US-enters the copies of registers and enrolments issued, and the originals when surrendered-files the latter-aud arranges the copies of said registers and enrolments... ...... 1000 00 Joseph Mounts, has charge of the fire proof records of the Treasury Department-furnishing information from them, embracing the files of the accounts filed at the Treasury by the first and fifth Auditors and certified by the First Comp troller-keeps registers of them and has charge of the books of the old government................................................................ ................................................- 1000 00 William Jumes, keeps the returns of American and foreign tonnage, and imports of foreign merchandise-prepares the general statements of tonnage entering and departing, which accompany the report on commerce and navigation assists in preparing the general statement of duties on merchandise, tonnage, &c. for public accounts and attends to other du ties of a general nature connected with the accounts of the Collectors of the Customs.. ............................. 1000 00 Isaac K. Hanson, keeps the books of Imports in American and foreign vessels from foreign countries; of the articles of the growth, produce, or manufacture, of foreign countries; also the footings of the Collectors abstracts, and makes out the annual statements for Congress of importations in Americans and foreign vessels...... Benjamin F Rittenhouse, prepares for the Register's signa ture, copies of reports by the First and Fifth Auditors on which warrants are to be issued by the Secretary of the Treasury for civil, diplomatic, miscellaneous and revolutions ary claims-balances the leger of receipts and expenditures 1000 00 annually, in luing the accounts of the customs so far as they are connected with that leger-keeps the leger ofthe internal revenue and makes out transcripts for suit....... 1000 00 Edgar Pallerson, keeps the impost hook-merchandise aud tonnage, and duties thereon-all the receipts and expenditures of each collection district-also takes off the drawbacks, by which the net revenue on merchandise and tonnage is ascertained...................... ... 1000 00 1000 00 Joseph Brewer, keeps the leger for accounts of sales of public lands, the entries of which are made from the quarterly settlements at the Treasury of the accounts of Receivers of public moneys-keeps the closing accounts of direct taxcopies revenue accounts for suit and performs various other services of a miscellaneous nature.......................................arono ato dararama John B. Blake, records and registers the warrants upon the requisitions of the Secretary of War and Navy--aids in preparing statements and in copying documents in relation to the receipts and expenditures...... ............◆h..................... 1000 00 James D Woodside, Copying Clerk, and prepares statements of a miscellaneous character-records drafts drawn on banks by the Treasurer of the United States and the receipts giv ven by him for patent fees.............. ......... 1000 00 French Evans, assists in that branch of business which relates to the tonnage of the U. S-transmits certificates and lists of crews to the several collectors and has charge of the Congressional documents...... John Nourse, keeps the books of domestic produce exported in American and foreign vessels, and makes out the annual statements thereof for Congress....... ..... 1000 00 P. W. Gallaudet, prepares various statements-keeps the records in relation to the following objects: 1st. The unclaimed dividends and their preparations for the bank. 2d. The numerical arrangements of cancelled Mississippi stock certificates. 3d. The accounts and vouchers of the contingent expenses of the several cffices of the Treasury Depart 800 00 800 00 700 00 350 00 GENERAL LAND OFFICE. Elijah Hayward, Commissioner, $3000, per annum. Prior to the 25th of April, 1812, grants of land 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 It is a subordinate branch of the Treasury Department, with which it is closely connected by the accountability of the Receivers of public moneys arising from the Sale of the national lands. CLERKS IN THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE. 1150 00 JOHN M. MOORE, Chief Clerk, attends to the correspondence on miscel laneous subjects, and to the preparations of statements connected with the subjects of the public lands....... ........................ 1700 00 Robert King, Draughtsman, prepares connected maps of the United States' land districts, from the Surveyor's returns.. 1150 00 Samuel D. King, has in charge the reports of the Commissioners on private land claims-attends to all enquiries connected with those claims, and issues patents therefor-acts as agent for paying salaries, and attends to the settlement of printers' accounts for advertising land sales...................... Frederick Keller, issues the patents for bounty lands of the late war, for revolutionary army laud warrante, and for the Virginia military lands-superintends the transmission of patents to the several Land Offices-and attends to miscellaneous enquiries connected with the foregoing.. George Wood, Recorder......................... *E. A. Vail.... William Simmons.... Sterling Gresham.... J. R M. Bryant...... William Olis. ......... Charles Tyler...... William S. Smith..... Joseph S. Collins.............. Their duties are 1150 00 1000 00 .... Accountants. 1400 00 to keep the individual accounts of 1150 00 1150 00 1150 00 terly accounts of the Receivers of 1150 00 1150 00 *E. A. Vail has also in charge the account of the three per cent. fund payable to the States. Walter B. Beall..... ..... Walter H Jenifer......Write and record patents.. William H. Prentiss........$300 00 Alexander R. Watson.. WAR DEPARTMENT. JOHN H. EATON, of Tennessee, Secretary, $6000, per annum. The War Department 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, 1798, however, a separation took place, and a Navy Department was established, ie Secretary of War superintends evjery branch of the Military Department; and is, by usage, a member of the Cabinet He 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 Office, a Pension Bureau, and a Bureau of Indian Affairs; and an Engineer Office, an Ordnance Office, an Office for the Commissary Gen eral of Subsistence, 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 Quartermaster General's Offices, are located at Washington. To this Department belongs the erection of all fort fications; making all topographical surveys; surveying and leasing the national lead mines and the direction (under the laws) of intercourse with Indian tribes. The Secretaries of War, since the year 1789, are Henry Knox, of Massachusetts, 12th September, 1789. John C Calhoun, of South Carolina, 16th December, 1817, CLERKS IN THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE. PHILIP G. RANDOLPH, Chief Clerk........ $2000 00 ............ 1400 00 1000 00 650 00 400 00 James L. Addison, Clerk,................................................................................................ 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. LAWRENCE L. VAN KLEECK, Principal, and Superintendent* of the War Office,................. PENSION OFFICE. 1850 00 Το The Pension Office of the War Department is a Bureau in which all claims for pensions. properly so called, are settled, except such as arise under the laws respecting persons disabled in the Navy since 1799 pay such pensions, a fund has been set apart, from prize money, &c. aud the business in relation to those claims is under the control of a Board of Commissioners appointed for that purpose. Widows of militia. men and volunteers are allowed five years half pay in certain cases *For which 8250 per annum is appropriated by Congress. |