ADMINISTRATION ;-1825 to 1829 ;-4 years. Samuel L. Southard, William Wirt, Massachusetts, March 4, 1825. President. Appointed. Secretary of State. Secretaries of War. Secretary of the Navy. Note. The dates of the appointments of the principal executive officers, in the several administrations, above exhibited, are the times when the several nominations, made by the Presidents, were confirmed by the Senate, as stated in the "Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States." * Isaac Shelby declined the appointment. VI. EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT. THE term of the present administration will expire on the 3d of March, 1833. ANDREW JACKSON, Tennessee, President, JOHN C. CALHOUN, South Carolina, Vice-President, Salary $25,000. 5,000. The following are the principal officers in the executive departments of the government, and all hold their offices at the will of the President. Martin Van Buren, New York, John McP. Berrien, Georgia, Secretary of State, Salary. $6,000. Secretary of the Treasury, 6,000 Secretary of War, 6,000 Secretary of the Navy, 6,000 Post Master General, 6,000 Attorney General, 3,500. DEPARTMENT OF STATE. The Department of State was created by an act of Congress of the 15th of September, 1789: by a previous act of the 27th of July, 1789, it was denominated the Department of Foreign Affairs; and it embraces what in some other governments are styled the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Home Department. The Secretary of State conducts all treaties between the United States and Foreign Powers, and corresponds, officially, with the Public Ministers of the United States at Foreign Courts, and with the Ministers of Foreign Powers resident in the United States. He is entrusted with the publication and distribution of all the acts and resolutions of Congress, and of all treaties with Foreign Powers and Indian Tribes; preserves the originals of all laws and treaties, and of the public correspondence growing out of the intercourse between the United States and Foreign Nations; is required to procure and preserve copies of the statutes of the several states; grants passports to American citizens visiting foreign countries; preserves the evidence of copy-rights, and has control of the office which issues patents for useful inventions. He has the charge of the Seal of the United States, but cannot affix it to any commission until signed by the President, nor to any instrument or act without the special authority of the President. Martin Van Buren, Secretary. Daniel Brent, Chief Clerk, $2,000 W. S. Derrick, Clerk, Aaron Vail, Salary. 900 $800 Clerk, 1,650 William Hunter, Jun. Clerk, W. C. H. Waddell, Josias W. King, 650 300 1,400 J. D. Craig, Superintendent, 1,500 1,400 J. T. Temple, Clerk, 1,000 Edward Stubbs, do. 1,150 C. Bulfinch, Jun. do. 800 John M. Baker, do. 1,000 J. Keller, Machinist, 700 Wm. Hodgson, do. 1,000 R. P. Fenwick, Messenger, 400 TREASURY DEPARTMENT. The Treasury Department was created by an act of Congress of the 20 of September, 1789. The Secretary of the Treasury superintends all the fiscal concerns of the government, and upon his own responsibility, recommends to Congress measures for improving the condition of the revenue. All the accounts of the government are finally settled at the Treasury Department; and for this purpose it is divided into the office of the Secretary (who has a general superintendence of the whole), the offices of two Comptrollers, five Auditors, a Treasurer, and a Register. The Auditors of the public accounts are empowered to administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses in any case in which they may deem it necessary for the due examination of the accounts with which they are charged. WAR DEPARTMENT. The War Department was created by an act of Congress of the 7th of August, 1789, and at first embraced not only military, but also naval affairs. The Secretary of War superintends every branch of military affairs, and has, under his immediate direction, a Requisition Bureau, a Bounty Land Office, a Pension Bureau, a Bureau of Indian Affairs, an Engineer Office, an Ordnance Office, an Office for the Commissary General of Subsistence, a Paymaster General's Office, and a Surgeon General's Office. This Department has the superintendence of the erection of fortifications, of making topographical surveys, of surveying and leasing the national lead mines, and of the intercourse with Indian tribes. The Office of the Secretary of the Navy was created by an act of Congress of the 30th of April, 1798. The Secretary issues all orders to the Navy of the United States, and superintends the concerns of the Navy Establishment generally. A Board of Navy Commissioners was established by an act of Congress of the 7th of February, 1815, and consists of three officers of the Navy, in rank not below that of a Post Captain. This Board is attached to the office of the Secretary of the Navy, is under his superintendence, and discharges all the ministerial duties of that office relative to the procurement of naval stores and materials, and the construction, armament, equipment, and employment of vessels of war, as well as other matters connected with the Navy. |
