Civil Government for Common Schools: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New YorkNortham, Henry C.
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Civil Government for Common Schools: Prepared as a Manual for Public Instruction in the State of New York
Northam, Henry C.
New York (State) -- Politics and government; United States -- Politics and government -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
A. I. THE SECRETARY OF STATE, at the head, of the State
Department, preserves the public archives, records, laws,
arguments and treaties, and supervises their publication; conducts
all business and correspondence arising out of foreign relations,
makes out and records passports, commissions, etc.
II. THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, at the head of the Treasury
Department, receives and has charge of all moneys paid into the
United States Treasury, has general supervision of the fiscal
transactions of the Government, the collection of revenue, the
auditing and payment of accounts and other disbursements;
supervises the execution of the laws relating to Commerce and
Navigation, the Revenues and Currency, the Coast Survey, the Mint
and Coinage, the Lighthouse Establishments, Custom Houses, etc.
III. THE SECRETARY OF WAR, at the War Department, has charge of
business growing out of military affairs, keeps the records of the
army, issues commissions, directs the government of troops,
superintends their payment, stores, clothing, arms, equipments and
ordnance, constructs fortifications and conducts works of military
engineering, river and harbor improvements.
IV. THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY, at the head of the Navy Department,
has charge of the Naval establishments and all business connected
therewith, issues Naval commissions, instructions and orders,
supervises the enlistment and discharge of seamen, the
construction of Navy Yards and Docks, the construction and
equipment of vessels, Coast Surveys, etc.
V. THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, at the head of the Department of
the Interior, has charge of the survey, management, sales and
grants of Public Lands, the examination of Pension and Bounty Land
claims, the management of Indian affairs, the award of Patents,
the distribution of Seeds and Plants, the taking of Censuses, the
management of Government mines, etc. The Bureau of Education is a
branch of this department.
VI. THE POSTMASTER GENERAL, at the head of the Post-office
Department, has charge of the Postal System, the establishment and
discontinuance of Post-offices, the appointment of Agents, the
contracts for carrying the mails, etc.
VII. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, at the head of the Department of
Justice, is the legal adviser of the President and members of the
Cabinet, examines titles, applications for pardons and judicial
and legal appointments, conducts and argues suits in which the
Government is concerned, etc.
Q. Name the present Cabinet officers.
AMBASSADORS, MINISTERS AND CONSULS.
Q. What is an Ambassador?
A. An Ambassador is a minister of the highest rank, appointed to
represent the interests of a country at the court, or seat of
government of some other country.
Q. What is a Minister Plenipotentiary?
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