, and makes annual reports to Congress of the conditions of the department.
All instructions to subordinate officers of the navy and to all chiefs of the bureaus emanate from him, while the department supervises the building and repairs of all vessels, docks, and wharves, and enlistment and discipline of sailors, together with all supplies needed by them, The first Secretary of the Navy was Benjamin Stoddert, of Maryland.
The Department of the Interior was created by act of Congress, March 3, 1849.
The business of the department is conducted by eight bureaus—viz., bureau of the public lands, pensions, Indian affairs, patents, education, railroads, and labor and labor statistics.
Concerning this work report is made annually.
These different bureaus have charge, under the Secretary, of all matters relating to the sale and survey
Seal of the Interior Department. of the public lands; the adjudication and payment of pensions; the treaties with the Indian tribes of the West; the
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Fifteenth administration—Democratic, March 4, 1845, to March 3, 1849.
James Knox Polk, Tennessee, President.
George Mifflin Dallas, Pennsy849
Territorial government of Minnesota established by act approved......March 3, 1849
Coinage of the gold dollar and doubleeagle authorized......March 3, 1849March 3, 1849
Department of Interior created by act approved......March 3, 1849
Work of census office, previously under Secretary of State, transferred to the Interior by aMarch 3, 1849
Work of census office, previously under Secretary of State, transferred to the Interior by act......March 3, 1849
Thirtieth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1849
sixteenth administration—Whig, March 5, 1849, to March 3, 1853.
Zachary Taylor, LouisiaMarch 3, 1849
Thirtieth Congress adjourns......March 3, 1849
sixteenth administration—Whig, March 5, 1849, to March 3, 1853.
Zachary Taylor, Louisiana, President.
Millard Fillmore, New York, Vice-President.
Gen. William J. Worth, U. S. A., dies at San Antonio, Tex., aged fifty-five......May 7, 1849
GeMarch 3, 1849
sixteenth administration—Whig, March 5, 1849, to March 3, 1853.
Zachary Taylor, Louisiana, President.
Millard Fillmore, New York, Vice-President.
Gen. William J. Worth, U. S. A., dies at San Antonio, Tex., aged fifty-five......May 7, 1849
Gen. Edmund P. Gaines dies at New Orleans, aged seventy-two......June 6, 1849
James K. Polk, eleventh President, dies at Nashville, Tenn., aged fifty-four......Jun