78 APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES. PRIOR TO 1868 UNDER CENSUS 1860 NEW APPORTIONMENT. CENSUS 1870 ELECTORAL VOTE FOR NEXT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. The total Electoral vote at the coming election for the President is 367; the majority required by the Constitution is therefore 184. The Electors are as follows. THE CABINET. The Administrative business of the Country is attended to by several officers, having the titles of Secretaries &c. &c., who together form the Cabinet, and they are appointed by the President. It is now composed of the Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of War, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Interior, Postmaster-General, and the Attorney-General, who is the legal adviser of the Administration, and the Official law authority. Each of these Secretaries has charge of a separate department. THE SECRETARY OF STATE has charge of the great seal of the United States, but cannot affix it to any instrument in writing, without authority from the President. He conducts all treaties we make with other powers, attends to the correspondence with our Ministers at foreign courts, and with Ministers of foreign courts residing here; grants passports, &c. THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY superintends all the financial matters of the Government; the settling of all the public accounts, and recommends to Congress any measure he may deem advisable for the condition of the revenue, THE SECRETARY OF WAR has the exclusive control of the military affairs of the Nation, and superintends every department of the same; attends to the making of public surveys; erection of fortifications, &c. The Adjutant-General's office; Quartermaster-General's Bureau; theOrdinance, Typographical, Medical, Engineer, and Subsistence Bureaus, all come under his supervision. THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY superintends generally all naval affairs, and directs the naval forces. The several Bureaus, such as of Docks, of Navy Yards, of Construction, Equipment, and repairs of Ordinance and Hydrography are all under his supervision. 80 THE CABINET COUNCIL. THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR superintends all matters connected with the public domain, Indian Affairs, Patents, Public Buildings, Pensions, the Census, and the Expenditures of the Federal Judiciary. THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL has the charge of all postal arrangements within the United States, as well as with all Foreign States. The Contract Office, the Appointment Office, and the Inspection Office, all come under his supervision. THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL is the Law Counsel for the President, and other officers of the Government. He is the Constitutional Adviser of the Government, and defends the same when necessary. |