History and government of the United States, for evening schools . cts of Congress that the Presi-dents term of office is usually called an administration. Forconvenience, the administrative branch of the national govern-ment is divided into nine departments with a secretary at thehead of each. The nine secretaries form the cabinet of thePresident. Like the Justices of the Supreme Court, these headsof departments are all appointed by the President, by and withthe advice and consent of the Senate. They have no powers intheir departments other than those delegated to them by thePresident. Their
History and government of the United States, for evening schools . cts of Congress that the Presi-dents term of office is usually called an administration. Forconvenience, the administrative branch of the national govern-ment is divided into nine departments with a secretary at thehead of each. The nine secretaries form the cabinet of thePresident. Like the Justices of the Supreme Court, these headsof departments are all appointed by the President, by and withthe advice and consent of the Senate. They have no powers intheir departments other than those delegated to them by thePresident. Their two general duties are to carry out his direc-tions in rela-tion to theirdepartmentsand to advisehim regardingthe affairs oftheir own de-ymrtments andof the govern-ment as awhole. Thenine depart-ments are State, Treasury, War, Justice, Post Office, Navy, Interior,Agriculture, and Commerce and Labor. Functions of the Departments. — The State Department dealswith the international affairs of the United States, arranges1 There are now nine Supreme Court OUB CIVIL GOVERNMENT 73 treaties, and maintains diplomatic relations with foreignnations. The Treasury deals with the money affairs, regulatesthe national banks, and collects the customs duties upon Department of Justice, presided over by the Attorney-General, takes charge of the legal matters in which the UnitedStates is concerned. The Department of the Interior has chargeof pensions, public lands, Indian affairs, patents, education, andthe geological survey. The Post Office Department manages thenational mail service, which extends to every city, town, andhamlet of the land, and communicates with foreign duties of the Departments of War, of the Navy, of Agri-culture, and of Commerce and Labor are those suggested bytheir titles. These departments govern this nation in manyother ways not stated here. Taxes. — Most of the revenue of the United States is derivedfrom the taxation of merchandise
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