§1. Among what departments is the executive business of the nation
distributed? By what names are the head officers called? How appointed?
§2. What departments did the first congress establish? What officers
constituted the first cabinet? When were the heads of the navy,
post-office, and interior departments respectively added?
§3. What are the duties of the secretary of state relating to foreign
affairs? Define diplomacy and diplomatist.
§4. What are the duties of the secretary in relation to home affairs?
§5. What are the duties of the secretary of the treasury?
§6. What are his principal assistants?
§7. What are the duties of the secretary of the interior? What is a
_pension_? To what classes of persons are pensions allowed? To whom are
bounties of lands allowed?
§8. To what do the duties of the secretary of war relate?
§9. What is the business of the secretary of the navy? and of the navy
commissioners?
§10. What are the principal duties of the postmaster general? Who are
his principal assistants?
§11. What is the business of postmasters in relation to keeping accounts
of letters, advertising letters, and making returns to the general
post-office? What are _dead_ letters?
§12. How are postmasters paid for their services? State the rates of
commission. To what amount of compensation are postmasters limited? What
postmasters are appointed by the president and senate?
§13. Who are entitled to the franking privilege? and to what extent? How
is franking done? What government officers frank matter on official
business?
§14. What are the duties of the attorney-general?