HAND-BOOK OP WASHINGTON. 91 the department, other than the diplomatic and consular. Clerk of Pardons and Passports.—He prepares and records pardons and remissions ; and registers and files the petitions and papers on which they are founded. Makes out and records passports; keeps a daily register of all letters, other than diplomatic and consular, received, and of the dis position made of them; prepares letters relating to this business. ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. t The ordinary business of this office may be classified under the following heads: 1. Official opinions on the current business of the government, as called for by the President, by any head of department, or by the Solicitor of the Treasury. 2. Examination of the titles, of all land pur chased, as the sites of arsenals, custom-houses, light-houses, and all other public works of the United States. 3. Applications for pardons in all cases of con viction in the courts of the United States. 4. Applications for appointment in all the ju dicial and legal business of the Government.