the department of the interior was created in 1789.
when was the department of the interior created?
1789
in 1849, walker stated in his annual report that several federal offices were placed in departments with which they had little to do. he noted that the general land office had little to do with the treasury and also highlighted the indian affairs office, part of the department of war, and the patent office, part of the department of state. walker argued that these and other bureaus should be brought together in a new department of the interior. a bill authorizing its creation of the department passed the house of representatives on february 15, 1849, and spent just over two weeks in the senate. the department was established on march 3, 1849 (), the eve of president zachary taylor's inauguration, when the senate voted 31 to 25 to create the department. its passage was delayed by democrats in congress who were reluctant to create more patronage posts for the incoming whig administration to fill. the first secretary of the interior was thomas ewing.
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further, there is the role of tangata tiaki who are chosen by iwi and hapū groups and appointed by the ministry of fisheries to act as guardians for a specific area. tangata tiaki are responsible for issuing permits to catch fish in their area for customary use and must report these catches to the ministry of fisheries so that the following year’s catch limits can be set allowing for customary use beyond the recreational fishing bag-limits. tangata tiaki/kaitiaki may decide to develop management plans for the fisheries within their rōhe for approval by the local tāngata whenua. for the purposes of the rma these plans are called "iwi planning documents", there being requirement for these plans to be considered in any resource management planning. under the fisheries act, plans can also be used for the development of sustainability measures for those fisheries in the rōhe of the tāngata whenua. moreover, a kaitiaki has a dual responsibility: firstly, the aim of protecting the mauri; and secondly, the duty to pass the environment to future generations in a state which is as good as, or better than, the current state.
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