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/sˈɛkrətˌɛri əv ðə ɪntˈɪriər/ Listen

noun

Interior n.

That which is within; the internal or inner part of a thing; the inside.

The inland part of a country, state, or kingdom.

Department of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department.

Secretary of the Interior, the cabinet officer who, in the United States, is at the head of the Department of the Interior.

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... Seventh—That the Secretary of the Interior put in force all laws relating to the Interior Department applicable to ...

— History of the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson, • Edumud G. Ross

... first cabinet Mr. Cleveland did Mr. Lamar and the State of Mississippi the honor of making him his Secretary of the Interior. Early in the administration, upon the occasion of my first visit to Washington after the inauguration of Mr. Cleveland, I called on Secretary Lamar to pay him my respects and tender him my congratulations upon his appointment. When I entered his office he was engaged ...

— The Facts of Reconstruction • John R. Lynch

... also consulted Judge Springer of Illinois, who, after reviewing their case, said that they could serve an injunction on both the Secretary of the Interior and Commissioner, in the District of Columbia. This they did. The officials asked for thirty days; and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs personally hastened to Standing Rock, where he gave the red men a good scolding for their audacity, at the same ...

— The Indian Today - The Past and Future of the First American • Charles A. Eastman

... and put it on the wire right away, Race. It's to the Secretary of the Interior and my signature on it should get immediate attention." Senator Rexhill handed over the telegraph ...

— Hidden Gold • Wilder Anthony

... its beauty, the value of its timber, its extreme fertility and its adaptation for cultivation, I prevailed on President Geffrard of Hayti to concede to me the island, the documentary evidence of which has been lodged with the Secretary of the Interior."[25] ...

— The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919 • Various

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