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This executive order, signed by President William Howard Taft on 1910-07-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Reserving Lands in New Mexico as Reservation for Pueblo Indians Belonging to Pueblo Laguna." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.
Constitutional Assessment: This action represents an orderly exercise of Article II administrative discretion, managing the internal machinery and personnel of the executive branch without abridging the ancient liberties of the people.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Reserving Lands in New Mexico as Reservation for Pueblo Indians Belonging to Pueblo Laguna.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
484
2,721 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
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20.4
Post-Grad reading level
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 1221, William Howard Taft (Jul 1, 1910). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-1221-reserving-lands-new-mexico-reservation-for-pueblo-indians-belonging.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
It is hereby ordered that the following described tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, to wit: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Laguna Pueblo grant, as located by the survey thereof approved by the Court of Private Land Claims on August 22, 1899; thence due west to a point on the east boundary of the Acoma Pueblo grant, confirmed as Report "B" by the act of Congress approved December 22, 1858; thence north along the east boundary of said Acoma grant to its intersection with the south boundary of the Santa Ana grant or purchase, confirmed to the pueblo of Laguna as tract No. 5 of Report No. 30 by the act of Congress approved June 21, 1860; thence in a southeasterly direction along the south boundary of said Santa Ana purchase to the southeast corner thereof; thence north along the east boundary of said purchase to the northeast corner thereof; thence in a northwesterly direction along the north boundary of said purchase to its intersection with the east boundary of the aforesaid Acoma grant; thence north along the east boundary of said grant to its intersection with the south boundary of the Cubero grant, as located by the survey thereof approved by the Court of Private Land Claims on June 24, 1898; thence east along the south boundary of said Cubero grant to the southeast corner thereof; thence north along the east boundary of said grant to its intersection with the south boundary of the Paguate grant or purchase, confirmed to the Pueblo of Laguna as tract No. 1 of the aforesaid Report No. 30; thence east along the south boundary of said Paguate grant or purchase to the northwest corner of the San Juan grant or purchase, confirmed to the Pueblo of Laguna as tract No. 3 of said Report No. 30; thence south along the west boundary of said San Juan grant or purchase to the northwest corner of the El Rito grant or purchase, confirmed to the Pueblo of Laguna as tract No. 2 of said Report No. 30; thence south along the west boundary of said El Rito grant or purchase to a point thereon due east of the southeast corner of the Laguna Pueblo grant; thence west to the southeast corner of said grant; thence north along the east boundary of said grant to the northeast corner thereof; thence west along the north boundary of said grant to the northwest corner thereof; thence south along the west boundary of said grant to the southwest corner thereof, the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, set apart as a reservation for the use and occupation of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico belonging to the Pueblo Laguna: Provided, That nothing herein shall affect any existing valid rights of any person to the lands described. WM. H. TAFT. The White House, July 1, 1910.