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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1929-08-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Extension of Trust Period on Allotments Made to Indians on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪388), that the trust period on the allotments of Indians on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, which expires during the calendar year 1929, be, and is hereby extended for a further period of ten years.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
63
362 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5173, Herbert Hoover (Aug 9, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5173-extension-trust-period-allotments-made-indians-the-yankton-sioux.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
It is hereby ordered, under authority contained in Section 5 of the Act of February 8, 1887 (24 Stats. 388), that the trust period on the allotments of Indians on the Yankton Sioux Reservation, South Dakota, which expires during the calendar year 1929, be, and is hereby extended for a further period of ten years. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, August 9, 1929.
