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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1930-03-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Extension of Trust Period on Certain Allotments Made to Indians of the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho." 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Extension of Trust Period on Certain Allotments Made to Indians of the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
91
544 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
20.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5305, Herbert Hoover (Mar 18, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5305-extension-trust-period-certain-allotments-made-indians-the-nez-perce.
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 Stat. 388-389), that the trust period on allotments made to Indians on the Nez Perce Reservation in Idaho, which trust period expires during the calendar year 1930, be, and is hereby, extended for a period of ten years, with the exception of the following: ALLOTMENT NUMBER NAME OF ALLOTTEE 142 Lily Viles (deceased) 636 Antoine Bronche (deceased) 1645 Albert John (deceased) 1646 Ida John (deceased) HERBERT HOOVER The White House, March 18, 1930.
