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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 Seneca Tribe, Oklahoma." 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 Extension of Trust Period on Certain Allotments Made to Indians of the Seneca Tribe, Oklahoma.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
260
1,484 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
10.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5306, Herbert Hoover (Mar 18, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5306-extension-trust-period-certain-allotments-made-indians-the-seneca.
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 members of the Seneca Tribe in Oklahoma, upon which the trust period will expire during the calendar year 1930, be, and is hereby, extended for a period of ten years from the date of expiration, with the exception of the following: ALLOTMENT NUMBER NAME OF ALLOTTEE 1 James O'Hardy 2 Valentine Hardy 4 Lillian Choteau 5 Esther Spicer 6 Hattie Spicer 10 Sophrina Mingo 13 Mary E. Winney 17 Noah J. Spicer 23 Sidney Choteau 27 Edna Layne 29 Lena Bearskin 30 Maggie C. Bearskin 31 Leslie Bearskin 32 John W. Bearskin 33 Eva Fisher 34 Lena Fisher 35 Alfred Fisher 36 Minerva Fisher 37 Bertha Captain 38 Ray Whitetree 39 Alva Whitetree 40 Jessie Whitetree 43 Ruth Kariho 47 Carrie B. Splitlog 54 Dorcas Johnson Girgam 55 Robert A. Johnson 60 Jasper L. Spicer 61 Georgia Spicer 64 Chester A. Hubbard 69 Sherman Spicer 70 Lavina Darity 71 Harry Whitetree 72 Opal Whitetree 73 Claude Finley 74 Beatrice Finley 76 Howard Brown 77 Rosanna J. Brown 82 David Cherloe 84 Downing Young 86 Solorena Young 88 Jennie Crow 89 Angeline Crow (deceased) 90 Gertrude Washington 91 Ora B. Spicer 93 Reo A. Spicer 94 Mildred Bearskin 96 Gladys Bearskin 97 Lillian Johnson 100 Ida Schrimpsher 106 Flora Dick 109 Curtle Evans 114 Jackson Johnson 116 Ernest Whitetree 117 Rena Whitetree 120 Walter Whitecrow HERBERT HOOVER The White House, March 18, 1930.
