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This executive order, signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes on 1880-03-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Adding Land to Territory for Chief Moses." 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 —Adding Land to Territory for Chief Moses.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
251
1,458 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
51.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Adding Land to Territory for Chief Moses," Rutherford B. Hayes (Mar 6, 1880). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-adding-land-territory-for-chief-moses.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Executive Mansion, March 6, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in Washington Territory lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Commencing at a point where the south boundary line of the reservation created for Chief Moses and bis people by Executive order dated April 19, 1879, intersects the Okinakane River; thence down said river to its confluence with the Columbia River; thence across and down the east bank of said Columbia River to a point opposite the river forming the outlet to Lake Chelan; thence across said Columbia River and along the south shore of said outlet to Lake Chelan; thence following the meanderings of the south bank of said lake to the mouth of Shehekin Creek; thence up and along the south bank of said creek to its source; thence due west to the forty-fourth degree of longitude west from Washington; thence north along said degree to the south boundary of the reservation created by Executive order of April 19, 1879; thence along the south boundary of said reservation to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for the permanent use and occupancy of Chief Moses and his people and such other friendly Indians as may elect to settle thereon with his consent and that of the Secretary of the Interior, as ah addition to the reservation set apart for said Chief Moses and his people by Executive order dated April 19, 1879. R. B. Hayes.
