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This executive order, signed by President Chester A. Arthur on 1884-05-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Arizona and Utah Indian Territories." 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 —Arizona and Utah Indian Territories.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
222
1,318 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
32.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Arizona and Utah Indian Territories," Chester A. Arthur (May 17, 1884). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-arizona-and-utah-indian-territories.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C., May 17, 1884. It is hereby ordered that the following-described lands in the Territories of Arizona and Utah be, and the same are, withheld from sale and settlement and set apart as a reservation for Indian purposes, viz: Beginning on the one hundred and tenth degree of west longitude at 36 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude (the same being the northeast corner of the Moqui Indian Reservation); thence due west to the one hundred and eleventh degree thirty minutes west longitude; thence due north to the middle of the channel of the Colorado River; thence up and along the middle of the channel of said river to its intersection with the San Juan River, thence up and along the middle channel of San Juan River to west boundary of Colorado (32 degrees west longitude, Washington meridian); thence due south to the thirty seventh parallel north latitude; thence west along said parallel to the one hundred and tenth degree of west longitude; thence due south to place of beginning: Provided, That any tract or tracts within the region of country described as aforesaid which are settled upon or occupied, or to which valid rights have attached under existing laws of the United States prior to date of this order, are hereby excluded from this reservation. Chester A. Arthur.
