Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Defining Boundaries for Jicarilla Apache Indians

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Tuesday, September 21, 1880

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1 min read (140 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.

This executive order, signed by President Rutherford B. Hayes on 1880-09-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Defining Boundaries for Jicarilla Apache Indians." 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 —Defining Boundaries for Jicarilla Apache Indians.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

140

829 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

30.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Defining Boundaries for Jicarilla Apache Indians," Rutherford B. Hayes (Sep 21, 1880). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-defining-boundaries-for-jicarilla-apache-indians.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

EXECUTIVE MANSION. September 21, 1880. It is hereby ordered that the tract of country in the Territory of New Mexico, lying within the following-described boundaries, viz: Beginning at the southwest corner of the Mexican grant known as the “Tierra Amarilla grant,"’ as surveyed by Sawyer and McBroom in July, 1876; and extending thence north with the western boundary of said survey of the Tierra Amarilla grant to the boundary line between New Mexico and Colorado; thence west along said boundary line 16 miles; thence south to a point due west from the aforesaid southwest corner of the Tierra Amarilla grant; and thence east to the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withheld from entry and settlement as public lands, and that the same be set apart as a reservation for the Jicarilla Apache Indians. R. B. HAYES.