Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Expanding Reservation for Indians of the Colorado River and its Tributaries

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Monday, November 16, 1874

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1 min read (174 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 Ulysses S. Grant on 1874-11-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Expanding Reservation for Indians of the Colorado River and its Tributaries." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Expanding Reservation for Indians of the Colorado River and its Tributaries.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

174

1,026 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

25.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Expanding Reservation for Indians of the Colorado River and its Tributaries," Ulysses S. Grant (Nov 16, 1874). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-expanding-reservation-for-indians-the-colorado-river-and-its-tributaries.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

EXECUTIVE MANSION, November 16, 1874. It is hereby ordered that a tract of country embraced within the following-described boundaries, which covers and adds to the present reservation, as set apart by act of Congress approved March 3, 1865 (Stat- at Large, vol. 13, p. 559), and enlarged by Executive order dated November 22, 1873, viz: Beginning at a point where the La Paz Arroyo enters the Colorado River, 4 miles above Ehrenberg; thence easterly with said Arroyo to a point south of the crest of La Paz Mountain; thence with said crest of mountain in a northerly direction to the top of Black Mountain; thence in a northwesterly direction across the Colorado River to the top of Monument Peak, in the State of California; thence southwesterly in a straight line to the top of Riverside Mountain, California; thence in a southeasterly direction to the point of beginning, be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from sale and set apart as the reservation for the Indians of the Colorado River and its tributaries. U.S. GRANT.