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Executive Order 1000 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 1000—Alamo National Forest, New Mexico

Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt
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Wednesday, December 30, 1908
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2 min read (431 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on 1908-12-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Alamo National Forest, New Mexico." 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

▪ Of the New Mexico principal meridian, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for the use of the Indians as an addition to the Navajo Reservation by Executive orders dated November 9, 1907, and January 28, 1908, be, and the same are hereby, restored to the public domain, except the following-described lands, embracing 110 unapproved allotments, namely: The SW.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
431
1,824 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
1.4
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 1000, Theodore Roosevelt (Dec 30, 1908). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-1000-alamo-national-forest-new-mexico.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
It is hereby ordered that the unallotted lands in Tps. 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21 N., Rs. 5, 6, 7, and 8 W., and Tps. 22 and 23 N., Rs. 6, 7, and 8 W. of the New Mexico principal meridian, withdrawn from sale and settlement and set apart for the use of the Indians as an addition to the Navajo Reservation by Executive orders dated November 9, 1907, and January 28, 1908, be, and the same are hereby, restored to the public domain, except the following-described lands, embracing 110 unapproved allotments, namely: The SW. 1/4 of sec. 23, T. 17 N., R. 5 W.; the S. 1/2 of sec. 35, T. 18 N., R. 5 W.; sec. 23 and the N. 1/2 of sec. 25, T. 19 N., R. 5 W.; the W. 1/2 of sec. 5 and the E. 1/2 of sec. 6, T. 20 N., R. 6 W., unsurveyed; the NW. 1/4 of sec. 3, the NE. 1/4 of sec. 4, the S. 1/2 of sec. 5, the NW. 1/4 of sec. 8, sec. 17, the N. 1/2 of sec. 19, sec. 20, and the SE. 1/4 of sec. 31, T. 21 N., R. 6 W.; the W. 1/2 of sec. 33, the S. 1/2 of sec. 34, and the W. 1/2 of sec. 35, T. 22 N., R. 6 W.; the N. 1/2 of sec. 3, sec. 4, the W. 1/2 and the SE. 1/4 of sec. 7, the SE. 1/4 of sec. 8, sec. 9, the W. 1/2 of sec. 16, secs. 17 and 18, the N. 1/2 and the SE. 1/4 of sec. 19, sec. 20, the W. 1/2 of sec. 21, the E. 1/2 of sec. 22, sec. 23, the NW. 1/4 of sec. 28, the N. 1/2 of sec. 29, and the NE. 1/4 of sec. 30, T. 20 N., R. 7 W.; the W. 1/2 of sec. - - , the SE. 1/4 of sec. 19, the SW. 1/4 of sec. 20, the N. 1/2 and the SE. 1/4 of sec. 24, the E. 1/2 of sec. 25, the SW. 1/4 of sec. 26, the S. 1/2 of sec. 27, the SE. 1/4 of sec. 28, the NW. 1/4 of sec. 29, the NE. 1/4 of sec. 30, the E. 1/2 of sec. 33, sec. 34, and the W. 1/2 of sec. 35, T. 21 N., R. 7 W., and secs. 1 and 12 and the SE. 1/4 of sec. 11, T. 21 N., R. 8 W. of the New Mexico principal meridian. THEODORE ROOSEVELT The White House, December 30, 1908.