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This executive order, signed by President William Howard Taft on 1909-08-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Time Limit for Completion of the Work of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission Extended to March 2, 1910." 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 Time Limit for Completion of the Work of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission Extended to March 2, 1910.
Exec. Order No. 1120, William Howard Taft (Aug 6, 1909). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-1120-time-limit-for-completion-the-work-the-spanish-treaty-claims.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By authority of the sixteenth section of the Act of Congress, approved March second, 1909, entitled "An Act to carry into effect the stipulations of Article Seven of the Treaty between the United States and Spain, concluded on the tenth day of December, 1898," the period of two years from the date of the approval of said Act (during which the powers and jurisdiction granted to the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission duly appointed under the first section of said Act of Congress to examine and adjudicate all claims of citizens of the United States against Spain which the United States agreed to adjudicate and settle by the seventh article of said Treaty were, according to said Act to be in force and continue) is hereby extended for and during six months from and after the second day of September, 1909, and for no longer time, it being the judgment of the President that such time is necessary to enable the Commission to complete its work. WM. H. TAFT. THE WHITE HOUSE, August 6, 1909.
