Executive Order 1477 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 1477—Restoring Lands to White Mountain Indian Reservation

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Saturday, February 17, 1912

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1 min read (153 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 William Howard Taft on 1912-02-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Restoring Lands to White Mountain Indian Reservation." 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

▪ The purpose of this exclusion is to restore the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation in all respects to the status existing prior to the said proclamation of March 2, 1909, as though the inclusion of the lands within the Crook National Forest had not been ordered, and said Indian reservation is hereby fully re-created and restored to that status.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

153

908 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

18.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 1477, William Howard Taft (Feb 17, 1912). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-1477-restoring-lands-white-mountain-indian-reservation.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Under authority of the act of Congress of June 4, 1897 (30 Stats., 11 at 34 and 36), and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that on and after March 1, 1912, the boundaries of the Crook National Forest, Ariz., as proclaimed September 26, 1910, be modified by excluding therefrom that part of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation included in the Apache National Forest by proclamation of March 2, 1909, and transferred to this, the said Crook National Forest, by proclamation of September 26, 1910. The purpose of this exclusion is to restore the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation in all respects to the status existing prior to the said proclamation of March 2, 1909, as though the inclusion of the lands within the Crook National Forest had not been ordered, and said Indian reservation is hereby fully re-created and restored to that status. WM. H. TAFT