Executive Order 1518 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 1518—Withdrawing Lands from Flathead or Jocko Reservation for Examination and Classification

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Saturday, April 13, 1912

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1 min read (78 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 1912-04-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Lands from Flathead or Jocko Reservation for Examination and Classification." 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

▪ 23 W., Montana principal meridian, in the Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont., be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, and entry, and reserved for examination and classification, subject to all of the provisions, limitations, exceptions, and conditions contained in the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stats., 847).

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

455 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

8.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 1518, William Howard Taft (Apr 13, 1912). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-1518-withdrawing-lands-from-flathead-or-jocko-reservation-for-examination.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

It is ordered, That the NE. 1/4 of the SW. 1/4 of sec. 31, T. 19 N., R. 23 W., Montana principal meridian, in the Flathead Indian Reservation, Mont., be, and the same is hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, and entry, and reserved for examination and classification, subject to all of the provisions, limitations, exceptions, and conditions contained in the act of June 25, 1910 (36 Stats., 847). WM. H. TAFT. The White House, April 13, 1912