Executive Order 2045 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 2045—Combining Manzano and Zuni National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico

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Thursday, September 10, 1914

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1 min read (203 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 Woodrow Wilson on 1914-09-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Combining Manzano and Zuni National Forests in Arizona and New Mexico." 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

▪ 1482 of February 17, 1912, be, and the same hereby transferred to and made a part of the Manzano National Forest.

▪ It is intended by this Executive Order for economy of administration to merge into one national forest, hereafter to be known as the Manzano National Forest, all the lands at the date hereof in the Zuni and Manzano National Forests, and the boundaries of the Manzano National Forest as they existed at this date are hereby modified accordingly.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

203

1,174 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

15.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 2045, Woodrow Wilson (Sep 10, 1914). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-2045-combining-manzano-and-zuni-national-forests-arizona-and-new-mexico.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Under authority of the Act of Congress of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. II), and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that all the lands included within the boundaries of the Zuni National Forest, Arizona and New Mexico, as fixed and defined by proclamation of July 1, 1910, and modified by Executive Order No. 1367 of May 31, 1911, and Executive Order No. 1482 of February 17, 1912, be, and the same hereby transferred to and made a part of the Manzano National Forest. It is intended by this Executive Order for economy of administration to merge into one national forest, hereafter to be known as the Manzano National Forest, all the lands at the date hereof in the Zuni and Manzano National Forests, and the boundaries of the Manzano National Forest as they existed at this date are hereby modified accordingly. This Executive Order is not intended to add to the Manzano National Forest any lands which at the date hereof are not embraced in the Zuni National Forest or to release from reservation for national forest purposes any lands at the date hereof within the Zuni National Forest. WOODROW WILSON THE WHITE HOUSE, September 10, 1914.