Executive Order 2505 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 2505—Relating to Indians on Public Domain

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Wednesday, January 3, 1917

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1 min read (129 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 1917-01-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Relating to Indians on Public Domain." 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 Relating to Indians on Public Domain.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

129

833 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 2505, Woodrow Wilson (Jan 3, 1917). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-2505-relating-indians-public-domain.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

It is hereby ordered, under authority found in the act of June twenty-one, nineteen hundred and six (Thirty-fourth Statutes at Large, pages three hundred and twenty-five and three hundred and twenty-six), that the trust or other period of restriction against alienation contained in any patent issued to any Indian for any lands on the public domain be, and the same is hereby, extended for a further period of one year in all cases where such trust or other restrictive period against alienation would otherwise expire during the calendar year nineteen hundred and seventeen, excepting only in the following specific instances: Indian homesteader. Series. Whappitoe Joe No. 386, Seattle, Washington. Sampson Grant No. 395, Redding, California. Henry Wool No. 433, Redding, California. WOODROW WILSON The White House, January 3, 1917