Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Defining Carlin Farms Boundaries

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Thursday, May 10, 1877

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1 min read (279 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 Rutherford B. Hayes on 1877-05-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Defining Carlin Farms Boundaries." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Station A,” the place of beginning, containing 521.61 acres, be, and the same hereby is, withdrawn from sale or settlement, and set apart as a reservation for the Northwestern Shoshone Indians.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

279

1,439 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Defining Carlin Farms Boundaries," Rutherford B. Hayes (May 10, 1877). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-defining-carlin-farms-boundaries.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 10, 1877. It is hereby ordered that all that tract of country in the State of Nevada (known as the Carlin Farms), lying within the following boundaries, viz: Beginning at the quarter-section comer post on the west boundary of section 6, township 35 north, range 52 east, Mount Diablo meridian; thence south 62 degrees 56 minutes east 4,229| feet, to a post marked UU. S. I. R. station B;” thence north 2 degrees 4 minutes east 1,928 feet to a post marked “U. S. I. R. station C;” thence north 3 degrees 9 minutes west 2,122 feet to a post marked “U. S. 1. R. station D;” thence south 85 degrees 8 minutes west 3,000 feet to a post marked “ U. S. 1. R. station E;” thence north 52 degrees 32 minutes west 4,046 feet to a post marked “ U. I. R. station F;” thence north 39 degrees 25 minutes west 1,200 feet to a post marked “ U. S. I. R. station G;” thence south 44 degrees 10 minutes west 2,200 feet to a post marked “U. S. I. R. station H;” thence south 44 degrees 29 minutes east 2,663 feet to a post marked “ U. S. I. R. station I:” thence south 58 degrees 57 minutes east 2,535 feet to a post marked “ (U. S. I. R. station K;” thence south 59 degrees 29 minutes east 878 feet to a post marked “ U. S. I. R. station A,” the place of beginning, containing 521.61 acres, be, and the same hereby is, withdrawn from sale or settlement, and set apart as a reservation for the Northwestern Shoshone Indians. R.B. HAYES.