Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Establishment of Pah-Ute Reservation

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Thursday, February 12, 1874

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1 min read (189 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 Ulysses S. Grant on 1874-02-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Establishment of Pah-Ute 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Establishment of Pah-Ute Reservation.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

189

1,044 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

38.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Establishment of Pah-Ute Reservation," Ulysses S. Grant (Feb 12, 1874). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-establishment-pah-ute-reservation.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

EXECUTIVE MANSION, February 12, 1874. In lieu of an Executive order dated the 12th of March last, setting apart certain lands in Nevada as a reservation for the Indians of that locality, which order is hereby canceled, it is hereby ordered that there be withdrawn from sale or other disposition, and set apart for the use of the Pah-Ute and such other Indians as the Department may see fit to locate thereon, the tract of country bounded and described as follows, viz: Beginning at a point in the middle of the main channel of the Colorado River of the West, 8 miles east of the one hundred and fourteenth degree of west longitude; thence due north to the thirty-seventh degree of north latitude; thence west with said parallel to a point 20 miles west of the one hundred and fifteenth degree of west longitude; thence due south 35 miles; thence due east 36 miles; thence due south to the middle of the main channel of the Colorado River of the West; thence up the middle of the main channel of said river to the place of beginning. U.S. GRANT.