Presidential Order Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order—Extension of Hoopa Valley Reservation Boundaries

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Friday, October 16, 1891

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1 min read (133 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 Benjamin Harrison on 1891-10-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "—Extension of Hoopa Valley Reservation Boundaries." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on —Extension of Hoopa Valley Reservation Boundaries.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

133

781 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

20.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order, "Executive Order—Extension of Hoopa Valley Reservation Boundaries," Benjamin Harrison (Oct 16, 1891). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-extension-hoopa-valley-reservation-boundaries.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

EXECUTIVE MANSION, October 16, 1891. It is hereby ordered that the limits of the Hoopa Valley Reservation in the state of California, a reservation duly set apart for Indian purposes, as one of the Indian reservations authorized to be set apart, in said State, by Act of Congress approved April 18, 1864, (13 Stats., 39), be and the same are hereby extended so as to include a tract of country one mile in width on each side of the Klamath River, and extending from the present limits of the said Hoopa Valley reservation to the Pacific Ocean; Provided, however, That any tractor tracts included within the above described boundaries to which valid rights have attached under the laws of the United States are hereby excluded from the reservation as hereby extended. BENJ. HARRISON