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Executive Order 10445 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 10445—Reserving Certain Lands Acquired Under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act as Parts of National Forests

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Friday, April 10, 1953
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2 min read (374 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1953-04-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Reserving Certain Lands Acquired Under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act as Parts of National Forests." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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 Reserving Certain Lands Acquired Under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act as Parts of National Forests.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
374
2,223 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
19.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 10445, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Apr 10, 1953). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10445-reserving-certain-lands-acquired-under-title-iii-the-bankhead-jones.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
WHEREAS certain lands within the exterior boundaries of national forests have been acquired by the United States through exchange under authority of Title in of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, 50 Stat. 525, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1010-1013); and WHEREAS it appears that all such lands are suitable for national-forest purposes, and that it would be in the public interest to reserve such lands as parts of the national forests within which they are located; and WHEREAS it is contemplated that other lands within the exterior boundaries of national forests will be acquired from time to time by the United States through exchange under authority of the said Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act; and WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public interest to reserve all of such lands that are suitable for national forest purposes as parts of the national forests within which they are located: NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the act of March 3, 1891, 26 Stat. 1095, 1103, as amended (16 U. S. C. 471), the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 34, 36 (16 U. S. C. 473), and the said Title m of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, and upon recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered as follows: Except as to lands within the States of Arizona, California, Colorado. Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, (1) all lands within the exterior boundaries of national forests which have been acquired through exchange by the United States under the authority of the said Title in of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, as amended, are hereby added to and reserved as parts of the respective national forests within which they are located; and (2) all lands within the exterior boundaries of national forests hereafter acquired by the United States through exchange under such authority shall, upon determination by the Department of Agriculture that such lands are suitable for national-forest purposes and upon acquisition of title thereto by the United States, be added to and reserved as parts of the respective national forests within which they are located. DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, April 10, 1953.