Executive Order 11028 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 11028—Transferring Lands Between the Clark and Mark Twain National Forests (Missouri) and Adding Certain Lands to the Hiawatha National Forest (Michigan)

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Saturday, June 9, 1962

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1 min read (293 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President John F. Kennedy on 1962-06-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Lands Between the Clark and Mark Twain National Forests (Missouri) and Adding Certain Lands to the Hiawatha National Forest (Michigan)." 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

▪ 473), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows: 1.

▪ 3051) is hereby transferred of an made a part of the Mark Twain National Forest.

▪ 3051), is hereby transferred to and made a part of the Clark National Forest.

▪ Lot 1, section 25, township 40 north, range 3 west, Michigan Meridian (Round Island) is hereby added to and made a part of the Hiawatha National Forest (Michigan) as proclaimed by Proclamation of January 16, 1939 (53 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

293

1,618 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

6.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 11028, John F. Kennedy (Jun 9, 1962). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-11028-transferring-lands-between-the-clark-and-mark-twain-national-forests.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 24 of the Act of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 1103; 16 U.S.C. 471), the Act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 34, 36; 16 U.S.C. 473), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered as follows: 1. That part of the Clark National Forest lying in townships 23 north to 27 north, inclusive, and ranges 1 and 2 east and 1 to 5 west, inclusive, Fifth Principal Meridian, Missouri, as proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2363 of September 11, 1939 (54 (54 Stat. 2657), as modified by Executive Order No. 10932 of April 7, 1961 (26 F.R. 3051) is hereby transferred of an made a part of the Mark Twain National Forest. 2. That part of the Mark Twain National Forest lying in townships 31 north to 37 north, inclusive, and ranges 9 west to 13 west, inclusive, Fifth Principal Meridian, Missouri, as proclaimed by Proclamation No. 2362 of September 11, 1939 (54 Stat. 2655), as modified by Executive Order NO. 10932 of April 7, 1961 (26 F.R. 3051), is hereby transferred to and made a part of the Clark National Forest. 3. Lot 1, section 25, township 40 north, range 3 west, Michigan Meridian (Round Island) is hereby added to and made a part of the Hiawatha National Forest (Michigan) as proclaimed by Proclamation of January 16, 1939 (53 Stat. 3043), as modified by Proclamation No. 2318 (553 Stat. 2518), Executive Order No. 10932 of April 7, 1961 (26 F.R. 3051), and Executive Order No. 10993 of February 9, 1962 (27 F.R. 1312). This order shall become effective on July 1, 1962. JOHN F. KENNEDY THE WHITE HOUSE, June 9, 1962