Executive Order 4175 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 4175—Transfer of Patent Office to Commerce Department

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Tuesday, March 17, 1925

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1 min read (128 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 Calvin Coolidge on 1925-03-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Patent Office to Commerce Department." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ The transfer above mentioned shall be effective from and including April 1, 1925.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

128

770 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 4175, Calvin Coolidge (Mar 17, 1925). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-4175-transfer-patent-office-commerce-department.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

I, Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, under the authority conferred upon me by Act of February 14, 1903, entitled "An Act to establish the Department of Commerce and Labor" (32 Stat. 826), and by virtue of all other powers thereto me enabling, do hereby transfer from the Department of the Interior to the Department of Commerce, to be administered under the supervision of the Secretary of Commerce, the United States Patent Office, together with all appropriations, the records and all public property of said service in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, as provided in the Act of February 14, 1903, supra. The transfer above mentioned shall be effective from and including April 1, 1925. CALVIN COOLIDGE THE WHITE HOUSE, March 17, 1925 .