Executive Order 5212 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5212—Restoring Certain Reserved Lands for Resurvey and Opening Such Lands to Entry, Washington

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Friday, October 25, 1929

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1 min read (211 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 Herbert Hoover on 1929-10-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Restoring Certain Reserved Lands for Resurvey and Opening Such Lands to Entry, Washington." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 39 E., W.M., Washington, pending a resurvey in said township, be and the same is hereby revoked as to the above mentioned lands.

▪ 434), as amended January 21 and December 28, 1922 (42 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

211

1,242 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5212, Herbert Hoover (Oct 25, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5212-restoring-certain-reserved-lands-for-resurvey-and-opening-such-lands.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4726 of September 27, 1927, withdrawing among other lands the public lands in Secs. 20, 24 and 30, T. 32 N., R. 39 E., W.M., Washington, pending a resurvey in said township, be and the same is hereby revoked as to the above mentioned lands. And it is hereby ordered, pursuant to public resolution No. 29 of February 14, 1920 (41 Stat. 434), as amended January 21 and December 28, 1922 (42 Stat. 358, 1067), that the above described lands, if otherwise subject to disposition, subject to valid rights, shall be opened to entry under the homestead or desert land laws only by qualified ex-service men of the War with Germany, under the terms and conditions of such resolutions, and the regulations issued thereunder, for a period of 91 days, beginning with the official filing of the plat of resurvey and thereafter to appropriation under any public land law applicable thereto, by the general public. Subsequent to the date hereof, and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to the released lands by settlement in advance of entry, or otherwise, except strictly in accordance herewith. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, October 25, 1929.