Executive Order 5262 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5262—Revoking Withdrawal of Land for Resurvey, Arizona

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Monday, January 20, 1930

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1 min read (251 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 1930-01-20, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Revoking Withdrawal of Land for Resurvey, Arizona." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 5, 6, and 7 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, pending a resurvey of these townships, be and the same are hereby revoked as to the above-mentioned townships.

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

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

251

1,433 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5262, Herbert Hoover (Jan 20, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5262-revoking-withdrawal-land-for-resurvey-arizona.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

It is hereby ordered that Executive Order No. 4798 of January 23, 1928, which withdrew the public lands in T. 4 S., Rs. 8, 9, and 10 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, and Executive Order No. 4828 of March 12, 1928, which withdrew the public lands in T. 6 S., Rs. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 E., and T. 7 S., Rs. 5, 6, and 7 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona, pending a resurvey of these townships, be and the same are hereby revoked as to the above-mentioned townships. 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 plats 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, January 20, 1930.