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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1930-06-24, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Power-Site Restoration No. 442." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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 Power-Site Restoration No. 442.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
156
901 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
14.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5378, Herbert Hoover (Jun 24, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5378-power-site-restoration-no-442.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Alaska So much of the order of October 8, 1914, creating Power-Site Reserve No. 460, as affects lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked: All lands within one-half mile of that portion of the channel of Salmon Creek which lies between its point of discharge into Gastineau Channel about 3 miles northwest of Juneau, and a point 5 miles above said point of discharge; except such lands as are embraced in the Joint Final Power Permit (Juneau 02879) granted to the Alaska-Gastineau Mining Co., under the act of February 15, 1901 (31 Stat. 790), by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior on January 24, 1918, and lands within 50 feet of the marginal limits thereof; and except all lands within 100 feet of the center line of Salmon Creek from its mouth to the dam at Salmon Creek Reservoir, located and described in said permit. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, June 24, 1930.
