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Executive Order 5498 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5498—Salton Sea Wild Life Refuge

Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover
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Tuesday, November 25, 1930
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2 min read (396 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 1930-11-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Salton Sea Wild Life Refuge." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ That the following described area in Imperial County, Calif., be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals, subject to existing valid rights: SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T.
▪ This refuge shall be known as the Salton Sea Wild Life Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
396
2,169 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 5498, Herbert Hoover (Nov 25, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5498-salton-sea-wild-life-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
California It is hereby ordered that the following described area in Imperial County, Calif., be, and the same is hereby, reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and wild animals, subject to existing valid rights: SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T. 11 S., R. 11 E., secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, secs. 8 to 16, inclusive, secs. 21 to 27, inclusive, E. ½ sec. 28, N. ½ sec. 35, and sec. 36; T. 11 S., R. 12 E., secs. 1 to 24, inclusive, and secs. 26 to 35, inclusive; T. 12 S., R. 12 E., secs. 2 to 6, inclusive, and sec. 8; T. 11 S., R. 13 E., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive, and secs. 17, 18, and 19. Lands involved have been withdrawn for reclamation purposes in connection with the Yuma Project, Arizona-California, and are primarily under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. The reservation of these lands as a wild-life refuge is subject to the use thereof by said department for irrigation and other incidental purposes. It is unlawful within this reservation ( a ) to hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any wild animal or bird of any kind whatever, to take or destroy the eggs of any wild bird, to occupy or use any part of the reservation, or to enter thereon for any purpose, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; ( b ) to cut, burn, or destroy any timber, underbrush, grass, or other natural growth; ( c ) willfully to leave or suffer fire to burn unattended near any timber or other inflammable material; ( d ) after building a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material, to leave it without totally extinguishing it; and ( e ) willfully to injure, molest, or destroy any property of the United States. Warning is given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated, under the penalties prescribed by sections 106, 107, and 145 of title 18, chapter 4, United States Code, or by the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (U.S. Code, Supp. III, title 16, ch. 7a). This refuge shall be known as the Salton Sea Wild Life Refuge. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, November 25, 1930.