Early Statesman synthesis distilling legal jargon into practical meaning, statutory anchors, and structural constitutional impacts.
This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1931-01-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modification of Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 16, Deschutes River, Oregon." 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
▪16 effecting lands adjacent to Odell Lake in the headwaters of the Deschutes River, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the Federal Power Commission to issue a license to the Odell Lake Co.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
142
854 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
📜
Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5533, Herbert Hoover (Jan 16, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5533-modification-reservoir-site-reserve-no-16-deschutes-river-oregon.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
The Executive order of March 28, 1924, creating Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 16 effecting lands adjacent to Odell Lake in the headwaters of the Deschutes River, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the Federal Power Commission to issue a license to the Odell Lake Co. (Inc.), of Crescent Lake, Oreg., for a minor power project on the following described land, on condition that whenever the land is required in connection with the development of Odell Lake Reservoir Site the licensee agrees at its own expense to move its project works downstream a distance such that they will not interfere with the construction and operation of a dam and other structures for the utilization of the Odell Lake Reservoir Site. Willamette Meridian T. 23 S., R. 6 E., (unsurveyed) sec. 25; (unsurveyed) sec. 26. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, January 16, 1931.
