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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1931-05-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Lands from the St. Joe to the Clearwater National Forest, Idaho." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Transfer of Lands from the St. Joe to the Clearwater National Forest, Idaho.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
Total Words
76
413 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
6.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5615, Herbert Hoover (May 1, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5615-transfer-lands-from-the-st-joe-the-clearwater-national-forest-idaho.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that T. 41 N., R. 6 E., Boise meridian, be transferred from the St. Joe to the Clearwater National Forest, in the State of Idaho. This transfer is to be effective from July 1, 1931. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, May 1, 1931.
