Executive Order 5662 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5662—Exception from Examination of Cooperative Employees Enforcing the Plant Quarantine Act, Department of Agriculture

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Wednesday, July 1, 1931

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1 min read (166 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 1931-07-01, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exception from Examination of Cooperative Employees Enforcing the Plant Quarantine Act, Department of Agriculture." 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

▪ They shall serve only so long as absolutely required and in no case beyond 180 days in any one year.

▪ The name of the employee, designation, rate of pay, and place of employment shall be shown in the periodical reports of changes; and in addition the aggregate individual service rendered and the distribution of such service during the year shall be shown in the report of changes at the end of each year or when the employee is separated from the service.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

166

1,001 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

19.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5662, Herbert Hoover (Jul 1, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5662-exception-from-examination-cooperative-employees-enforcing-the-plant.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Schedule A of positions excepted from examination under the civil-service rules is hereby amended, in Subdivision IX, Department of Agriculture, by the addition to the first paragraph of a new clause (i), to read as follows: (i) Inspectors, scouts, trap tenders, truck drivers, and operators of mechanical equipment, such as sprayers, burners, plows, and rakes, employed temporarily in the field in cooperation with the various States in connection with the enforcement of the Plant Quarantine Act. They shall serve only so long as absolutely required and in no case beyond 180 days in any one year. The name of the employee, designation, rate of pay, and place of employment shall be shown in the periodical reports of changes; and in addition the aggregate individual service rendered and the distribution of such service during the year shall be shown in the report of changes at the end of each year or when the employee is separated from the service. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, July 1, 1931.