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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1931-07-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands for Use as Naval Ammunition Depot, Nevada." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
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Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
181
1,017 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
13.8
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 5664, Herbert Hoover (Jul 2, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5664-withdrawal-public-lands-for-use-naval-ammunition-depot-nevada.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), subject to the conditions, provisions, and limitations of said acts, it is hereby ordered that the following described lands in the State of Nevada be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, and all forms of appropriation and held for the exclusive use and benefit of the United States Navy Department for development of and use as an ammunition depot, until this order is revoked by the President or by act of Congress: Those parts of tracts 39, 42, 43, and 46 per plat of resurvey approved December 7, 1922, embracing those lands included in the following described subdivisions of the original survey thereof per plat approved October 27, 1880, viz: Mount Diablo Meridian NEVADA T. 8 N., R. 30 E., lot 1, NW. ¼ NE.¼, NE.¼ NW.¼, SW.¼ NW.¼ N.½ SW.¼, sec. 16; lot 1, NE.¼ SE.¼, sec. 17; S.½ SW.¼ sec. 20. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, July 2, 1931.
