Executive Order 5721 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5721—Addition to Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge

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Saturday, September 19, 1931

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1 min read (258 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 1931-09-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Addition to Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 650), entitled "An act to estabfish the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge," be, and the same are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to existing valid rights, as part of said refuge: Wisconsin—Fourth Principal Meridian T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

258

1,306 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

5.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5721, Herbert Hoover (Sep 19, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5721-addition-upper-mississippi-river-wild-life-and-fish-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

It is hereby ordered that the following-described vacant public lands, which are situated on either side of or upon islands in the Mississippi River, between Rock Island, Ill., and Wabasha, Minn., and are subject to overflow by said river and have been determined by the Secretary of Agriculture to be suitable for the purposes defined by the act of June 7, 1924 (U.S. Code, title 16, ch. 8, sec. 721; 43 Stat. 650), entitled "An act to estabfish the Upper Mississippi River Wild Life and Fish Refuge," be, and the same are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to existing valid rights, as part of said refuge: Wisconsin—Fourth Principal Meridian T. 11 N., R. 7 W., sec. 34, lot 1 and SE. ¼ NE. ¼. Illinois—Fourth Principal Meridian T. 27 N., R. 1 W., sec. 1, east part island "A"; sec. 2, west part island "A". Iowa—Fifth Principal Meridian T. 93 N., R. 2 W., sec. 17, lots 5 and 6; sec. 20, fractional NE. ¼ T. 85 N., R. 6 E., sec. 14, fractional section; T. 84 N., R. 7 E., sec. 6, lot 10. Minnesota—Fifth Principal Meridian T. 101 N., R. 3 W., sec. 31, unnumbered lot in W. ½ SW. ¼; T. 103 N., R. 4 W., sec. 12, lot 1; T. 105 N., R. 4 W., sec. 20, lot 1; T. 106 N., R. 5 W., sec. 8, lot 1; sec. 9, lots 1 and 2; T. 108 N., R. 8 W., sec. 22, lot 1. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, September 19, 1931.