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Executive Order 5858 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5858—Establishing the Semidi Islands Wild Life Refuge, Alaska

Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover
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Friday, June 17, 1932
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2 min read (366 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 1932-06-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Semidi Islands Wild Life Refuge, Alaska." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 8881, published in Washington, D.C., April, 1919, as within the Semidi Island Group, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for wild birds and game and fur animals, subject to existing valid rights.
▪ This refuge shall be known as the Seinidi Islands Wild Life Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
366
2,152 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
16.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 5858, Herbert Hoover (Jun 17, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5858-establishing-the-semidi-islands-wild-life-refuge-alaska.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
It is hereby ordered that Aghiyuk Island, Chowiet Island, Kateekuk Island, Anowik Island, Kiliktagik Island, Suklik Island, Aghik Island, Aliksemit Island, and South Island, together with all unnamed islands, rocks, and reefs, and all lands under water appurtenant thereto, lying between parallels 55° 57' and 56° 15' north latitude and meridians 156° 30' and 157° 00' longitude west of Greenwich, in the North Pacific Ocean southeast of the Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, and shown on United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 8881, published in Washington, D.C., April, 1919, as within the Semidi Island Group, be, and the same are hereby, reserved from all forms of appropriation under the public land laws and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for wild birds and game and fur animals, subject to existing valid rights. It is unlawful within this reservation (a) to hunt, trap, capture, willfully disturb, or kill any wild animal or bird of any kind whatever, to take or destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird, to occupy or use any part of the reservation, or to enter thereon for any purpose, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture; (b) to cut, burn, or destroy any timber, underbrush, grass, or other natural growth; (c) willfully to leave fire or to suffer it to burn unattended near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material; (d) after building a fire in or near any forest, timber, or other inflammable material, to leave it without totally extinguishing it; and (e) willfully to injure, molest, or destroy any property of the United States. Warning is given to all persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated, under the penalties prescribed by sections 106, 107, and 145 of chapter 4, title 18, United States Code (35 Stat. 1088, 1098, and 43 Stat. 98), or by section 10 of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222, 1224; U.S. Code, Supp. V, title 16, sec. 715i). This refuge shall be known as the Seinidi Islands Wild Life Refuge. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, June 17, 1932.