Executive Order 6362 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6362—Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 6143 Withdrawing Certain Lands in New Mexico

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Wednesday, October 25, 1933

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1 min read (269 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-10-25, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Partial Revocation of Executive Order No. 6143 Withdrawing Certain Lands in New Mexico." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 746-748), is, insofar as it pertains to the following-described lands, hereby revoked: New Mexico Principal Meridian T.

▪ It is further ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (ch.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

269

1,527 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

8.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6362, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oct 25, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6362-partial-revocation-executive-order-no-6143-withdrawing-certain-lands.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847-848), Executive Order No. 6143, dated May 23, 1933, withdrawing certain public lands to aid the State of New Mexico in making exchange selections under the act of June 15, 1926 (ch. 590, 44 Stat. 746-748), is, insofar as it pertains to the following-described lands, hereby revoked: New Mexico Principal Meridian T. 25 S., R. 15 E., sec. 6, lot 6, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼; secs. 7 and 8. T. 25 S., R. 16 E., sec. 1, lots 1, 2, 3, S½NE¼, SE¼NW¼, N½SE¼, NE¼SW¼. T. 25 S., R. 16 E., sec. 12, E½ E½W½; sec. 26, SW¼SE¼; sec. 30, lots 1, 2, 3, 4, E½W½; sec, 31, lots 1, 2, 3, E½NW¼, NE¼SW¼, N½SE¼. It is further ordered, pursuant to Public Resolution 85, approved June 12, 1930 (ch. 471, 46 Stat. 580), that, subject to existing valid rights, the above-described areas shall be opened only to entry under the homestead or desert-land laws by qualified ex-service men for whose service recognition is granted by said resolution and the regulations issued thereunder, for a period of 91 days beginning with the sixty-third day from and after the date hereof, and thereafter to appropriation by the general public under any public-land law applicable thereto. Subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the date of restoration to general disposition as herein provided, no right may be acquired to such lands by settlement in advance of entry or otherwise except strictly in accordance with this order. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, October 25, 1933.