Executive Order 6500 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6500—Revoking in Part Executive Order No. 5462 Withdrawing Public Land for Customs and Immigration Inspection Purposes

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Friday, December 15, 1933

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1 min read (198 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 1933-12-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Revoking in Part Executive Order No. 5462 Withdrawing Public Land for Customs and Immigration Inspection Purposes." 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

▪ 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch.

▪ Of the Gila and Salt River meridian, for customs and immigration inspection purposes at the international boundary line in Arizona, is hereby revoked as to the following portion of said tract as now shown upon the supplemental plat of survey of said township approved August 25, 1933: Lot 8, sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises

Total Words

198

1,101 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6500, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 15, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6500-revoking-part-executive-order-no-5462-withdrawing-public-land-for.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ARIZONA By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497), Executive Order No. 5462, dated October 14, 1930, withdrawing a certain tract of land, then unsurveyed, described by metes and bounds, in secs. 6 and 7, T. 18 S., R. 5 W. of the Gila and Salt River meridian, for customs and immigration inspection purposes at the international boundary line in Arizona, is hereby revoked as to the following portion of said tract as now shown upon the supplemental plat of survey of said township approved August 25, 1933: Lot 8, sec. 6, and lot 3, sec. 7, containing a total of 2.87 acres, and comprising that part of the original tract of land lying west of the center line of the Ajo-Sonoyta Highway. The tract of land remaining withdrawn for customs and immigration-inspection purposes, as shown upon said supplemental plat of survey, consists of lot 9, sec. 6, and lot 4, sec. 7, said township and range, containing a total of 5.84 acres. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, December 15, 1933.