Executive Order 6881 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6881—Transfer of Lands from the Cochetopa to the Gunnison National Forest, and from the Gunnison to the Cochetopa National Forest, Colorado

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Monday, October 22, 1934

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2 min read (329 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 1934-10-22, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Lands from the Cochetopa to the Gunnison National Forest, and from the Gunnison to the Cochetopa National Forest, Colorado." 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

▪ 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the boundary between the Cochetopa and Gunnison National Forests in Tps.

▪ 4 E., New Mexico principal meridian, in the State of Colorado, be, and it is hereby, described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of sec.

▪ It is further ordered that all lands of the Cochetopa National Forest lying to the north and west of the above-described line be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Gunnison National Forest, and that all lands of the Gunnison National Forest lying to the south and.

▪ East of the above-described line be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Cochetopa National Forest.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

329

1,850 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6881, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oct 22, 1934). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6881-transfer-lands-from-the-cochetopa-the-gunnison-national-forest-and.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36, 16 U.S.C., sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the boundary between the Cochetopa and Gunnison National Forests in Tps. 48 and 49 N., R. 4 E., New Mexico principal meridian, in the State of Colorado, be, and it is hereby, described as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of sec. 22, T. 48 N., R. 4 E., New Mexico principal meridian, which is a point on the present boundary of the Cochetopa National Forest; thence north to the west quarter corner of sec. 14, said township; thence east to the center of said sec. 14; thence north approximately 1 1/8; miles to the hydrographic divide between Horn Gulch on the north and west and the tributaries of Tomichi Creek to the south; thence easterly along said divide to the divide between Horn Gulch on the north and Dawson Creek on the south, continuing through secs. 1, 11, and 12 of said township and sec. 36 of T. 49 N., R. 4 E. to the point where said divide intersects the east line of said sec. 36, which is a point on the present interforest boundary between the Cochetopa and Gunnison National Forests. It is further ordered that all lands of the Cochetopa National Forest lying to the north and west of the above-described line be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Gunnison National Forest, and that all lands of the Gunnison National Forest lying to the south and. east of the above-described line be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Cochetopa National Forest. It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a nationalforest status which have hitherto not had such status, or to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, October 22, 1934.