Executive Order 7108 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7108—Withdrawal of Public Land for Lookout Station

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Friday, July 19, 1935

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1 min read (184 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 1935-07-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Land for Lookout Station." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

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

▪ 497), it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ 6910, of November 26, 1934, temporarily withdrawing all vacant, unreserved, and appropriated public lands in certain States for classification and other purposes, as amended by Executive Order No.

▪ 7048, of May 20, 1935, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tract of public land in California: HUMBOLDT MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

184

1,078 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7108, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 19, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7108-withdrawal-public-land-for-lookout-station.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

CALIFORNIA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 56 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 569, 37 Stat. 497), it is ordered as follows: Section 1. Executive Order No. 6910, of November 26, 1934, temporarily withdrawing all vacant, unreserved, and appropriated public lands in certain States for classification and other purposes, as amended by Executive Order No. 7048, of May 20, 1935, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tract of public land in California: HUMBOLDT MERIDIAN T. 3 N., R. 3 E., sec. 6, NE¼SW¼, 40 acres. Section 2. Subject to valid existing rights, the land described in section 1 of this order is hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use as a lookout station in connection with Federal and State cooperative forest-protection work. Section 3. Section 2 of this order shall continue in force and effect unless and until revoked by, the President or by act of Congress. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, July 19, 1935.