Executive Order 7144 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7144—Exclusion of Land From the Tongass National Forest

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Monday, August 19, 1935

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1 min read (250 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 1935-08-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Exclusion of Land From the Tongass National Forest." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the tract of land on Chichagof Island, Alaska, lying within the following-described boundaries and occupied as an Indian settlement be, and it is hereby, excluded from the Tongass National Forest: Chs.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

250

1,418 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7144, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 19, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7144-exclusion-land-from-the-tongass-national-forest.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ALASKA 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. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the tract of land on Chichagof Island, Alaska, lying within the following-described boundaries and occupied as an Indian settlement be, and it is hereby, excluded from the Tongass National Forest: Chs. Beginning at corner no. 1, meander corner for Inner Point Sophia Elimination, latitude 58°7'30" N., longitude 135°27'30" W., at line of mean high water (Corner not set because of liability to destruction by tides. This is identical with corner no. 8, meander corner to U.S. survey no. 1472, eliminated. Witness corner bears N. 39° E., 60 lks.); thence by meander (1) N. 42° W., 2.00 chs., (2) N. 10° W., 1.00 chs., (3) N. 22° E., 5.50 chs., to corner no. 2, meander corner, identical with corner no. 1 of U.S. survey no. 1620, Inner Point Sophia Light Reserve; thence east 5.67 to corner no. 3, identical with corner no. 2 of survey no. 1620; thence S. 39° W. 9.835 along west boundary of U.S. survey no. 1472, to the place of beginning, containing 2.87 acres more or less. The meanders were run November 2, 1934; the bearings of these lines were determined by needle compass, allowing a variation of 31° E., and are intended to refer to the true meridian. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, August 19, 1935.