Executive Order 7146 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7146—Modification of Executive Order No. 6910, of November 26, 1934, as Amended by Executive Order No. 7048, of May 20, 1935, Withdrawing Public Lands in Certain States

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Monday, August 19, 1935

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2 min read (302 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1935-08-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modification of Executive Order No. 6910, of November 26, 1934, as Amended by Executive Order No. 7048, of May 20, 1935, Withdrawing Public Lands in Certain States." 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

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

▪ 497), it is ordered that Executive Order No.

▪ 6910, of November 26, 1934, as amended by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

302

1,585 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7146, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 19, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7146-modification-executive-order-no-6910-november-26-1934-amended.

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 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847), as amended by the act of August 24, 1912 (ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497), it is ordered that Executive Order No. 6910, of November 26, 1934, as amended by Executive Order No. 7048, of May 20, 1935, temporarily withdrawing all public land in certain States for classification and other purposes, be, and it is hereby, modified to the extent of authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw the following-described tracts of public land for use by the Department of Commerce in the maintenance of air-navigation facilities under and pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of the act of May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 728, 729): CALIFORNIA SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN T. 10 N., R. 3 E., sec. 12, SE¼SE¼SE¼. T. 11 N., R. 6 E., sec. 6, SE¼NW¼. T. 13 N., R. 8 E., sec. 10, SW¼. T. 16 N., R. 11 E., sec. 19, NW¼, unsurveyed. T. 6 N., R. 13 E., sec. 32, NE¼SE¼SW¼, NW¼SW¼SE¼. T. 17 N., R. 13 E., unsurveyed, a tract one-half mile square, the center of which lies one-half mile south of the southwest corner T. 18 N., R. 13 E., which when surveyed will probably be S½NW¼ and N½SW¼ sec. 6. T. 8 N., R. 17 E., sec. 31, SW¼SW¼NW¼. MONTANA PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 11 N., R. 16 W., sec. 6, SE¼NE¼. T. 15 S., R. 6 W., sec. 5, SE¼NW¼, SW¼NE¼, W½SE¼. NEVADA MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN T. 23 S., R. 58 E., sec. 23, SE¼NW¼NE¼; sec. 24, SW¼NE¼NW¼. T. 25 S., R. 58 E., sec. 4, lot 6. T. 22 S., R. 60 E., sec. 18, N½SW¼NW¼; aggregating approximately 840 acres. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, August 19, 1935.