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Executive Order 7313 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7313—Revoking Executive Order of July 26, 1905, and Excluding Certain Tracts of Land from Tong ass National Forest and Restoring Them to Entry, Alaska

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tuesday, March 10, 1936
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2 min read (365 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1936-03-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Revoking Executive Order of July 26, 1905, and Excluding Certain Tracts of Land from Tong ass National Forest and Restoring Them to Entry, Alaska." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Revoking Executive Order of July 26, 1905, and Excluding Certain Tracts of Land from Tong ass National Forest and Restoring Them to Entry, Alaska.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
365
2,216 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
8.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 7313, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 10, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7313-revoking-executive-order-july-26-1905-and-excluding-certain-tracts.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
The Executive Order of July 26, 1905, reserving the following-described tract of land in Alaska as a site for a lighthouse depot, is hereby revoked: Beginning at a point at low water line on the northwesterly shore of Revillagigedo Island and on the southeasterly shore of Clover Passage, said point being at the intersection of a north and south line about two miles due east of Point Higgins, with the said northwesterly shore, thence south one mile, thence west one mile, thence north to low water line, thence northeasterly along low water line to the point of beginning. And 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 following-described tracts of land in Alaska, one of which includes a portion of the above area, occupied as homesites and identified by elimination surveys, plats and field notes of which are on file in the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., be, and they are hereby, excluded from the Tongass National Forest and restored to entry under the applicable public-land laws: Homesite no. 13, lot B, Clover Pass group, Revillagigedo Island, 4.33 acres; approximate latitude 55°29'40" N., longitude 131°45'50" W. Homesite no. 188, east shore of Klawak Inlet, Prince of Wales Island, 3.75 acres; approximate latitude 55°28'42" N., longitude 133°8'30" W. Homesite no. 252, west shore of Wrangell Narrows, Kupreanof Island, in lot 6, sec. 33, T. 58 S., R. 79 E., Copper River Meridian; 4.99 acres. Homesite no. 274, east shore of Port Frederick, Chichagof Island, 1.24 acres; approximate latitude 58°07'32" N., longitude 135°27'24" W. Homesite no. 275, east shore of Port Frederick, Chichagof Island, 0.85 acres; approximate latitude 58°07'30" N., longitude 135°27'25" W. Homesite no. 284, lot L, Scow Bay group, east shore of Wrangell Narrows, Mitkof Island, in secs. 15 and 22, T. 59 S., R. 79 E. Copper River Meridian; 4.97 acres. Homesite no. 319, between Klawak Inlet and Crab Bay, Prince of Wales Island, 4.94 acres; approximate latitude 55°28'47" N., longitude 133°8'26" W. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, March 10, 1936.