Executive Order 7381 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7381—Transferring to War Department Possession and Control of Certain Land at Army Supply Base, Charleston, S.C.

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Wednesday, June 3, 1936

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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 1936-06-03, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring to War Department Possession and Control of Certain Land at Army Supply Base, Charleston, S.C.." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Transferring to War Department Possession and Control of Certain Land at Army Supply Base, Charleston, S.C..

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

329

1,900 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7381, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 3, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7381-transferring-war-department-possession-and-control-certain-land-army.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas by Executive Order No. 3920, dated November 3, 1923, the possession and control of all that portion of the Charleston Quartermaster Intermediate Depot, Charleston, South Carolina, designated as Tracts Nos. 1 and 2 on the map on file in the office of the Quartermaster General, War Department, entitled "Charleston Port Terminal, Plan No. 6243-107, dated May 10, 1923", were transferred from the War Department to the United States Shipping Board; and Whereas it is deemed necessary in order to permit the proper maintenance of and supervision over the adjoining Charleston Ordnance Depot that the possession and control of the hereinafter-described portion of the said Tract No. 2 be returned to the War Department: Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 17 of the act of June 5, 1920, 41 Stat. 988, 994, the possession and control of the following-described tract of land, comprising a part of the said Tract No. 2, are hereby transferred to the War Department for such period of time as the land may, in the opinion of the President, be required for military purposes: Beginning at an iron pipe marking the point of intersection of a line parallel to and 25 feet easterly of the center line of Cosgrove Avenue, produced northerly, with a line parallel to and 25 feet northerly of the center line of a 20 foot concrete road, said pipe also marking the northwesterly corner of tract No. 2. Thence from said initial point by metes and bounds, N. 84°44'30" E., 825.50 ft. to a steel bolt; S. 26°46'50" E., 60.88 ft. to a concrete monument; S. 68°06' W., 333.12 ft. to a concrete monument; S. 28°24'40" W., 69.23 ft. to a concrete monument; S. 61°39'50" W., 558.80 ft. to a concrete monument; N. 2°02' W., 429.97 ft. to the place of beginning. The tract as described contains an area of 4.56 acres. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, June 3, 1936.