Executive Order 7417 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7417—Establishing Minidoka Wildlife Refuge in Idaho

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Friday, July 17, 1936

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1 min read (281 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 1936-07-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing Minidoka Wildlife Refuge in Idaho." 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.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended.

▪ This refuge shall be known as the Minidoka Wildlife Refuge.

▪ 5375 of June 23, 1930, enlarging such reservation, are hereby revoked.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

281

1,674 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7417, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 17, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7417-establishing-minidoka-wildlife-refuge-idaho.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States and 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, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that, subject to valid existing rights, the following-described lands in Idaho, surveyed or unsurveyed, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, or other form of appropriation and reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for birds and other wildlife: BOISE MERIDIAN The greater part of the land herein reserved has been withdrawn for reclamation purposes in connection with the Minidoka Irrigation Project, and is primarily under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior. The reservation of such land as a wildlife refuge is subject to the use thereof by the said Department for irrigation and incidental purposes. The reservation made by this order supersedes as to any of the above-described lands affected thereby the temporary withdrawal for classification and other purposes made by Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended. This refuge shall be known as the Minidoka Wildlife Refuge. Executive Order No. 1032 of February 5, 1909, in so far as it reserved certain lands within a reservoir site in Idaho as the Minidoka Bird Reservation, and Executive Orders No. 1486 of February 21, 1912, and No. 5375 of June 23, 1930, enlarging such reservation, are hereby revoked. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, July 17, 1936.