Executive Order 7424 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7424—Transferring Certain Lands to the Department of Agriculture for Use as a Soil Conservation Experimental Station

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Sunday, July 26, 1936

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1 min read (140 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 1936-07-26, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Certain Lands to the Department of Agriculture for Use as a Soil Conservation Experimental Station." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ 31, W½E½SW¼, that part of W½SW¼ lying south of the established east-west public highway, and N½SW¼SE¼; Sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners 🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions

Total Words

140

817 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7424, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 26, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7424-transferring-certain-lands-the-department-agriculture-for-use-soil.

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 Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), and as President of the United States, it is ordered that the following-described lands in Pope County, Illinois, consisting of 430 acres, more or less, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Resettlement Administration to the control and jurisdiction of the Department of Agriculture for use as a soil conservation experimental station: THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 12 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 31, W½E½SW¼, that part of W½SW¼ lying south of the established east-west public highway, and N½SW¼SE¼; Sec. 32, NE¼, and E½SW¼ except one (1) acre on which is located a school house; T. 13 S., R. 5 E., Sec. 4, N½NW¼. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, July 26, 1936.