Executive Order 7441 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7441—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Lookout Stations in the State of Oregon

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Saturday, August 29, 1936

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1 min read (279 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 1936-08-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands for Lookout Stations in the State of Oregon." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

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

▪ 497, it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain States for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tracts of public land in Oregon: WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN T.

▪ Subject to valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for use by the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture as lookout stations in connection with the administration of the Siskiyou National Forest.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

279

1,656 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.7

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7441, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 29, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7441-withdrawal-public-lands-for-lookout-stations-the-state-oregon.

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 as follows: Section 1. Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain States for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tracts of public land in Oregon: WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN T. 39 S., R. 13 W., sec. 10, S½S½NE¼SE¼ and SE¼SE¼; T. 34 S., R. 14 W., sec. 3, W½SW¼NE¼ and E½SE¼NW¼; aggregating approximately 90 acres. Section 2. Subject to valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for use by the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture as lookout stations in connection with the administration of the Siskiyou National Forest. Section 3. Executive Orders No. 7270 of January 7, 1936, and No. 7303 of February 25, 1936, temporarily withdrawing the following-described lands in Oregon and reserving them for use by the Department of Agriculture as lookout stations in connection with the administration of the said National Forest, are hereby revoked: WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN T. 39 S., R. 13 W., sec. 10, S½SW¼SE¼; sec. 16, lot 2. T. 34 S., R. 14 W., sec. 3, SW¼NE¼NE¼ and SE¼NW¼NE¼, NE¼SW¼NE¼ and NW¼SE¼NE¼; aggregating approximately 106.60 acres. Section 4. Section 2 of this order shall continue in force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, August 29, 1936.