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Executive Order 7691 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7691—Establishing the Snake River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tuesday, August 17, 1937
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2 min read (345 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-08-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Snake River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge." 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.
▪ This refuge shall be known as the Snake River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
345
1,740 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
11.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 7691, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 17, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7691-establishing-the-snake-river-migratory-waterfowl-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
IDAHO 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 all islands in the Snake River within the exterior limits of the following-described area, owned or controlled by the United States, or of which the United States has the use for migratory bird refuge purposes, be, and they are hereby, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved and set apart, subject to valid existing rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided , that upon the acquisition of title to or lease of any privately-owned island by the United States, or upon the termination of any private right to or appropriation of any public-land island within the area, or upon the acquisition of control by the United States of any island within the area, in any other manner, such islands shall be reserved and become a part of the refuge: BOISE MERIDIAN T. 1 N., R. 2 W., sec. 31. T. 1 N., R. 3 W., secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 17, 21, 22, 26, 27, 35, and. 36. T. 2 N., R. 3 W., sec. 31. T. 2 N., R. 4 W., secs. 2, 3, 11, 14, 23, 25, 26, 35, and 36. T. 3 N., R. 4 W., secs. 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, and 34. T. 3 N., R. 5 W., secs. 3, 4, 10, 11, 18, 14, 15. T. 1 S., R 2 W., secs. 6, 7, 8, 17, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35, and 36. T. 1 S., R.3 W.,sec. 1. This refuge shall be known as the Snake River Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, August 17, 1937.