Executive Order 7787 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 7787—Power-Site Restoration No. 487. Partial Revocation of Executive Order of June 8, 1909, Creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 20, and Executive Order of July 2, 1910, Creating Power-Site Reserve No. 20
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1938-01-10, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Power-Site Restoration No. 487. Partial Revocation of Executive Order of June 8, 1909, Creating Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 20, and Executive Order of July 2, 1910, Creating Power-Site Reserve No. 20." 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
▪847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.
▪20, are hereby revoked as to the following-described lands: PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
104
586 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
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Flesch-Kincaid
7
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7787, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 10, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7787-power-site-restoration-no-487-partial-revocation-executive-order-june.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
MONTANA 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, the Executive Order of June 8, 1909, withdrawing lands for Temporary Power-Site Withdrawal No. 20, and the Executive Order of July 2, 1910, withdrawing lands for Power-Site Reserve No. 20, are hereby revoked as to the following-described lands: PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 3 N., R. 6 W., Sec. 35, NE¼, NE¼NW¼, and NE¼SE¼; Sec. 36, W½NW¼. NW¼SW¼, and S½SW¼. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 10, 1938.
