Executive Order 7833 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7833—Establishing Hewitt Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

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Monday, March 7, 1938

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1 min read (220 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 1938-03-07, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing Hewitt Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge." 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.

▪ The above-described area is within the known geologic structure of the producing Bowdoin gas field as defined June 30, 1930, and nothing herein shall affect the disposition of the oil and gas deposits therein under the mineral leasing act of February 25, 1920, ch.

▪ This refuge shall be known as the Hewitt Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

220

1,238 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7833, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 7, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7833-establishing-hewitt-lake-migratory-waterfowl-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

MONTANA 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 lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area, comprising 1,200 acres, more or less, in Phillips County, Montana, be, and they are hereby, 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: PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 32 N., R. 32 E., Sec. 7, SE¼, Sec. 8, S½, Sec. 9, W½SW¼, Sec. 16, NW¼, Sec. 17, N½, Sec. 18, NE¼. The above-described area is within the known geologic structure of the producing Bowdoin gas field as defined June 30, 1930, and nothing herein shall affect the disposition of the oil and gas deposits therein under the mineral leasing act of February 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, as amended. This refuge shall be known as the Hewitt Lake Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 7, 1938.