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Executive Order 7908 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7908—Transferring Certain Lands to the Secretary of Agriculture for Use, Administration, and Disposition Under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Thursday, June 9, 1938
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2 min read (424 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1938-06-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Certain Lands to the Secretary of Agriculture for Use, Administration, and Disposition Under Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act." 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

▪ 7530 of December 31, 1936, as amended by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
424
2,550 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
36.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 7908, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 9, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7908-transferring-certain-lands-the-secretary-agriculture-for-use.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
Whereas I find suitable for the purposes of Title III of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, approved July 27, 1937 (50 Stat. 522, 525), and the related provisions of Title IV thereof, all lands of the United States now under the supervision of the Secretary of Agriculture (1) which have been acquired by the Department of Agriculture for use in connection with those land-development and land utilization projects transferred to it by Executive Order No. 7530 of December 31, 1936, as amended by Executive Order No. 7557 of February 19, 1937 (including lands transferred to it by the said Executive order, lands thereafter acquired pursuant to the said Executive order, as amended, lands set apart and reserved from the public domain, and lands acquired by transfer from other Federal agencies, whether by Executive order or otherwise), and (2) which are now in process of acquisition by the Department of Agriculture, pursuant to existing contracts of purchase and pending condemnation proceedings, for use in connection with the said projects; Now, Therefore , by virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 45 of the said Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act, it is ordered that all the right, title, and interest of the United States in the lands so acquired or in process of acquisition, be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture for use, administration, and disposition in accordance with the provisions of Title III of the said Act and the related provisions of Title IV thereof; and immediately upon acquisition of legal title to those lands now in process of acquisition, this order shall become applicable to all the additional right, title, and interest thereby acquired by the United States: Provided , that no lands heretofore set apart and reserved from the public domain shall be disposed of by sale, exchange, or grant, in accordance with the provisions of said act, without the approval of the Secretary of the Interior; And Provided further , that this order shall not apply to any of the said lands which have been, by Executive order or proclamation, included in or reserved as a part of a national forest or of a wildlife, waterfowl, migratory bird, or research refuge, or to the right, title, and interest of the United States in the mineral resources of those lands which have heretofore been set apart and reserved from the public domain, and shall not restrict the disposition of such mineral resources under the public-land laws. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, June 9, 1938.