Executive Order 8081 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8081—Establishing the Anclote Migratory Bird Refuge

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Wednesday, April 5, 1939

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1 min read (282 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-04-05, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Anclote Migratory Bird 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, c.

▪ The Executive order of February 1, 1886, reserving certain public lands as the Anclote Keys Lighthouse Reservation, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects any of the above-described lands.

▪ This reservation shall be known as the Anclote Migratory Bird Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

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

Total Words

282

1,572 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. 8081, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 5, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8081-establishing-the-anclote-migratory-bird-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

FLORIDA 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, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 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 within the following-described areas on Bath House Island, Bird Island, Round Island, and Anclote Keys, containing approximately 197 acres, owned or controlled by the United States, in Pasco and Pinellas Counties, Florida, 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: TALLAHASSEE MERIDIAN T. 26 S., R. 14 E., sec. 24, lot 1, sec. 25, lot 1, sec. 36, lot 1; T. 26 S., R. 15 E., sec. 19, lot 3, sec. 30, lots 1 and 2, sec. 31, that part of lot 1 lying north of a line bearing east and west through a point which is north 500 feet distant from the center of Anclote Key Lighthouse, sec. 33, Bird Island, unsurveyed, sec. 34, Bath House and Bird Islands, unsurveyed; T. 27 S., R. 15 E., sec. 3, Round Island, unsurveyed, sec. 4, Round Island, unsurveyed. The Executive order of February 1, 1886, reserving certain public lands as the Anclote Keys Lighthouse Reservation, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects any of the above-described lands. This reservation shall be known as the Anclote Migratory Bird Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 5, 1939.