Executive Order 8347 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8347—Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands to the Tennessee Valley Authority

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Monday, February 12, 1940

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1 min read (154 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 1940-02-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands to the Tennessee Valley Authority." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 58, 63), it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of the following-described public lands in the state of Alabama be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Tennessee Valley Authority for the purposes stated in the said Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933: HUNTSVILLE MERIDIAN T.

▪ 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing public lands in the state of Alabama and other states for classification, etc., is hereby revoked as to the above-described lands.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

154

900 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8347, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 12, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8347-transferring-the-use-possession-and-control-certain-lands-the.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ALABAMA By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7 (b) of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933, approved May 18, 1933 (48 Stat. 58, 63), it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of the following-described public lands in the state of Alabama be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Tennessee Valley Authority for the purposes stated in the said Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933: HUNTSVILLE MERIDIAN T. 6 S., R. 1 E., sec. 25, west part ("B") of SE fractional ¼ (north of Tennessee River), containing 52 acres. T. 6 S., R. 2 E., sec. 31, NW¼SW¼ (south of Tennessee River), containing 40 acres. Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing public lands in the state of Alabama and other states for classification, etc., is hereby revoked as to the above-described lands. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, February 12, 1940.