Executive Order 8419 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8419—Partial Revocation of Executive Order of July 7, 1910, Creating Coal Land Withdrawal, Utah No. 1

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Monday, May 27, 1940

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2 min read (307 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1940-05-27, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Partial Revocation of Executive Order of July 7, 1910, Creating Coal Land Withdrawal, Utah No. 1." 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

▪ 1, is hereby revoked as to the following-described lands: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN, UTAH T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

307

1,385 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8419, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 27, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8419-partial-revocation-executive-order-july-7-1910-creating-coal-land.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

COAL LAND RESTORATION, UTAH NO. 50 By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910 (ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847), the Executive order of July 7, 1910, creating Coal Land Withdrawal, Utah No. 1, is hereby revoked as to the following-described lands: SALT LAKE MERIDIAN, UTAH T. 28 S., R. 8 E., secs. 23 to 26, inclusive; secs. 35 and 36. T. 29 S., R. 8 E., secs. 1 and 2; secs. 11 to 14, inclusive; secs. 23 and 24; secs. 33 and 34. T. 27 S., R. 9 E., secs. 33 and 34. T. 28 S., R. 9 E., secs. 3 to 10, inclusive; sec. 16, N½ and SW¼; secs. 17 to 19, inclusive; sec. 20, N½ and SW¼; secs. 30 to 33, inclusive. T. 29 S., R. 9 E., secs. 5 to 8, inclusive; secs. 17 to 19, inclusive; sec. 30, N½. T. 30 S., R. 9 E., secs. 19 and 20; sec. 21, W½; sec. 27, SW¼; secs. 28 to 31, inclusive; sec. 32, SE¼NE¼, S½NW¼, and N½S½; sec. 33, all; sec. 34, W½. T. 31 S., R. 9 E., secs. 4 to 9, inclusive; secs. 16 and 17; secs. 20 to 22, inclusive; secs. 27 and 28; sec. 29, NE¼ and S½; sec. 30, SW¼NE¼, SE¼NW¼, and E½SW¼; secs. 31 to 35, inclusive. T. 32 S., R. 9 E., secs. 2 to 11, inclusive; secs. 13 to 36, inclusive. T. 33 S., R. 9 E., all. T. 27 S., R. 10 E., all. T. 32 S., R. 10 E., all. T. 33 S., R. 10 E., all. T. 34 S., R. 10 E., all. T. 32 S., R. 11 E., all. T. 34 S., R. 11 E., all. T. 34 S., R. 12 E., all. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, May 27, 1940.