Executive Order 9060 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9060—Including Certain Lands in the Fremont National Forest

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Thursday, February 12, 1942

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2 min read (344 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 1942-02-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Including Certain Lands in the Fremont National Forest." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Including Certain Lands in the Fremont National Forest.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

344

1,653 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

1.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9060, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 12, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9060-including-certain-lands-the-fremont-national-forest.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

OREGON By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of April 14, 1934, 48 Stat. 590, to revise the boundaries of the Fremont National Forest in the State of Oregon, it is ordered that, subject to the conditions therein expressed and to valid existing rights, and to the provisions of existing power and reclamation withdrawals, the following-described lands, which are principally valuable for the production of timber, and which, in my opinion, can best be administered by the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, be, and they are hereby, included in the Fremont National Forest, such lands to be subject to all laws relating to national forests: OREGON Willamette Meridian T. 29 S., R. 12 E., sec. 2, all; T. 29 S., R. 13 E., sec. 14, SW¼; sec. 15, S½; sec. 16, S½; T. 29 S., R. 14 E., sec. 16, S½; T 32 S., R. 16 E., sec. 35, E½; T. 33 S.. R. 17 E., sec. 7, E½; sec. 17, W½; T. 34 S., R. 18 E., sec. 25, S½; sec. 26, SE¼; sec. 35, N½; sec. 36, all; T. 36 S., R. 19 E., sec. 13 all; T. 36 S, R. 20 E.. sec. 20, NE¼; sec. 21, N½; T 37 S., R. 22 E., sec. 34, NE¼; T. 38 S., R. 22 E., sec. 3, all: sec. 5, all; sec. 7, Lots 3, 4, E½, E½SW¼; sec. 8, all; sec. 9, all; sec. 10. all: sec. 15, N½, SW¼; sec. 16, all; sec. 17, all; sec. 18, all; see. 19, all; sec. 20, all; sec. 29, W½; sec. 30. all; sec. 31, all; T. 39 S., R. 22 E., sec. 5, all; sec. 6, all; sec. 7, all; sec. 8, all; sec. 17, all; sec. 20, N½; sec. 31, E½, Lots 3, 4, E½SW¼; T. 40 S., R. 22 E., sec. 5, W½; sec. 6, E½; sec. 8, NW¼; sec. 17, SW¼SW¼; sec. 20, W½; sec. 29, S½NE¼, NW¼, S½; sec. 32, NW¼; sec. 33, all. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, February 12, 1942.