Executive Order 9854 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 9854—Transferring a Portion of the Phoenix Indian School Reserve at Phoenix, Arizona, to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1947-05-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring a Portion of the Phoenix Indian School Reserve at Phoenix, Arizona, to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Transferring a Portion of the Phoenix Indian School Reserve at Phoenix, Arizona, to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
173
1,042 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
25.2
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9854, Harry S Truman (May 16, 1947). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9854-transferring-portion-the-phoenix-indian-school-reserve-phoenix.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 1 of the act of March 3, 1925, 43 Stat. 1212, it is hereby ordered as follows: The following-described tract of land comprising a portion of the Phoenix Indian School Reserve at Phoenix, Arizona, together with all improvements thereon is hereby transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Veterans' Administration: Beginning at a point at the northwest intersection of Indian School Road and 7th Street, the said point being within the Phoenix Indian School Reserve, Phoenix, Arizona; thence north two thousand feet along the west side of 7th Street; thence west five hundred and eighty-five feet along a line parallel to Indian School Road; thence south two thousand feet along a line parallel to 7th Street; thence east five hundred and eighty-five feet along the north side of Indian School Road to the point of beginning; containing twenty-seven acres more or less. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, May 16, 1947
