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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1948-07-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of the District Land Offices at Blackfoot and Coeur D'alene, Idaho, to Boise, Idaho." 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
▪The district land offices at Blackfoot and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, shall be discontinued, and the business and necessary archives of those offices shall be transferred to and consolidated in a new district land office which shall be established and maintained at Boise, Idaho.
▪This order shall become effective at the close of business on August 13, 1948.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
124
723 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.9
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 9978, Harry S Truman (Jul 17, 1948). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9978-transfer-the-district-land-offices-blackfoot-and-coeur-dalene-idaho.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 2251 and 2252 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (43 U.S.C. 126 and 121), and upon the recommendation of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The district land offices at Blackfoot and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, shall be discontinued, and the business and necessary archives of those offices shall be transferred to and consolidated in a new district land office which shall be established and maintained at Boise, Idaho. 2. This order shall become effective at the close of business on August 13, 1948. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 17, 1948
