Executive Order 10022 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 10022—Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands From the Department of the Army to the Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee
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This executive order, signed by President Harry S Truman on 1948-12-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands From the Department of the Army to the Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.
Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.
Key Directives & Operative Actions
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Transferring the Use, Possession, and Control of Certain Lands From the Department of the Army to the Tennessee Valley Authority Tennessee.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
241
1,349 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
18
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10022, Harry S Truman (Dec 14, 1948). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10022-transferring-the-use-possession-and-control-certain-lands-from-the.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 7(b) of the Tennessee Valley authority Act of 1933 (48 Stat. 63; 16 U.S.C. 831f(b)), it is ordered that the use, possession, and control of the following-described property comprising the Chattanooga Boat Yard, Tennessee, together with the buildings and other improvements thereon and pertaining thereto, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Department of the Army to the Tennessee Valley Authority, such transfer being deemed necessary and proper for the purposes of the Authority as stated in the said Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933: Lots 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of Forts Addition No. Three (3) as shown by plat or map of the said Addition on file in Cause No. 641 in the Chancery Court of Hamilton County, State of Tennessee, and of record as part of the decree of partition in the said cause that was registered on May 18, 1872, in Book W, pages 182 to 198, inclusive, in the register's office of the said Hamilton County, and located in the NW fractional ¼ of section 29 in Township 2, Range 4 West, of basis line in Ocoee District, subject to a 20-foot easement across the southern ends of lots 6 and 7 and a 30-foot easement across the southern ends of lots 8 and 9 in favor of the Belt Railway Company of Chattanooga, Tennessee. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, December 14, 1948
