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This executive order, signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on 1959-02-02, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Providing for the Terms of Office of the Members of the International Development Advisory Board." 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
▪By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States it is ordered that the second sentence of section 3 of Executive Order No.
▪6103), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "Each member of the board (including the chairman) shall be appointed for a term of not more than three years, the terms of office to be fixed in such manner as to minimize the concurrent expiration of tenures of office, and may be reappointed for one or more additional terms of not more than three years each." DWIGHT D.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
112
610 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
12.6
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 10803, Dwight D. Eisenhower (Feb 2, 1959). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-10803-providing-for-the-terms-office-the-members-the-international.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States it is ordered that the second sentence of section 3 of Executive Order No. 10159 of September 8, 1950 (15 P.R. 6103), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: "Each member of the board (including the chairman) shall be appointed for a term of not more than three years, the terms of office to be fixed in such manner as to minimize the concurrent expiration of tenures of office, and may be reappointed for one or more additional terms of not more than three years each." DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER THE WHITE HOUSE, February 2, 1959.
