Executive Order 3949 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 3949—Transferring Lands from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Treasury

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Monday, January 28, 1924

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1 min read (121 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 Calvin Coolidge on 1924-01-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Lands from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Treasury." 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

▪ 3893), which transferred to the Secretary of the Interior certain lands for disposition under the act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 103), is hereby modified and rescinded in so far as it concerns Lot 6, Sec, 11, containing 16.31 acres, and Lot 7, Sec.

▪ 15 W., W.M., State of Washington, and the said tracts are hereby placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury Department for coast guard purposes.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Financial Institutions & Monetary Authorities

Total Words

121

726 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 3949, Calvin Coolidge (Jan 28, 1924). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-3949-transferring-lands-from-the-department-the-interior-the-department.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Executive order of August 13, 1923 (No. 3893), which transferred to the Secretary of the Interior certain lands for disposition under the act of July 5, 1884 (23 Stat., 103), is hereby modified and rescinded in so far as it concerns Lot 6, Sec, 11, containing 16.31 acres, and Lot 7, Sec. 12, containing 34.05 acres, embraced in the Nee-ah Harbor Abandoned Military Reservation, and the unsurveyed S/2 of Waadah Island Abandoned Military Reservation, said S/2 containing approximately 14 2 acres, all in T. 33 N., R. 15 W., W.M., State of Washington, and the said tracts are hereby placed under the jurisdiction and control of the Treasury Department for coast guard purposes. CALVIN COOLIDGE The White House, January 28, 1924