Executive Order 5123 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5123—Amending Schedule A, Subdivision IX of the Civil Service Rules

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Tuesday, May 21, 1929

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1 min read (220 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 Herbert Hoover on 1929-05-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Schedule A, Subdivision IX of the Civil Service Rules." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Schedule A, Subdivision IX, Department of Agriculture, Section 1, is amended by the addition of a paragraph (h), to read as follows: (h) Agents employed to take and transmit meteorological observations in connection with airways, whose duties require only a part of their time, and whose compensation does not exceed $100 per month.

▪ Continuance of this exception beyond a period of three years from the date of its adoption shall be dependent upon the joint agreement of the Department of Agriculture and the Civil Service Commission.

▪ The same procedure shall be followed in the case of the assignment of any agent to duties of a different character.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Merchants, Importers & Commercial Enterprises 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

220

1,314 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

20.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5123, Herbert Hoover (May 21, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5123-amending-schedule-subdivision-ix-the-civil-service-rules.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Schedule A, Subdivision IX, Department of Agriculture, Section 1, is amended by the addition of a paragraph (h), to read as follows: (h) Agents employed to take and transmit meteorological observations in connection with airways, whose duties require only a part of their time, and whose compensation does not exceed $100 per month. Continuance of this exception beyond a period of three years from the date of its adoption shall be dependent upon the joint agreement of the Department of Agriculture and the Civil Service Commission. The last paragraph of Section 1, Subdivision IX, is amended to read as follows: Prior consent of the Commission must be obtained for the appointment of agent under clause (d) above, and in making appointments under clauses (a), (b), (c), (f), and (h), a full report shall be submitted immediately by the Department to the Commission, setting forth the name, designation, and compensation of the appointee, and a statement of the duties to which he is to be assigned, and of his qualifications for such duties, in such detail as to indicate clearly that the appointment is properly made under one of the above clauses. The same procedure shall be followed in the case of the assignment of any agent to duties of a different character. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, May 21, 1929.