Executive Order 5160 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5160—Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Withdrawn for Railway Grants to Permit Use in Maintenance of Air Navigation Facilities, Oregon and California

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Friday, July 19, 1929

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1 min read (184 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Herbert Hoover on 1929-07-19, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Withdrawn for Railway Grants to Permit Use in Maintenance of Air Navigation Facilities, Oregon and California." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Withdrawn for Railway Grants to Permit Use in Maintenance of Air Navigation Facilities, Oregon and California.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

184

1,038 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

21.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5160, Herbert Hoover (Jul 19, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5160-restoring-certain-reserved-lands-withdrawn-for-railway-grants-permit.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Executive order of July 31, 1916, withdrawing from settlement, entry or other disposition the lands title to which revested in the United States under the provisions of the act approved June 9, 1916 (39 Stat. 218), which order was modified by Executive order of March 21, 1918, so that the Secretary of the Interior may proceed with the restoration of said lands or any portion thereof, or the sale of timber thereon, in the manner authorized and directed by said act of June 9, 1916, is hereby further modified to the extent of authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to withdraw the following described land for use by the Department of Commerce in the maintenance of air navigation facilities under and pursuant to the provisions of section 4 of the act of May 24, 1928 (45 Stat. 728), the timber thereon to remain subject to sale by the United States in accordance with the provisions of the aforesaid act of June 9, 1916: Willamette Meridian, Oregon: T. 31 S., R. 5 W., Sec. 3 NE¼ SW¼ HERBERT HOOVER The White House, July 19, 1929.