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Executive Order 5197 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5197—Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Withdrawn for Power Site Reserve No. 421, California and Nevada

Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover
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Saturday, September 21, 1929
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3 min read (511 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Herbert Hoover on 1929-09-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Withdrawn for Power Site Reserve No. 421, California and Nevada." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ 421, as affects lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked: Mount Diablo Meridian, California T.
▪ 544 as affects lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
511
2,193 characters
Estimated Read Time
3 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
3.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 5197, Herbert Hoover (Sep 21, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5197-restoring-certain-reserved-lands-withdrawn-for-power-site-reserve-no.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
So much of the order of February 27, 1914, creating Power Site reserve No. 421, as affects lands hereinafter described is hereby revoked: Mount Diablo Meridian, California T. 4 S., R. 29 E., Sec. 7, NE¼ of SW¼, W½ of SE¼, SE¼ of SE¼; Sec. 17, W½ of NW¼, N½ of SW¼, SE¼ of SW¼, SW¼ of SE¼; Sec. 21, SW¼ of NW¼, N½ of SW¼, W½ of SE¼, SE¼ of SE¼; Sec. 26, S½ of S½; Sec. 27, W½ of NW¼, SE¼ of NW¼, NE¼ of SW¼, N½ of SE¼; Sec. 36, N½ of NW¼, T. 4 S., R. 30 E., Sec. 31, SE¼ of NE¼ T. 5 S., R. 31 E., Sec. 20, W½ of SE¼; Sec. 28, W½ of SW¼; Sec. 29, N½ of NE¼, SE¼ of NE¼, E½ of SE¼; Sec. 33, W½ of NW¼, E½ of SW¼. T. 6 S., R. 31 E., Sec. 4, N½ of SE¼, SE¼ of SE¼; Sec. 9, E½ of NE¼; Sec. 10, SW¼ of NW¼, SE¼ of SW¼; Sec. 14, W½ of SW¼, SE¼ of SW¼; Sec. 15, W½ of NE¼, SE¼ of NE¼, NE¼ of NW¼, NE¼ of SE¼; Sec. 23, W½ of NE¼, SE¼ of NE¼, NE¼ of NW¼, E½ of SE¼; Sec. 24, W½ of SW¼; Sec. 25, NW¼ of NW¼, W½ of SW¼, SE¼ of SW¼; Sec. 36, NE¼ of SE¼ T. 6 S., R. 32 E., Sec. 31, NW¼ of SW¼. T. 7 S., R. 32 E., Sec. 5, SW¼ of SW¼; Sec. 6, NW¼ of NW¼, SE¼ of NW¼, NW¼ of SE¼, SE¼ of SE¼; Sec. 8, N½ of NW¼, SE¼ of NW¼, E½ of SW¼, SW¼ of SE¼ So much of the order of September 5, 1916, creating Power Site Reserve No. 544 as affects lands hereinafter described, is hereby revoked: Mount Diablo Meridian, Nevada T. 8 N., R. 30 E., Sec. 1, SE¼ of SE¼ Sec. 12, N½ of NE¼, SW¼ of NE¼, NE¼ of SW¼, S½ of SW¼, NW¼ of SE¼; Sec. 13, N½ of NW¼, SW¼ of NW¼; Sec. 14, SE¼ of NE¼, NE¼ of SE¼, S½ of SE¼ Sec. 22, SE¼ of SE¼ Sec. 23, NW¼ of NE¼, E½ of NW¼, N½ of SW¼, SW¼ of SW¼; Sec. 26, NW¼ of NW¼. T. 8 N., R. 31 E., Sec. 6, NW¼ of NE¼, NE¼ of NW¼, S½ of NW¼, W½ of SW¼ T. 9 N., R. 31 E., unsurveyed. T. 10 N., R. 31 E., unsurveyed. T. 11 N., R. 31 E., unsurveyed. T. 10 N., R. 32 E., Sec. 6, NW¼ of NW¼. T. 11 N., R. 32 E., unsubdivided. T. 12 N., R. 32 E., unsubdivided. T. 13 N., R. 32 E., unsubdivided. T. 13 N., R. 33 E., unsubdivided. T. 14 N., R. 33 E., unsubdivided. T. 15 N., R. 33 E., unsubdivided. T. 16 N., R. 33 E., unsurveyed. T. 16 N., R. 34 E., unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 34 E., unsurveyed. T. 17 N., R. 35 E., unsurveyed. T. 18 N., R. 35 E., unsurveyed. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, September 21, 1929.