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Executive Order 5227 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5227—Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Occupied as a Home Site or for Fish Cannery Purposes in Tongass National Forest, Alaska and Opening Such Lands to Entry

Monday, November 18, 1929
4 min read (860 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1929-11-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Restoring Certain Reserved Lands Occupied as a Home Site or for Fish Cannery Purposes in Tongass National Forest, Alaska and Opening Such Lands to Entry." 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

That the tracts of land in Alaska lying within the following described boundaries, heretofore occupied as a home site or for fish cannery purposes, be, and the same are hereby, excluded from the Tongass National Forest and restored to entry under the applicable public land laws: Beginning at Corner No.
3, not established; thence due south, by protraction, approximately 5.40 chains to Corner No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
860
4,682 characters
Estimated Read Time
4 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
6.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5227, Herbert Hoover (Nov 18, 1929). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5227-restoring-certain-reserved-lands-occupied-home-site-or-for-fish.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)