Executive Order 5473 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5473—Procedure Pertaining to Changes by the Personnel Classification Board in Existing Allocations of Positions

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Thursday, October 30, 1930

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2 min read (305 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 1930-10-30, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Procedure Pertaining to Changes by the Personnel Classification Board in Existing Allocations of Positions." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

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

▪ Whereas section 4 of the act of Congress entitled "An act to amend section 13 of the act of March 4, 1923, entitled 'An act to provide for the classification of civilian positions within the District of Columbia and in the field services,' as amended by the act of May 28, 1928," approved July 3, 1930 (46 Stat.

▪ If a protest is filed by the head of a department, the Personnel Classification Board shall promptly transmit such protest to the President, with a statement of its reasons for the change of allocation, and such protested change shall not become effective unless and until approved by the President.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

305

1,822 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

26.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5473, Herbert Hoover (Oct 30, 1930). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5473-procedure-pertaining-changes-the-personnel-classification-board.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Whereas section 4 of the act of Congress entitled "An act to amend section 13 of the act of March 4, 1923, entitled 'An act to provide for the classification of civilian positions within the District of Columbia and in the field services,' as amended by the act of May 28, 1928," approved July 3, 1930 (46 Stat. 1003-1005), provides: The Personnel Classification Board shall have authority to ascertain currently opinion, the facts warrant: Provided , That such review and change shall be made only after consultation with the heads of the departments concerned and after affording all incumbents of positions affected an opportunity to be heard, of which hearing a permanent written record shall be made and kept, including all testimony taken: Provided further , That in all cases where the board shall change the allocation of a position to a lower grade the rate of pay fixed for such position prior to such change may be continued so long as the position is held by the incumbent then occupying it. Now, Therefore , whenever, in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing law, the Personnel Classification Board on its own initiative shall review and change the existing allocation of a position, such change is approved to take effect 30 days from the date when the notice of the change is received by the department concerned unless the head of the department shall file with the Personnel Classification Board within that period, a protest against the change. If a protest is filed by the head of a department, the Personnel Classification Board shall promptly transmit such protest to the President, with a statement of its reasons for the change of allocation, and such protested change shall not become effective unless and until approved by the President. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, October 30, 1930.