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Executive Order 5671 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5671—Withdrawal of Public Lands in Aid of Legislation, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon

Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover
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Wednesday, July 29, 1931
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5 min read (910 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 1931-07-29, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands in Aid of Legislation, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Washington, and Oregon." 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

▪ 41), and in aid of such legislation as may be had under section 8 thereof, hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, or other form of disposition.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
910
3,794 characters
Estimated Read Time
5 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 5671, Herbert Hoover (Jul 29, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5671-withdrawal-public-lands-aid-legislation-wisconsin-minnesota-north.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

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In order to protect the interests of the Government, the public, the railroad company, and in aid of contemplated legislation, the tracts of public land described herein, lying within the odd-numbered sections within the first, second, and mineral- indemnity limits of the grants to the Northern Pacific Railroad (now Railway) Co., under the act of Congress approved July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 365), and under the joint resolution approved May 31, 1870 (16 Stat. 378), containing 5,405.18 acres, are, under the act of Congress approved June 25, 1929 (46 Stat. 41), and in aid of such legislation as may be had under section 8 thereof, hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, entry, or other form of disposition. Any of the described tracts which may be embraced in a prior valid claim existing at this date are excepted, however, from the force and effect of the withdrawal so long as such claim is maintained in accordance with the law under which it is asserted and the regulations thereunder. FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 40 N., R. 5 W., sec. 15, lot 1; T. 44 N., R. 9 W., sec. 17, lot 2; T. 42 N., R. 15 W., sec. 25, lot 6; T. 48 N., R. 15 W., sec. 11, lot 5. Minnesota FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 55 N., R. 12 W., sec. 23, lot 3; T. 55 N., R. 18 W., sec. 7, SW. ¼ NE. ¼, NW. ¼ SE. ¼; T. 55 N., R. 22 W., sec. 9, NE. ¼ SE. ¼; T. 55 N., R. 24 W., sec. 11, lot 9; T. 56 N., R. 25 W., sec. 29, lot 1; FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 141 N., R. 27 W., sec. 33, NW. ¼ SE. ¼; T. 141 N., R. 29 W., sec. 33, lot 1; T. 134 N., R. 30 W., sec. 1, SE. ¼ SW. ¼, SW. ¼ SE. ¼; T. 141 N., R. 30 W., sec. 27, lot 8; sec. 33, lot 4; T. 141 N., R. 32 W., sec. 19, lot 5; sec. 29, lot 5; T. 135 N., R. 33 W., sec. 11, SW. ¼ SW. ¼; T. 141 N., R. 33 W., sec. 17, lot 5; sec. 27, lot 4; T. 141 N., R. 34 W., sec. 1, lot 3; T. 141 N., R. 35 W., sec. 11, lot 4; T. 143 N., R. 35 W., sec. 13, lot 1; T. 144 N., R. 35 W., sec. 31, NW. ¼ SE. ¼; T. 132 N., R. 40 W., sec. 29, NW. ¼ SW. ¼; T. 147 N., R. 40 W., sec. 27, lot 5; T. 139 N., R. 41 W., sec. 15, lots 3, 4, 5, N. ½ SW. ¼; T. 140 N., R. 41 W., sec. 29, lot 1; T. 141 N., R. 44 W., sec. 23, SW. ¼ SW. ¼. North Dakota FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 147 N., R. 84 W., sec. 15, lot 2 in NW. ¼ NW. ¼. Montana PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 11 N., R. 9 E., sec. 29, NE. ¼ NW. ¼; T. 10 N., R. 11 E., sec. 25, lots 1, 4; T. 10 N., R. 13 E., sec. 25, lots 1, 2, 3; sec. 27, lots 4, 5, 6, 7; sec. 31, lots 8, 9; T. 2 N., R. 54 E., sec. 23, NE. ¼ SW. ¼; T. 6 S., R. 3 W., sec. 17, N. ½ NE. ¼ NE. ¼ NE. ¼; T. 4 S., R. 43 E., sec. 23, lot 3; T. 5 S., R. 43 E., sec. 17, lot 4; T. 3 S., R. 49 E., sec. 9, NE. ¼ NW. ¼. Wyoming SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 57 N., R. 98 W., sec. 15, N. ½ NW. ¼; sec. 19, lot 1, NW. ¼ NE. ¼, NE. ¼ NW. ¼; T. 58 N., R. 102 W., sec. 35, SW. ¼ SE. ¼. Idaho BOISE MERIDIAN T. 47 N., R. 2 E., sec. 31, lot 1; T. 40 N., R. 4 E., sec. 3, W. ½ SW. ¼. Washington WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN T. 6 N., R. 5 E., sec. 21, E. ½ NE. ¼ E. ½ SE. ¼; sec. 31, lot 2; T. 12 N., R. 8 E., sec. 7, lots 7, 8, 15; sec. 9, lots 3, 6, 7, NW. ¼ SE. ¼; sec. 19, lots 9, 10; T. 12 N., R. 9 E., sec. 7, N. ½ NW. ¼; T. 13 N., R. 9 E., sec. 9, lots 8, 9, 10, 11, 12; T. 32 N., R. 42 E., sec. 7, S. ½ S. ½; sec. 17, all; sec. 19, all; sec. 21, all; T. 8 N.,B. 2 W., sec. 23, lot 4; T. 21 N., R. 4 W., sec. 13, SE. ¼ NW. ¼; T. 8 N., R. 5 W., sec. 3, lot 2; sec. 7, lot 4; T. 9 N., R. 5 W., sec. 35, SE. ¼; T. 9 N., R. 8 W., sec. 11, SE. ¼ NE. ¼, NE. ¼ SE. S. ½ SE. ¼; T. 12 N., R. 10 W., sec. 31, lot 1; T. 10 N., R. 11 W., sec. 23, lot 6; T. 13 N., R. 11 W., sec. 17, lot 1. Oregon WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN T. 4 N., R. 4 W., sec. 27, NE. ¼ SW. ¼; T. 5 N., R. 7 W., sec. 25, SW. ¼ SW. ¼; T. 3 N., R. 8 W., sec. 11, lot 2; T. 2 S., R. 4 W., sec. 1, lot 6. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, July 29, 1931.