Executive Order 5756 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5756—Transfer of Lands from the Lewis and Clark to the Helena National Forest, Montana

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Wednesday, December 16, 1931

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1 min read (195 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 1931-12-16, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Lands from the Lewis and Clark to the Helena National Forest, Montana." 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

▪ 1753), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Helena National Forest: All lands lying south and east of a line beginning at the northeast corner of sec.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

195

1,144 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5756, Herbert Hoover (Dec 16, 1931). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5756-transfer-lands-from-the-lewis-and-clark-the-helena-national-forest.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Under authority of the act of Congress approved June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S. Code, title 16, sec. 473), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is hereby ordered that the following-described lands now a part of the Lewis and Clark National Forest as defined by proclamation of June 19, 1912 (37 Stat. 1753), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Helena National Forest: All lands lying south and east of a line beginning at the northeast corner of sec. 36, township 17 north, range 7 west, Montana meridian; thence in a southwesterly direction along the hydrographic divide between the East Fork of Falls Creek on the west and Bedrock and Green Creeks on the east to an intersection with the Continental Divide; thence following the Continental Divide to its intersection with the east line of sec. 30, township 16 north, range 7 west, Montana meridian. It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a nationalforest status which have hitherto not had such status, nor to remove any publicly owned lands from a national-forest status. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, December 16, 1931.