Executive Order 5902 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5902—Public Water Reserve No. 145, California

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Thursday, August 18, 1932

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2 min read (329 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 1932-08-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Public Water Reserve No. 145, California." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 847-848), entitled "AN ACT To authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases, " as amended by act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat.

▪ That the lands hereinafter described be, and the same are hereby, in so far as title thereto remains in the United States, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for municipal water-supply purposes: San Bernardino Meridian T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

329

1,505 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

4.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5902, Herbert Hoover (Aug 18, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5902-public-water-reserve-no-145-california.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

Under and pursuant to the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 25, 1910 (36 Stat. 847-848), entitled "AN ACT To authorize the President of the United States to make withdrawals of public lands in certain cases, " as amended by act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 497), it is hereby ordered that the lands hereinafter described be, and the same are hereby, in so far as title thereto remains in the United States, withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved for municipal water-supply purposes: San Bernardino Meridian T. 3 S., R. 3 E., sec. 10, N. ½; sec. 12, all. T. 2 S., R. 4 E., sec. 10, all; sec. 20, all; sec. 24, NE. ¼ (fractional). T. 2 S., R. 5 E., sec. 34, all. T. 3 S., R. 5 E., sec. 2, N. ½ (fractional), N. ½ SW. ¼, SE. ¼ SW. ¼, SE. ¼; sec. 12, all. T. 3 S., R. 6 E., sec. 22, all; sec. 26, all. T. 4 S., R. 7 E., sec. 10, all; sec. 12, all; sec. 14, all; sec. 24, all. T. 4 S., R. 8 E., sec. 18, all; sec. 20, all; sec. 28, all; sec. 34, all. T. 5 S., R. 9 E., sec. 18 (fractional), all; sec. 20, all. T. 6 S., R. 10 E., sec. 12, all. T. 6 S., R. 11 E., sec. 8, all; sec. 10, all. T. 5 S., R. 13 E., sec. 28, all; sec. 30, all; sec. 34, all. T. 5 S., R. 14 E., sec. 26, all; sec. 30, all; sec. 34, all. T. 6 S., R. 14 E., sec. 6, all. T. 5 S., R. 15 E., sec. 11, all; sec. 15, N. ½ SW. ¼, N. ½ SE. ¼, SE. ¼ SE. ¼; sec. 17, all; sec. 25, all; sec. 26, S. sec. 33, N. ½ SW. ¼ SW. ¼; sec. 34, all. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, August 18, 1932.