Executive Order 5906 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5906—Modification of Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, Pacific Slope Basins, California

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Thursday, August 18, 1932

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1 min read (167 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 "Modification of Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, Pacific Slope Basins, California." 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

▪ 17, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the Federal Power Commission to issue a license for Project No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

167

972 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

16.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5906, Herbert Hoover (Aug 18, 1932). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5906-modification-reservoir-site-reserve-no-17-pacific-slope-basins.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

The Executive order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir-Site Reserve No. 17, is hereby modified to the extent of authorizing the Federal Power Commission to issue a license for Project No. 1209 on the following-described lands on condition that whenever the lands are required for reservoir purposes the licensee agrees at its own expense to remove its project works from said lands or from such portions thereof as may be required for reservoir purposes within 30 days after the receipt of notice from the Secretary of the Interior: San Bernardino Meridian All portions of the following sections lying within 25 feet of the center line of the transmission-line location shown on a map designated "Exhibit K," and entitled "Electric Distribution Line along West Fork of San Gabriel River," and filed in the office of the Federal Power Commission May 17, 1932: T. 2 N., R. 9 W., sec. 19. T. 2 N., R. 10 W., secs. 22, 23, 24. HERBERT HOOVER The White House, August 18, 1932.