Executive Order 5991 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 5991—Transfer of Lands between the Deschutes and Fremont National Forests, Oregon

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Thursday, January 12, 1933

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2 min read (368 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Herbert Hoover on 1933-01-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Lands between the Deschutes and Fremont National Forests, 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

▪ 278), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Fremont National Forest: Willamette Meridian T.

▪ The following-described tract is hereby transferred from the Fremont National Forest to the Deschutes National Forest: Willamette Meridian T.

▪ 362), the said lands shall thereupon become a part of the Fremont National Forest: Willamette Meridian T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

368

1,815 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 5991, Herbert Hoover (Jan 12, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-5991-transfer-lands-between-the-deschutes-and-fremont-national-forests.

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 parts of the Deschutes National Forest as defined by proclamation of November 27, 1918 (40 Stat. 1897-1899), and modified by the act of May 14, 1930 (46 Stat. 278), be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the Fremont National Forest: Willamette Meridian T. 27 S., R. 8 E., secs. 34, 35, and 36. T. 28 S., R. 8 E., secs. 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 24, 25, 35, and 36. T. 29 S., R. 8 E., sec. 1. T. 25 S., R. 9 E., sec. 24, S. ½ and NW. ¼; secs. 25, 26, 27, 33, 34, and 35. T. 29 S., R. 9 E., secs. 4, 5, and 6. T. 25 S., R. 10 E., secs. 14, 19, 20, 21, and 22; sec. 23, W. ½; sec. 24, S. ½; secs. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 33, 34, 35, and 36. T. 25 S., R. 11 E., sec. 19; sec. 25, W. ½; sec. 26, S. ½; sec. 27; sec. 28, S. ½; secs. 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, and 35. The following-described tract is hereby transferred from the Fremont National Forest to the Deschutes National Forest: Willamette Meridian T. 26 S., R. 9 E., sec. 6. Should any of the following-described tracts be given a national-forest status under authority of the act of February 2, 1922 (42 Stat. 362), the said lands shall thereupon become a part of the Fremont National Forest: Willamette Meridian T. 25 S., R. 9 E., sec. 24, NE. ¼; T. 25 S., R. 10 E., sec. 23, E. ½; sec. 24, N. ½. T. 25 S., R. 11 E., sec. 25, E. ½ sec. 26, N. ½; sec. 28, N. ½; secs. 29 and 36. It is not intended by this order to give any publicly owned lands a national-forest 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, January 12, 1933.