Executive Order 6335 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6335—Transfer of Lands from the Rainier National Forest to the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington

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Friday, October 13, 1933

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1 min read (266 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 Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1933-10-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Lands from the Rainier National Forest to the Wenatchee National Forest, Washington." 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

▪ 1908, of March 28, 1914, are hereby transferred to the Wenatchee National Forest as defined by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

266

1,559 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6335, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Oct 13, 1933). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6335-transfer-lands-from-the-rainier-national-forest-the-wenatchee.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897 (ch. 2, 30 Stat. 11, 34, 36), and on the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, the following-described lands of the Rainier National Forest as defined by proclamation of October 23, 1911 (37 Stat. 1718), modified by Executive Order No. 1908, of March 28, 1914, are hereby transferred to the Wenatchee National Forest as defined by Executive Order No. 825, of June 18, 1908, and modified by proclamation of June 28, 1910 (36 Stat. 2710), Executive Order No. 3379, of December 31, 1920, and proclamations of May 11, 1925 (44 Stat. 2576), August 3, 1926 (44 Stat. 2620), and November 2, 1927 (45 Stat. 2932): Willamette Meridian All lands within the Rainier National Forest lying north and east of a line beginning on the east line of sec. 12, T. 17 N., R. 15 E., where the hydrographic divide between the Naches River drainage on the southwest and the Yakima River drainage on the northeast intersects said section line; thence in a northwesterly direction following the said hydrographic divide to the point where it intersects the present boundary of the Wenatchee National Forest. The transfer effected by this order and the new boundaries of the Wenatchee National Forest are more clearly shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof. It is not intended by this order to give any lands a national-forest status which have not heretofore had such status, nor to remove any lands from a national-forest status. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, October 13, 1933.