WASHINGTON 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 Snoqualmie National Forest as defined by proclamation of October 23, 1911 (37 Stat, 1718), modified by the act of February 28, 1925 (ch. 369, 43 Stat. 1074), and by Executive Order No. 5634, of June 1, 1931, are hereby transferred to the Mount Baker National Forest as defined by proclamation of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 3297), and modified by Executive orders of June 18, 1908, January 21, 1924, and June 1, 1931, numbered 822, 3943, and 5634, respectively: WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN All lands within the Snoqualmie National Forest in T. 31 N., R. 7 E., and all lands within said national forest lying north of the following-described line: Beginning at the southwest corner of sec. 19, T. 30 N., R. 8 E.; thence running easterly approximately 1½ miles to the quarter corner on the south line of sec. 20, said township; thence south approximately ½ mile to the center of sec. 29, said township; thence east approximately 2½ miles to the quarter corner on the east line of sec. 27, said township; thence south approximately 1 mile to the quarter corner on the east line of sec. 34, said township; thence east approximately ½ mile to the center of sec. 35, said township; thence south ½ mile to the quarter corner on the south line of said sec. 35; thence east approximately 1½ miles to the southeast corner of said T. 30 N., R. 8 E.; thence south 1½ miles to the quarter corner on the east line of sec. 12, T. 29 N., R. 8 E.; thence east approximately 3½ miles to the center of sec. 10, T. 29 N., R. 9 E.; thence north approximately ½ mile to the quarter corner on the north line of said section; thence east approximately ¼ mile to the northeast corner of said section; thence north approximately ½ mile to the quarter corner on the west line of sec. 2, said township; thence east 1 mile to the quarter corner on the east line of said section; thence south approximately ½ mile to the southeast corner of said section; thence east 1¼ miles to the southeast corner of the SW¼SW¼ sec. 6, T. 29 N., R. 10 E.; thence north ¼ mile to the northeast corner of said SW¼SW¼ sec. 6; thence east ½ mile to the southeast corner of the SW¼SE¼ of said section; thence north ¼ mile to the northeast corner of said NW¼SE¼ of said sec. 6; thence east 1 mile to the south-east corner of the SW¼NE¼ sec. 5, said township; thence north ½ mile to the north-east corner of the NW¼NE¼ of said section; thence east approximately 1¼ miles to the northwest corner of sec. 3, said township; thence south approximately 1 mile to the southwest corner of said section; thence east approximately 1 mile to the southeast corner of said section; thence south 1 mile to the southwest corner of sec. 11, said township; thence east approximately 1 mile to the southeast corner of said section; thence south 1 mile to the southwest corner of sec. 13, said township; thence east 1 mile to the southeast corner of said section; thence south approximately 1½ miles to the hydrographic divide between the Skykomish River drainage on the south and the Stillaguamish River drainage on the north; thence following easterly and northerly along said hydrographic divide and the divide formed by the Wenatchee River on the southeast and the Stillaguamish River on the northwest to the point where said divide intersects the White River Glacier, which point is on the present boundary line between the Mount Baker National Forest and the Wenatchee National Forest. The transfers effected by this order and the new boundaries of the Mount Baker 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.
Executive Order 6336—Transfer of Lands From the Snoqualmie National Forest to the Mount Baker National Forest
Executive Brief • At a Glance
WASHINGTON 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 Snoqualmie National Forest as defined by proclamation of October 23, 1911 (37 Stat, 1718), modified by the act of February 28, 1925 (ch. 369, 43 Stat. 1074), and by Executive Order No. 5634, of June 1, 1931, are hereby transferred to the Mount Baker National Forest as defined by proclamation of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 3297), and modified by Executive orders of June 18, 1908, January 21, 1924, and June 1, 1931, numbered 822, 3943, and 5634, respectively: WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN All lands within the Snoqualmie National Forest in T. 31 N., R. 7…
Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis
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Signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on October 13, 1933, this order concerns Transfer of Lands From the Snoqualmie National Forest to the Mount Baker National Forest. WASHINGTON 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 Snoqualmie National Forest as defined by proclamation of October 23, 1911 (37 Stat, 1718), modified by the act of February 28, 1925 (ch. 369, 43 Stat. 1074), and by Executive Order No. 5634, of June 1, 1931, are…
Key Directives & Operative Actions
WASHINGTON 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 Snoqualmie National Forest as defined by proclamation of October 23, 1911 (37 Stat, 1718), modified by the act of February 28, 1925 (ch. 369, 43 Stat. 1074), and by Executive Order No. 5634, of June 1, 1931, are hereby transferred to the Mount Baker National Forest as defined by proclamation of March 2, 1907 (34 Stat. 3297), and modified by Executive orders of June 18, 1908, January 21, 1924, and June 1, 1931, numbered 822, 3943, and 5634, respectively: WILLAMETTE MERIDIAN All lands within the Snoqualmie National Forest in T. 31 N., R. 7…
The transfers effected by this order and the new boundaries of the Mount Baker National Forest are more clearly shown on the diagram attached hereto and made a part hereof.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
Policy Areas & Topics
The Framers' Constitutional Council
1787 PrismEvaluating this order against the constitutional debates of 1787 and the limits of Article II executive power.
"When the President acts in absence of either a congressional grant or denial of authority, he can only rely upon his own independent powers, but there is a zone of twilight in which he and Congress may have concurrent authority."
James Madison
Separation of Powers & Legislative Primacy
"Power is of an encroaching nature, and it ought to be effectually restrained from passing the limits assigned to it." — Federalist No. 48 (1788)
Madison would view this order with watchful scrutiny. Operating in the 'Zone of Twilight' where Congress is silent, each such directive establishes an administrative precedent that steadily expands the executive perimeter at the expense of legislative primacy.
Alexander Hamilton
The Energetic Executive & Unified Command
"A feeble Executive implies a feeble execution of the government; and a government ill executed, whatever it may be in theory, must be, in practice, a bad government." — Federalist No. 70 (1788)
Hamilton would view this directive as the natural and indispensable functioning of administrative leadership. Without the power to coordinate agencies, manage personnel, and resolve operational ambiguities, the modern presidency would be reduced to an impotent figurehead.
George Mason
Bill of Rights, Due Process & 10th Amendment
"The president will be surrounded by flatterers and sycophants... and the great powers of the executive will gradually absorb the liberties of the people." — Cato IV (Anti-Federalist, 1787)
The Anti-Federalist prism advises continuous democratic vigilance. Even routine administrative directives aggregate centralized federal power away from town halls and state assemblies toward a distant executive apparatus.
Five Measurable "Constitutional Friction" Dimensions
An objective audit measuring potential separation-of-powers tension against the United States Constitution and established Supreme Court doctrine.
Legislative Encroachment & Purse
Operates within delegated statutory execution without modifying legislative appropriations or taxing powers.
Executive Scope & Faithfulness
Exercises standard supervisory executive authority to faithfully execute existing statutes.
Federalism & State Sovereignty
Confined strictly to internal federal jurisdiction, federal property, or direct military command.
Due Process & Individual Rights
Focuses on internal governmental operations with no direct impairment of private rights or property.
Youngstown Jacksonian Tier
The order relies on inherent Article II executive discretion, civil service management, or foreign diplomacy where Congress has neither expressly approved nor prohibited action.
This order operates within Justice Jackson’s Zone of Twilight, resting upon concurrent presidential authority or congressional silence.
Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 6336 (Oct. 13, 1933), https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6336-transfer-lands-from-the-snoqualmie-national-forest-the-mount-baker.