Executive Order 6944 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 6944—Transfer of Lands from the Uinta National Forest to the Wasatch National Forest, Utah

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Wednesday, January 9, 1935

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1 min read (169 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 1935-01-09, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Lands from the Uinta National Forest to the Wasatch National Forest, Utah." 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

▪ 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that all lands in the Uinta National Forest lying to the east of the following-described Une be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Wasatch National Forest: Beginning at the point on the boundary of the Uinta National Forest as described by proclamation of July 30, 1929 (46 Stat.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

169

969 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.8

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 6944, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 9, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-6944-transfer-lands-from-the-uinta-national-forest-the-wasatch-national.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897 (30 Stat. 11, 36; U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that all lands in the Uinta National Forest lying to the east of the following-described Une be, and they are hereby, transferred to the Wasatch National Forest: Beginning at the point on the boundary of the Uinta National Forest as described by proclamation of July 30, 1929 (46 Stat. 3003), where said boundary intersects the west boundary of T. 2 N., R. 9 W., Uinta special meridian; thence in a southeasterly direction along the hydrographic divide between Duchesne River on the east and Soapstone Creek and Wolf Creek on the west to the point where said hydrographic divide intersects the said Uinta National Forest boundary near the southeast comer of sec. 13, T. 1 N., R. 9 W., Uinta special meridian. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, January 9, 1935.