Executive Order 7041 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7041—Transferring Subsistence Homesteads Activities to the Resettlement Administration

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Wednesday, May 15, 1935

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1 min read (148 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 1935-05-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transferring Subsistence Homesteads Activities to the Resettlement Administration." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Evaluated against the Fifth Amendment, this action touches upon property or economic rights. An early statesman would insist upon strict adherence to due process of law and the constitutional guarantee that private holdings shall not be encumbered or taken for public purposes without just compensation and lawful process.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 6209, of July 21, 1933, to the Resettlement Administration, established by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

148

869 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

14.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7041, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 15, 1935). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7041-transferring-subsistence-homesteads-activities-the-resettlement.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by Title II of the National Industrial Recovery Act, approved June 16,1933 (48 Stat. 200), I hereby: 1. Transfer from the Secretary of the Interior and such agents and agencies as he may have designated or set up pursuant to Executive Order No. 6209, of July 21, 1933, to the Resettlement Administration, established by Executive Order No. 7027, of April 30, 1935: (a) all the real and personal property or any interest therein, together with all contracts, options, rights, interests, books, papers, memoranda, records, etc., acquired by the Secretary of the Interior and any such agent or agency with the funds appropriated or made available to carry out the provisions of Section 208 of Title II of the said National Industrial Recovery Act, and (b) all personnel now employed under the said Section 208. . . .