Executive Order 7349 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7349—Modifying Executive Order of June 8, 1926, Creating Reservoir Site Reserve No. 17, Pacific Slope Basins, California

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Saturday, April 18, 1936

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1 min read (265 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 1936-04-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modifying Executive Order of June 8, 1926, Creating Reservoir Site Reserve No. 17, Pacific Slope Basins, California." 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

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.

▪ 497, it is ordered that the Executive Order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir Site Reserve No.

▪ 17, be, and it is hereby, modified to the extent necessary to enable the Federal Power Commission to issue an amendment to a license for Project No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

265

1,488 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7349, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 18, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7349-modifying-executive-order-june-8-1926-creating-reservoir-site-reserve.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

MODIFICATION NO. 401 By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered that the Executive Order of June 8, 1926, creating Reservoir Site Reserve No. 17, be, and it is hereby, modified to the extent necessary to enable the Federal Power Commission to issue an amendment to a license for Project No. 966 on the following-described lands on condition that whenever the lands are required for reservoir purposes the licensee agrees at its own expense to remove its project works from said lands or from such portions thereof as may be required for reservoir purposes within thirty days after receipt of notice from the Secretary of the Interior: SAN BERNARDINO MERIDIAN All portions of the following sections lying within 50 feet of the center line of the transmission line location shown on a map designated "Exhibit K", and entitled "Detail Map of Electric Distribution Line in West Fork San Gabriel Canyon and Angeles National Forest," and filed in the office of the Federal Power Commission, October 19, 1935: T. 2 N., R. 9 W., sec. 19. T. 2 N., R. 10 W., secs. 22, 23, and 24. Executive Order No. 5906 of August 18, 1932, which modified the said Executive Order of June 8, 1926, to the extent of authorizing the Federal Power Commission to issue a license for Project No. 1209, is hereby revoked. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, April 18, 1936.