Executive Order 7352 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7352—Excluding Certain Tracts of Land From Tongass National Forest and Restoring Them to Entry in Alaska

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Thursday, April 23, 1936

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1 min read (258 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1936-04-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Excluding Certain Tracts of Land From Tongass National Forest and Restoring Them to Entry in Alaska." 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

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Excluding Certain Tracts of Land From Tongass National Forest and Restoring Them to Entry in Alaska.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

258

1,642 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7352, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 23, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7352-excluding-certain-tracts-land-from-tongass-national-forest-and.

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 (16 U.S.C., sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the following-described tracts of land in Alaska, occupied as homesites and identified by elimination surveys, plats and field notes of which are on file in the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., be, and they are hereby, excluded from the Tongass National Forest and restored to entry under the applicable public-land laws: Homesite No. 136, lot I, Mud Bay group, east shore of Tongass Narros, Revlllaglgedo Island, 4.77 acres; approximate latitude 55°25' N., longitude 131°46' W. Homesite No. 138, lot H, Mud Bay group, east shore of Tongass Narros, Revlllaglgedo Island, 4.98 acres; approximate latitude 55°24'30'' N., longitude 131°46' W. Homesite No. 145, lot D, Auke Lake group, Glacier Highway, on Auke Lake, 4.73 acres; approximate latitude 58°22'30" N., longitude 134°37'35" W. Homesite No. 151, on the shore of the second bight north of Thoms Place Bay, Zimovia Strait, Wrangell Island, 4.03 acres; approximate latitude 56°10'50" N., longitude 132°10'30" W. Homesite No. 210, lot C, Wrangell Island group, Zimovia Strait, near town of Wrangell, 4.80 acres; approximate latitude 56°26'36" N., longitude 132°22'39" W. Homesite No. 263, lot A, Camp Island, Le Conte Bay, 4.94 acres; approximate latitude 56°44' N., longitude 132°33'55" W. Homesite No. 322, north shore of Tenakee Inlet, Chichagof Island, 4.80 acres; approximate latitude 57°47'29" N., longitude 135°14'30" W. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, April 23, 1936.