Executive Order 7406 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 7406—Modifying Executive Orders of July 2, 1910, and February 17, 1912, Creating Respectively Power Site Reserves Nos. 116 and 244, Colorado River (Formerly Grand River), Colorado
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1936-07-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modifying Executive Orders of July 2, 1910, and February 17, 1912, Creating Respectively Power Site Reserves Nos. 116 and 244, Colorado River (Formerly Grand River), Colorado." 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
▪847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.
▪497, it is ordered that the Executive Order of July 2, 1910, creating Power Site Reserve No.
▪244, as affected by Executive Order of August 29, 1919, modifying the land descriptions thereof, be, and they are hereby, modified to the extent necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior to approve two applications filed by the Denver and Salt Lake Western Railroad Company pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 3, 1875, ch.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Executive Branch Departments
🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
175
944 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
8.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7406, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 6, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7406-modifying-executive-orders-july-2-1910-and-february-17-1912-creating.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
MODIFICATION NO. 402 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 July 2, 1910, creating Power Site Reserve No. 116, and the Executive Order of February 17, 1912, creating Power Site Reserve No. 244, as affected by Executive Order of August 29, 1919, modifying the land descriptions thereof, be, and they are hereby, modified to the extent necessary to enable the Secretary of the Interior to approve two applications filed by the Denver and Salt Lake Western Railroad Company pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 3, 1875, ch. 152, 18 Stat. 482, for right-of-way for its constructed railroad from a point in sec. 21, T. 2 S., R. 83 W., to a point in sec. 5, T. 5 S., R. 86 W., Sixth Principal meridian, Colorado. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, July 6, 1936.
