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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1936-08-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Section 2 of Executive Order No. 7305 of February 28, 1936, Allocating Funds to the Farm Credit Administration, Etc.." 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
▪Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Amendment of Section 2 of Executive Order No. 7305 of February 28, 1936, Allocating Funds to the Farm Credit Administration, Etc..
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
🏛️ Public Health & Medical Institutions
Total Words
200
1,172 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
16.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 7436, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Aug 21, 1936). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7436-amendment-section-2-executive-order-no-7305-february-28-1936.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 (49 Stat. 115), Section 2 of Executive Order No. 7305 of February 28, 1936, allocating funds to the Farm Credit Administration and prescribing rules and regulations for the making of emergency crop loans, is hereby amended to read as follows: (k) The amount which may be lent to any one borrower (inclusive of any loan or loans heretofore granted to such borrower under the provisions of the above Act and this Executive Order) shall not exceed the sum of $200.00, except that the amount which may be lent to any one borrower for the production of winter wheat (inclusive of any loan or loans as aforesaid) shall not exceed the sum of $400.00, and each applicant for a loan shall establish to the satisfaction of the proper officer or employee of the Farm Credit Administration, under such conditions as the Governor may prescribe, that the applicant is unable to procure such loan from any other source: Provided, that preference shall be given to the applications of farmers whose cash requirements are small. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT THE WHITE HOUSE, August 21, 1936.
