Executive Order 7558 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7558—Withdrawal of Public Lands for Erosion Control Demonstrations

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Tuesday, February 23, 1937

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2 min read (321 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 1937-02-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Lands for Erosion Control Demonstrations." 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 as follows: Section 1.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain states for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tracts of public land in Lincoln County, Nevada: MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN T.

▪ Subject to valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use by the Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, in conducting erosion control demonstrations, a part of such land to be known as the Pahranagat Valley Area and a part as the Panaca Area.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

321

1,582 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

5.3

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7558, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Feb 23, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7558-withdrawal-public-lands-for-erosion-control-demonstrations.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

NEVADA 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 as follows: Section 1. Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended, temporarily withdrawing all public lands in certain states for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked as to the following-described tracts of public land in Lincoln County, Nevada: MOUNT DIABLO MERIDIAN T. 4 S., R. 59 E., E½ sec. 35, all sec. 36. T. 5 S., R. 59 E., all sec. 1, E½ secs. 2 and 11, all secs. 12 and 18, E½ sec. 14, NE¼ sec. 28, NW¼ sec. 24. T. 4 S., R. 60 E., all secs. 31 and 32, W½ sec. 38. T. 5 S., R. 60 E., W½ sec. 4, all secs. 5, 6, 7, 8, W½ sec. 9, NW¼ sec. 17, N½, SW¼ sec. 18. T. 1 S., R. 68 E., all sec. 86. T. 2 S., R. 68 E., all secs. 1 and 22. T. 1 S., R. 69 E., all sec. 31, S½ sec. 32. T. 2 S., R. 69 E., S½ secs. 2 and 3, all secs. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Section 2. Subject to valid existing rights, the tracts of land described in section 1 of this order are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry and reserved for use by the Soil Conservation Service, Department of Agriculture, in conducting erosion control demonstrations, a part of such land to be known as the Pahranagat Valley Area and a part as the Panaca Area. Section 3. The withdrawal made by section 2 of this order shall continue in force and effect unless and until revoked by the President or by act of Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, February 23, 1937.