Executive Order 7656 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7656—Modification of Executive Order of June 8, 1929, Creating Potash Reserve No. 7, New Mexico

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Tuesday, July 13, 1937

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1 min read (229 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-07-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modification of Executive Order of June 8, 1929, Creating Potash Reserve No. 7, New Mexico." 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, 37 Stat.

▪ 1269, as amended, without mutual reservations of potash and associated minerals, the Executive Order of June 8, 1929, creating Potash Reserve No.

▪ 2, is hereby modified and amended so as to exclude from the said reserve the following-described selected lands, and, in lieu thereof, to include in the said reserve the following-described base lands: NEW MEXICO MERIDIAN SELECTED LANDS T.

▪ This order shall be effective both, as to excluded and included lands concurrently with the revestment of fee title to the said base lands in the United States.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

229

1,245 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

5.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7656, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 13, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7656-modification-executive-order-june-8-1929-creating-potash-reserve-no-7.

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 25, 1910, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, 37 Stat. 497, and for the purpose of effecting an exchange of lands under the provisions of the act of June 28, 1934, 48 Stat. 1269, as amended, without mutual reservations of potash and associated minerals, the Executive Order of June 8, 1929, creating Potash Reserve No. 7, New Mexico No. 2, is hereby modified and amended so as to exclude from the said reserve the following-described selected lands, and, in lieu thereof, to include in the said reserve the following-described base lands: NEW MEXICO MERIDIAN SELECTED LANDS T. 3. S., R. 25 E., Sec. 21, E½; Sec. 22, lots 2 and. 6; Sec. 27, W½W½; Sec. 28, NE¼NE¼, and NE¼SE¼: Sec. 33, NW¼NE¼, SE¼NE¼, NW¼NW¼, and NE¼SE¼. BASE LANDS T. 4 S., R. 25 E., Sec. 2, lots 1, 2, and 8, and SE¼NE¼; Sec. 11, E½SE¼; Sec. 12, SW¼NW¼ and W½SW¼; Sec. 13. S½SW¼ and SW¼SE¼; Sec. 14, E½SE¼; Sec. 24, W½NE¼ and SE¼NW¼; Sec. 25, SW¼NE¼, W½NW¼, and SE¼NW¼. This order shall be effective both, as to excluded and included lands concurrently with the revestment of fee title to the said base lands in the United States. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, July 13, 1937.