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Executive Order 7664 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7664—Modifying the Seney Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Saturday, July 17, 1937
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3 min read (586 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-07-17, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Modifying the Seney Migratory Waterfowl Refuge." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.
▪ 1222) it is ordered as follows: Section 1.
▪ All lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area in Michigan, subject to any existing valid rights, are hereby included in and reserved as a part of the Seney Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, established by Executive Order No.
▪ 7246 of December 10, 1935: Provided , that any private lands within such area shall become a part of the Refuge upon the acquisition of title thereto or lease thereof by the United States: MICHIGAN MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities
Total Words
586
3,114 characters
Estimated Read Time
3 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
7.1
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 7664, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 17, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7664-modifying-the-seney-migratory-waterfowl-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
MICHIGAN By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States and 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, and In order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222) it is ordered as follows: Section 1. All lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area in Michigan, subject to any existing valid rights, are hereby included in and reserved as a part of the Seney Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, established by Executive Order No. 7246 of December 10, 1935: Provided , that any private lands within such area shall become a part of the Refuge upon the acquisition of title thereto or lease thereof by the United States: MICHIGAN MERIDIAN T. 44 N., R. 13 W., Secs. 7 and 18. T. 44 N., R. 14 W., Secs. 2 to 6, inclusive; Secs. 8 to 17, inclusive; Secs. 20 to 23, inclusive; Secs. 26 to 29, inclusive; Secs. 32 to 35, inclusive. T. 45 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 4, S½; Sec. 5, S½; Sec. 6, lots 3 to 7, inclusive, SE¼NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼; Secs. 7 to 9, inclusive; Secs. 16 to 22, inclusive; Secs. 27 to 34, inclusive. T. 44 N., R. 15 W., Secs. 1 to 6, inclusive. T. 45 N., R. 15 W., all. T. 46 N., R. 15 W., Secs. 31 to 36, inclusive. T. 44 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 1, all. T. 45 N., R. 16 W., Secs. 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36. T. 46 N., R. 16 W., Sec. 36, all. (Approximately 66,725 acres.) Section 2. All lands owned or controlled by the United States within the following-described area in Michigan are hereby excluded from the said Seney Migratory Waterfowl Refuge: MICHIGAN MERIDIAN T. 44 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 4, lots 1 and 2, S½NE¼ and N½SE¼; Sec. 9, E½NE¼ and SE¼SE¼. T. 45 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 4, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, S½N½, N½SW¼, that part of SW¼SW¼ lying east of the easterly right-of-way boundary of Michigan State Highway No. M-77, SE¼SW¼, and SE¼; Sec. 5, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, S½N½ and that part of E½SE¼ lying east of the easterly right-of-way boundary of Michigan State Highway No. M-77; Sec. 6, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S½N½; Sec. 9, NE¼ that part of the lying east of the easterly right-of-way boundary of Michigan State Highway No. M-77, and SE¼; Sec. 16, E½NE¼, and those parts of the W½NE¼, NE¼NW¼, and SE¼ lying east of the easterly right-of-way boundary of Michigan State Highway No. M-77; Sec. 21, that part of the E½NE¼ lying east of the easterly right-of-way boundary of the Michigan State Highway No. M-77. T. 45 N., R. 14 W., Sec. 1, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S½N½; Sec. 2, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S½N½; Sec. 3, lots 1 to 4, inclusive, and S½N½. (Approximately 3,296 acres.) Section 3. The lands excluded from the said Refuge by section 2 hereof shall be and remain under the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture. Section 4. The reservation made by section 1 of this order supersedes as to the lands described therein the withdrawal made by Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, for classification and other purposes. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, July 17, 1937.