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Executive Order 7764 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7764—Establishing the Sabine Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Monday, December 6, 1937
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2 min read (432 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-12-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Sabine Migratory Waterfowl Refuge." 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

▪ This reservation shall be known as the Sabine Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
432
2,188 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 7764, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 6, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7764-establishing-the-sabine-migratory-waterfowl-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
LOUISIANA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the lands acquired or to be acquired by the United States within the following-described areas, comprising 143,110 acres, more or less, in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, surveyed or unsurveyed, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart, subject to valid existing rights, for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife: Provided , that any private lands within the areas described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title thereto or lease thereof by the United States: LOUISIANA MERIDIAN T. 14 S., R. 8 W., Secs. 2 to 11, inclusive; Sec. 14, N½; Sec. 15, all; Secs. 17, 18, and. 19; Sec. 20, N½NE¼, SW¼NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼. T. 13 S., R. 9 W., Secs. 18 and 19. T. 14 S., R. 9 W., Sec. 1, all; Secs. 11 to 17, inclusive; Sec. 19, E½; Sec. 20, N½, SW¼, and N½SE¼; Secs. 21 to 24, inclusive, N½, and N½S½. T. 13 S., R. 10 W., Sec. 5, W½NE¼, W½, and W½SE¼; Secs. 6 and 7; Sec. 8, W½NE¼, W½, and SE¼; Sec. 9, NW¼SW¼ and S½SW¼; Sec. 15, SW¼; Secs. 17 to 21, inclusive; Sec. 22, S½ NE¼, and SE¼; Sec. 23, S½N½ and S½; Secs. 24 to 35, inclusive. T. 14 S., R. 10 W., Sec. 5, all. T. 13 S., R. 11 W., all. T. 14S.. R. 11 W., Secs. 1 to 15, inclusive, and secs. 17 and 18. T. 13 S., R. 12 W, Secs. 1 to 15, inclusive, and secs. 17 to 36, inclusive. T. 14 S., R. 12 W., Secs. 1 to 15, inclusive, and secs. 17 and 18. T. 13 S., R. 18 W., Secs. 1 to 15, inclusive, and secs. 17 to 36, inclusive. T. 14 S., R. 13 W., Secs. 1 to 15, inclusive, and secs. 17 and 18. 1.13 S., R. 14 W., Sec. 1, SW¼NE¼, W½, and SW¼SE¼; Secs. 2 to 6, inclusive; Secs. 7 to 17, inclusive; Secs. 20 to 29, inclusive; Secs. 32 to 36, inclusive. T. 14 S., R. 14 W., Secs. 1 to 15, inclusive; Sec. 17, all; Sec. 18, NE¼ and NE¼NW¼. T. 14 S., R. 15 W., Sec. 12, E½NE¼. This reservation shall be known as the Sabine Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 6, 1937.