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Executive Order 7784 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7784—Establishing the Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Friday, December 31, 1937
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2 min read (361 words)

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1937-12-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Aransas 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 Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
Total Words
361
2,140 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
6.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 7784, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Dec 31, 1937). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7784-establishing-the-aransas-migratory-waterfowl-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
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 area, comprising approximately 47,215 acres, in Aransas and Refugio Counties, Texas, 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 area described shall become a part of the refuge hereby established upon the acquisition of title thereto or lease thereof by the United States: All that part of Blackjack Peninsula, Including Bludworth Island, Cape Carlos, and the small Island near the westernmost point of Cape Carlos, lying between St. Charles Bay and San Antonio Bay, south of the following-described line: Beginning at a point at the head of St. Charles Bay, on the west bank and at the mouth of Twin (Willow) Creek, said point being marked with a US. Biological Survey standard concrete post; Thence from said initial point, upstream with the west bank meanders of Twin (Willow) Creek, northwesterly, 122.804 chains, to a point; Thence crossing Twin (Willow) Creek and Blackjack Peninsula N. 13°39' E" 48.90 chains; N. 18°06' E" 42.81 chains; N. 12°13' E., 2.271 chains; S. 0°49' E" 80.08 chains; N. 89°12' E., 94.53 chains; N. 0°43' W., 39.85 chains; N. 89°11' E., 119.08 chains; N. 0°51' W., 80.04 chains; N. 89°15' E., 120.03 chains; N. 0°44' W., 61.58 chains; N. 89°07' E., 76.70 chains; S. 1°30' E., 40.44 chains; S. 89°28' E., 40.27 chains; South, 0.352 chain; East, 0.188 chain; S. 0°28' E., 6.85 chains; N. 89°31' E" 163.06 chains, to a point on Webb Point on the west shore of San Antonio Bay, said point being marked with a U.S. Biological Survey standard concrete post set in a shell bank. This reservation, shall be known as the Aransas Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, December 31, 1937.