Executive Order 7795 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7795—Establishing the Huron Migratory Bird Refuge

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Friday, January 21, 1938

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2 min read (314 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 1938-01-21, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Establishing the Huron Migratory Bird Refuge." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: Scrutinized through Article II, Section 2, this action exercises the President's constitutional role as Commander in Chief. Early Framers recognized broad executive discretion in commanding military forces during conflict, provided it remains bounded by congressional declarations and respects civilian domestic courts.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, ch.

▪ 1222), it is ordered that the islands, surveyed and unsurveyed, of the Huron Islands group, lying near the south shore of Lake Superior and situated in sections 27 to 29, inclusive, and sections 34 and 35, T.

▪ 29 W., Michigan Meridian, comprising approximately 147 acres, as shown on the diagram attached to and made a part of this order, 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.

▪ The Executive Order of October 10, 1905, establishing the Huron Islands Reservation is hereby revoked.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

314

1,857 characters

Estimated Read Time

2 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.2

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7795, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jan 21, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7795-establishing-the-huron-migratory-bird-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 that the islands, surveyed and unsurveyed, of the Huron Islands group, lying near the south shore of Lake Superior and situated in sections 27 to 29, inclusive, and sections 34 and 35, T. 53 N., R. 29 W., Michigan Meridian, comprising approximately 147 acres, as shown on the diagram attached to and made a part of this order, 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. Certain of the above-described islands are primarily under the jurisdiction of the War Department and the Department of Commerce, and the reservation thereof made by this order is subject to the respective uses thereof by the said Departments in connection with the quarrying of stone to construct breakwaters and the maintenance of the Huron Island Light Station; and the use thereof by the Department of Agriculture shall not interfere with any existing or future uses or regulations of the War Department or the Department of Commerce. The reservation made by this order supersedes as to any of the above-described islands affected thereby the temporary withdrawal for classification and other purposes made by Executive Order No. 4430 of April 23, 1926, as modified. The Executive Order of October 10, 1905, establishing the Huron Islands Reservation is hereby revoked. This refuge shall be known as the Huron Migratory Bird Refuge. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, January 21, 1938.