Executive Order 7867 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 7867—Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the Department of Agriculture

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Friday, April 15, 1938

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1 min read (231 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 1938-04-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawal of Public Land for Use of the Department of Agriculture." 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, ch.

▪ 497, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing certain lands for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following-described public land in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: LOUISIANA MERIDIAN T.

▪ The reservation made by section 2 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act or Congress.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

231

1,424 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

13.1

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 7867, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Apr 15, 1938). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-7867-withdrawal-public-land-for-use-the-department-agriculture.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

LOUISIANA By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me 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, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. Executive Order No. 6964 of February 5, 1935, as amended, temporarily withdrawing certain lands for classification and other purposes, is hereby revoked in so far as it affects the following-described public land in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana: LOUISIANA MERIDIAN T. 22 N., R. 4 W., sec. 2, SE ¼ NE ¼, 40 acres. SECTION 2. Subject to the conditions expressed in the above-mentioned acts and to all valid existing rights, the vacant, unappropriated, and unreserved public land described in section 1 of this order is hereby temporarily withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, and entry, and reserved and set apart for use and development by the Department of Agriculture for reforestation, forestation, soil erosion control, and other land utilization activities, in connection with the Claiborne Parish Project, LA-LA-2: Provided , that nothing herein contained shall restrict prospecting, locating, developing, mining, entering, leasing, or patenting the mineral resources of the land under the applicable laws. SECTION 3. The reservation made by section 2 of this order shall remain in force until revoked by the President or by act or Congress. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, April 15, 1938.