Executive Order 8145 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8145—Changing the Name of the Nine-Pipe Reservation to Nine-Pipe Migratory Waterfowl Refuge and Adding Certain Lands Thereto

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Wednesday, May 31, 1939

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1 min read (253 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-05-31, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Changing the Name of the Nine-Pipe Reservation to Nine-Pipe Migratory Waterfowl Refuge and Adding Certain Lands Thereto." 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

▪ 1222), it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1.

▪ The name of the Nine-Pipe Reservation, in Lake County, Montana, established by Executive Order No.

▪ 3503, of June 25, 1921, is hereby changed to Nine-Pipe Migratory Waterfowl Refuge.

▪ Subject to valid rights, the following-described lands, owned or controlled by the United States, are hereby included in and reserved as a part of the refuge: PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People

Total Words

253

1,352 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

5.9

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8145, Franklin D. Roosevelt (May 31, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8145-changing-the-name-the-nine-pipe-reservation-nine-pipe-migratory.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

MONTANA 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 as follows: SECTION 1. The name of the Nine-Pipe Reservation, in Lake County, Montana, established by Executive Order No. 3503, of June 25, 1921, is hereby changed to Nine-Pipe Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. SECTION 2. Subject to valid rights, the following-described lands, owned or controlled by the United States, are hereby included in and reserved as a part of the refuge: PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 19 N., R. 20 W., sec. 11, lots 5 and 7; T. 20 N., R. 20 W., sec. 34, lot 1; aggregating 67.18 acres, more or less. The Nine-Pipe Migratory Waterfowl Refuge as enlarged by this order consists of all lands owned or controlled by the United States in the following-described area, comprising 2,046.68 acres, more or less; PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 19 N:, R. 20 W., sec. 1, lot 8; sec. 2, lots 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9. S½N½, N½SW¼, SE¼SW¼, and W½SE¼; sec. 3, lots 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, and 10, and S½NE¼; sec. 11, lots 3, 4, 5, and 7; T. 20 N., R.. 20 W., sec. 27, lot 2 and S½SW¼; sec. 33, E½NE'¼; sec. 34, lots 1, 2, and 4, NW¼NE¼, S½NE¼, NW¼, E½SW¼, and SE¼; sec. 35, lots 2, 5, and 6, NW¼SW¼, and S½SW¼ FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, May 31, 1939 .