Executive Order 8174 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8174—Amending Executive Order No. 6901 of November 13, 1934 Withdrawing Public Land as a Wildlife Administrative Site

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Thursday, June 15, 1939

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1 min read (113 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 1939-06-15, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amending Executive Order No. 6901 of November 13, 1934 Withdrawing Public Land as a Wildlife Administrative Site." 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, c.

▪ 6901 of November 13, 1934, withdrawing a tract of public land in Alaska for use as a headquarters site in connection with the administration of the Alaska game laws, is hereby amended so as to make the metes-and-bounds description of the tract conform to the survey designated "U.S.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

113

617 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8174, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jun 15, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8174-amending-executive-order-no-6901-november-13-1934-withdrawing-public.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ALASKA By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 569, 37 Stat. 497, Executive Order No. 6901 of November 13, 1934, withdrawing a tract of public land in Alaska for use as a headquarters site in connection with the administration of the Alaska game laws, is hereby amended so as to make the metes-and-bounds description of the tract conform to the survey designated "U.S. Survey No. 2264, Alaska", the plat of which is on file in the General Land Office, Washington, D.C. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, June 15, 1939.