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Executive Order 8199 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8199—Partial Revocation of Executive Orders of July 9, 1910, May 18, 1911, August 25, 1915, and May 22, 1917, Creating, Respectively, Coal Land Withdrawals Nos. 1, 6, 8, and 10

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Tuesday, July 11, 1939
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3 min read (596 words)

Plain-English Translation & Framers' Constitutional Analysis

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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-07-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Partial Revocation of Executive Orders of July 9, 1910, May 18, 1911, August 25, 1915, and May 22, 1917, Creating, Respectively, Coal Land Withdrawals Nos. 1, 6, 8, and 10." 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

▪ 10, are hereby revoked as to the following-described lands: NEW MEXICO MERIDIAN T.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Branch Departments 🏛️ General Body of the People
Total Words
596
2,724 characters
Estimated Read Time
3 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5.3
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 8199, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 11, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8199-partial-revocation-executive-orders-july-9-1910-may-18-1911-august-25.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
[Coal Land Restoration, New Mexico No. 54] By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by the act of June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 36 Stat. 847, the Executive Orders of July 9, 1910, creating Coal Land Withdrawal, New Mexico No. 1; of May 18, 1911, creating Coal Land Withdrawal, New Mexico No. 6; of August 25, 1915, creating Coal Land Withdrawal, New Mexico No. 8; and of May 22, 1917, creating Coal Land Withdrawal, New Mexico No. 10, are hereby revoked as to the following-described lands: NEW MEXICO MERIDIAN T. 19 N., R. 1 W., all, including all segregated tracts within its outboundary. T. 20 N., R. 1 W., all, including all segregated tracts within its outboundary. T. 21 N., R. 1 W., sec. 1, all; sec. 2, lot 4, SW¼NW¼ and W½SW¼; secs. 3 to 36, inclusive; all segregated tracts within the township outboundary. T. 22 N., R. 1 W., all, including all segregated tracts within its outboundary. T. 18 N., R. 2 W., all. T. 19 N., R. 2 W., all, including all segregated tracts within its outboundary. T. 20 N., R. 2 W., all, including all segregated tracts within its outboundary. T. 21 N., R. 2 W., all. T. 18 N., R. 3 W., all. T. 19 N., R. 3 W., all. T. 20 N., R. 3 W., all. T. 21 N., R. 3 W., all. T. 18 N., R. 4 W., all. T. 19 N., R. 4 W., all. T. 20 N., R. 4 W., all, including all segregated tracts within its outboundary. T. 21 N., R. 4 W., all. T. 18 N., R. 5 W., all. T. 19 N., R. 5 W., secs. 1 to 29, inclusive; secs. 31 to 36, inclusive. T. 20 N., R. 5 W., all. T. 21 N., R. 5 W., all. T. 18 N., R. 6 W., sec. 1, all; sec. 2, S½N½ and S½; secs. 3, 5, and 7; secs. 9 to 13, inclusive; sec. 14, W½ and SE¼; secs. 15 to 27, inclusive; secs. 29 and 31; secs. 33 to 35, inclusive; sec. 36, SE¼. T. 20 N., R. 6 W., all. T. 21 N., R. 6 W., all. T. 22 N., R. 6 W., all. T. 18 N., R. 7 W., secs. 1 to 3, inclusive; secs. 5 to 19, inclusive; sec. 21, all; secs. 23 to 25, inclusive; secs. 27 and 29; sec. 30, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, E½W½; secs. 31, 33, 35, and 36. T. 21 N., R. 7 W., all. T. 22 N., R. 7 W., all. T. 19 N., R. 8 W., secs. 1 to 3, inclusive; secs. 5 and 7; secs. 9 to 36, inclusive. T. 22 N., R. 8 W., all. T. 21 N., R. 9 W., secs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 13; secs. 15 to 17, inclusive; secs. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, and 29; secs. 31 to 33, inclusive; secs. 35 and 36. T. 22 N., R. 9 W., all. T. 21 N., R. 10 W., secs. 1 to 9, inclusive; secs. 11 and 13; secs. 15 to 36, inclusive. T. 22 N., R. 10 W., all. T. 21 N., R. 11 W., secs. 1 to 25, inclusive; secs. 27 to 31, inclusive; sec. 32, N½ and SE¼; secs. 33 to 36, inclusive; tracts 37 and 38. T. 22 N., R. 11 W., all. T. 22 N., R. 12 W., all. T. 22 N., R. 13 W., all. T. 14 N., R. 18 W., sec. 1, all. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, July 11, 1939.