Executive Order 8201 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)
Executive Order 8201—Amendment of Executive Order No. 7302 of February 21, 1936, Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy
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This executive order, signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 1939-07-11, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Amendment of Executive Order No. 7302 of February 21, 1936, Transferring Certain Lands to the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy." 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
▪7302 of February 21, 1936, transferring certain lands in the Virgin Islands from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for use in the establishment, construction, and operation of aviation facilities, as amended by Executive Orders No.
▪8103 of May 2, 1939, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following: "It is further ordered that the following tract of land embracing the east beach and bath house fronting on Lindbergh Bay, St.
▪Thomas, Virgin Islands, more particularly described below by metes and bounds, be, and it is hereby, subject to valid existing rights, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for use in the establishment, construction and operation of aviation facilities at the Naval Air Station, St.
Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted
🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments
🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants
🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
281
1,639 characters
Estimated Read Time
1 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
9.5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
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Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations
Exec. Order No. 8201, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Jul 11, 1939). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8201-amendment-executive-order-no-7302-february-21-1936-transferring.
Official Document Text
Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)
VIRGIN ISLANDS By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of March 3, 1917, c. 171, 39 Stat. 1132, and the Second Deficiency Act, Fiscal Year 1931 (46 Stat. 1552, 1570), and as President of the United States, Executive Order No. 7302 of February 21, 1936, transferring certain lands in the Virgin Islands from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for use in the establishment, construction, and operation of aviation facilities, as amended by Executive Orders No. 7686 of August 5, 1937, No. 7790 of January 12, 1938, and No. 8103 of May 2, 1939, is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following: "It is further ordered that the following tract of land embracing the east beach and bath house fronting on Lindbergh Bay, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, more particularly described below by metes and bounds, be, and it is hereby, subject to valid existing rights, transferred from the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior to the control and jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for use in the establishment, construction and operation of aviation facilities at the Naval Air Station, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. "Beginning at a point marked '1' on Public Works Drawing No. 28, on file in the Navy Department, thence North 25°5' East, 210.06 feet to a point marked '2'; thence North 64°55' West, 282.21 feet, to a point marked '3'; thence South 25°5' West 172.22 feet to a point marked '4'; thence along the shore line of Lindbergh Bay to the point of beginning." FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, July 11, 1939.
