Executive Order 8376 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8376—Placing Certain Lands Under the Control of the Secretary of the Interior

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Wednesday, March 13, 1940

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1 min read (137 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 1940-03-13, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Placing Certain Lands Under the Control of the Secretary of the Interior." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

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

▪ Having become useless for military purposes, the following-described lands are hereby placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition as provided in the above-mentioned act, or as may be otherwise provided by law: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T.

▪ 2575 of April 4, 1917, reserving the above-described lands for military purposes, are hereby revoked.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments

Total Words

137

750 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. 8376, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 13, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8376-placing-certain-lands-under-the-control-the-secretary-the-interior.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

NEW MEXICO By virtue of and pursuant to the authority vested in me by section 1 of the act of July 5, 1884, c. 214, 23 Stat. 103, it is ordered as follows: 1. Having become useless for military purposes, the following-described lands are hereby placed under the control of the Secretary of the Interior for disposition as provided in the above-mentioned act, or as may be otherwise provided by law: NEW MEXICO PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 28 S., R. 8 W., sec. 21, NE¼. T. 28 S., R. 9 W., sec. 23, SE¼; sec. 24, S½; sec. 25, all; sec. 26, E½. 2. Executive Orders No. 2489 of November 21, 1916, and No. 2575 of April 4, 1917, reserving the above-described lands for military purposes, are hereby revoked. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, March 13, 1940.