Executive Order 8592 Constitutional Fidelity (+0.33)

Executive Order 8592—Changing the Name of the Lake Bowdoin Migratory Waterfowl Refuge to Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge and Adding Certain Lands Thereto

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Tuesday, November 12, 1940

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1 min read (279 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 1940-11-12, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Changing the Name of the Lake Bowdoin Migratory Waterfowl Refuge to Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge and Adding Certain Lands Thereto." It outlines operative directives for executive department officers, delegating enforcement responsibilities and establishing official governance guidelines.

Constitutional Assessment: An early statesman would view this measure favorably under Article II, Section 3 (the Take Care Clause). The President operates strictly within the ambit of executing established laws and supervising departmental subordinates, respecting the supremacy of the legislative branch without fabricating novel statutory obligations.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c.

▪ 497, it is ordered as follows: Section 1.

▪ The name of the Lake Bowdoin Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, in Phillips County, Montana, established by Executive Order No.

▪ 7295 of February 14, 1936, is hereby changed to Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

279

1,576 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

7.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.33

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8592, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 12, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8592-changing-the-name-the-lake-bowdoin-migratory-waterfowl-refuge-bowdoin.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

MONTANA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and by the act of June 25, 1910, c. 421, 36 Stat. 847, as amended by the act of August 24, 1912, c. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered as follows: Section 1. The name of the Lake Bowdoin Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, in Phillips County, Montana, established by Executive Order No. 7295 of February 14, 1936, is hereby changed to Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge. Section 2. The following-described public lands, in Phillips County, Montana, comprising 1,398.16 acres, more or less, are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale or entry, and, subject to valid existing rights, are included in and reserved as a part of the said Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge: PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 30 N., R. 31 E., sec. 15, NW¼ NE¼ and N½NW¼; T. 31 N., R. 31 E., sec. 23, SE¼NE¼; sec. 24, and SE¼; sec. 25, N½NE¼; T. 31 N., R. 32 E., sec. 19, lots 1, 2, 3, and 4, and E½W½; sec. 30, lot 1, N½NE¼, and NE¼NW¼; sec. 33, lots 1, 5, 6, and 7, S½NE¼, and NE¼SE¼. Section 3. The lands herein reserved having been withdrawn for reclamation purposes in connection with the Milk River Irrigation Project and having been included in Petroleum Reserve No. 53, Montana No. 6, their reservation as an addition to the Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge is subject to their use pursuant to the reclamation laws, and for the purpose of oil and gas development pursuant to the act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437), as amended, and for purposes incidental thereto. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, November 12, 1940.