Executive Order 8598 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8598—Reserving Certain Public Lands as Administrative Sites for the Cabeza Prieta Game Range and the Kofa Game Range

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Monday, November 18, 1940

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1 min read (168 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 1940-11-18, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Reserving Certain Public Lands as Administrative Sites for the Cabeza Prieta Game Range and the Kofa Game Range." 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.

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

▪ The following-described public lands, in Pima and Yuma Counties, Arizona, comprising 80 acres, more or less, are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved, subject to valid existing rights, for the use of the Department of the Interior as administrative sites for the Cabeza Prieta Game Range and the Kofa Game Range: GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN T.

▪ 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners

Total Words

168

950 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

9.4

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8598, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Nov 18, 1940). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8598-reserving-certain-public-lands-administrative-sites-for-the-cabeza.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ARIZONA 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. 369, 37 Stat. 497, it is ordered as follows: SECTION 1. The following-described public lands, in Pima and Yuma Counties, Arizona, comprising 80 acres, more or less, are hereby withdrawn from settlement, location, sale, or entry, and reserved, subject to valid existing rights, for the use of the Department of the Interior as administrative sites for the Cabeza Prieta Game Range and the Kofa Game Range: GILA AND SALT RIVER MERIDIAN T. 12 S., R. 6 W., sec. 15, NE¼NW¼; T. 4 N., R. 19 W., sec. 29, NE¼NE¼. SECTION 2. The reservation made by this order supersedes so far as any of the above-described lands are affected the temporary withdrawal for classification and other purposes made by Executive Order No. 6910 of November 26, 1934, as amended. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT The White House, November 18, 1940.