Executive Order 8906 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 8906—Transfer of Lands From the Ouachita National Forest to the Ozark National Forest

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Tuesday, September 23, 1941

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1 min read (144 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 1941-09-23, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Transfer of Lands From the Ouachita National Forest to the Ozark National Forest." It is a direct, concise executive instruction delivering focused administrative or military commands to department leadership.

Constitutional Assessment: Reviewed under the Tenth Amendment and the principle of dual federalism, this order touches upon domains traditionally reserved to the sovereign States. The Framers would caution against any attempt to commandeer state officers or displace local police powers through federal executive fiat.

Key Directives & Operative Actions

▪ Formal executive instruction issued by the President establishing official administrative policy on Transfer of Lands From the Ouachita National Forest to the Ozark National Forest.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Sovereign State Governments & Localities

Total Words

144

873 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

11.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 8906, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Sep 23, 1941). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-8906-transfer-lands-from-the-ouachita-national-forest-the-ozark-national.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

ARKANSAS By virtue of the authority vested in me by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), and upon the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture, it is ordered that the following-described national-forest lands, in the State of Arkansas, be, and they are hereby, transferred from the Ouachita National Forest to the Ozark National Forest: All lands of the Magazine Mountain Ranger District within the established boundaries of the Ouachita National Forest, Arkansas, as shown on the diagram made a part of Proclamation No. 2296 of August 30, 1938 (53 Stat., Pt. 3, 2465). It is not intended by this order to give a national-forest status to any publicly-owned lands which have not heretofore had such status, or to remove any publicly-owned lands from a national-forest status. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, September 23, 1941.