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Executive Order 9114 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9114—Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Saturday, March 28, 1942
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2 min read (460 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 1942-03-28, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Withdrawing Public Lands for Use of the War Department for Military Purposes." 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

▪ Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department for military purposes: Tract No.
▪ 1742 of June 10, 1925, adding certain lands to the Tongass National Forest, in Alaska, is hereby revoked so far as it affects any of the lands described above as Tract No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Armed Forces & Military Establishments 🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants 🏛️ Private Citizens & Property Owners
Total Words
460
2,430 characters
Estimated Read Time
2 min
@ 200 words / min
Flesch-Kincaid
5
Post-Grad reading level
Constitutional Polarity
+0.02
Framers' Alignment index
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Scholarly & Legal Citations 

Exec. Order No. 9114, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 28, 1942). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9114-withdrawing-public-lands-for-use-the-war-department-for-military.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →
ALASKA By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and by the act of June 4, 1897, 30 Stat. 11, 36 (U.S.C., title 16, sec. 473), it is ordered as follows: 1. Subject to valid existing rights, the public lands in the following-described areas are hereby withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the public-land laws, including the mining laws, and reserved for the use of the War Department for military purposes: Tract No. 1 Beginning at corner No. 1, which is identical with corner No. 2, U. S. Survey No. 1763, Thence by metes and bounds: N. 64°55'50" E., 7108.20 ft. to corner No. 2, identical with corner No. 3, U. S. Survey No. 1763; S. 8°25' W., 3811.1 ft. to corner No. 3, identical with corner No. 3, U. S. Survey No. 226; S. 46°10' W., 1598.5 ft. to corner No. 4, identical with corner No. 1, U. S. Survey No. 226 and corner No. 7, U. 8. Survey No. 225; S. 10°30' E., 433.6 ft. to corner No. 5, identical with corner No. 8, U. S. Survey No. 225 and corner No. 6, U. S. Amended Survey No. 6½; S. 38°30' E., 739.9 ft. to corner No. 6, identical with corner No. 7, U. S. Amended Survey No. 6½; S. 25°30' E., 462 ft. to corner No. 7, identical with corner No. 8, U. S. Amended Survey No. 6½; S. 39°00' W., 498.3 ft. to corner No. 8, identical with corner No. 9, U. S. Amended Survey No. ½; S. 65°57' W., 1388 ft. to corner No. 9, identical with corner No. 10, U. S. Amended Survey No. 6½ on shore of Sitka Sound; Thence northwesterly with meanders of shore of Sitka Sound at mean high tide to corner No. 1, the place of beginning. The tract as described, Including both public and nonpubllc lands, aggregates 481.7 acres. Tract No. 2 Beginning at corner No. 1, which is identical with corner No. 1, U. S. Survey No. 1763, Thence by metes and bounds: N. 52°21' E., 7311.5 ft. to corner No. 2; S. 27°59'40" E., 14734.0 ft. to corner No. 3, identical with corner No. 3, U. S. Survey No. 1763; S. 64°55'50" W., 7108.20 ft. to corner No. 4, identical with corner No. 2, U. S. Survey No. 1763; Thence northwesterly with meanders of shore of Sitka Sound at mean high tide to corner No. 1, the place of beginning. The tract contains 2215.7 acres. 2. Proclamation No. 1742 of June 10, 1925, adding certain lands to the Tongass National Forest, in Alaska, is hereby revoked so far as it affects any of the lands described above as Tract No. 2. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 28, 1942.