Executive Order 9311 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9311—Enlarging the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge

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Saturday, March 6, 1943

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1 min read (215 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 1943-03-06, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Enlarging the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge." 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

▪ 1222), it is ordered that the following-described lands, comprising 374.64 acres, more or less, acquired by the United States in Holt County, Missouri, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the Department of the Interior, subject to valid existing rights, as an addition to and a part of the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, established by Executive Order No.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

215

1,274 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

10.6

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

+0.02

Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9311, Franklin D. Roosevelt (Mar 6, 1943). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9311-enlarging-the-squaw-creek-national-wildlife-refuge.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

MISSOURI By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and in order to effectuate further the purposes of the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (45 Stat. 1222), it is ordered that the following-described lands, comprising 374.64 acres, more or less, acquired by the United States in Holt County, Missouri, be, and they are hereby, reserved and set apart for the Department of the Interior, subject to valid existing rights, as an addition to and a part of the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, established by Executive Order No. 7156 of August 23, 1935, as the Squaw Creek Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, the name of which was changed to Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge by Proclamation No. 2416, of July 25, 1940: FIFTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN T. 61 N., R. 38 W., sec. 7. fractional S½ of lot 2 in NW¼, SW¼NE¼, and W½SE¼NE¼; T. 61 N.. R 39 W., sec. 1, E½ south and east of the southeasterly right-of-way boundary of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; sec. 10, SE¼NE¼ south and east of the southeasterly right-of-way boundary of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; sec. 36, N½SE¼ east of the easterly right-of-way boundary of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, and NW¼SE¼. FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT The White House, March 6, 1943.