Executive Order 9977 Constitutional Neutral (+0.02)

Executive Order 9977—Discontinuing Certain District Land Offices

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Wednesday, July 14, 1948

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1 min read (192 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 Harry S Truman on 1948-07-14, establishes federal administrative policy concerning "Discontinuing Certain District Land Offices." 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

▪ The district land offices at The Dalles, Lakeview, and Roseburg, Oregon, shall be discontinued, and the business and necessary archives of those offices shall be transferred to and consolidated in a district land office which shall be established and maintained at Portland, Oregon.

▪ The district land offices at Pierre, South Dakota, and Bismarck, North Dakota, shall be discontinued, and the business and necessary archives of those offices shall be transferred to and consolidated with the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.

▪ This order shall become effective at the close of business on July 30, 1948.

Constitutional & Societal Entities Impacted

🏛️ Executive Departments & Federal Civil Servants

Total Words

192

1,134 characters

Estimated Read Time

1 min

@ 200 words / min

Flesch-Kincaid

12.5

Post-Grad reading level

Constitutional Polarity

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Framers' Alignment index

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Scholarly & Legal Citations

Exec. Order No. 9977, Harry S Truman (Jul 14, 1948). Available at https://executiveordersarchive.org/orders/app-executive-order-9977-discontinuing-certain-district-land-offices.

Official Document Text

Source: The American Presidency Project (UCSB Archive)

Original Source →

By virtue of the authority vested in me by sections 2251 and 2252 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (43 U.S.C. 126 and 121), and by section 1 of the act of June 19, 1878, 20 Stat. 178, 201 (43 U.S.C. 130), and as President of the United States, and upon the recommendation of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, approved by the Secretary of the Interior, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. The district land offices at The Dalles, Lakeview, and Roseburg, Oregon, shall be discontinued, and the business and necessary archives of those offices shall be transferred to and consolidated in a district land office which shall be established and maintained at Portland, Oregon. 2. The district land offices at Pierre, South Dakota, and Bismarck, North Dakota, shall be discontinued, and the business and necessary archives of those offices shall be transferred to and consolidated with the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 3. This order shall become effective at the close of business on July 30, 1948. HARRY S. TRUMAN THE WHITE HOUSE, July 14, 1948