...over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." The First Congress of the United States under the Constitution assembled in New York on the 4th of March,...

...THE TERRITORIES. § 483. The express grants which directly relate to this power are the following : " Congress shall have power . . . to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature...

...Confederation steered clear of the subject, and the Constitution flanked it in the well-known provision : The congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...of congress, become the seat of government of the United States. This clause was the result of a good deal of discussion, at one or two features of which...

...conferred by the Constitution of the United States, which provides in subdivision 17, § 8, art. 1, that the Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive...the seat of government of the United States." The court will take judicial notice that the District of Columbia is the seat of government of the United...

...Confederation steered clear of the subject, and the Constitution flanked it in the well-known provisipn : The congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...of congress, become the seat of government of the United States. This clause was the result of a 'good deal of discussion, at one or two features of...

...table, is given as a matter of interest and convenient reference : Constitution, Article 1, section 8 : The Congress shall have power • * • " to exercise...acceptance of Congress become the seat of government of the United States." Act approved July 16, 1790 (1 Stat. L., p. 130) : Section 1 : "That a district not...

...without any express authority from the Constitution. But to avoid all question, this instrument provides that " the Congress shall have power . . . to exercise...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States. " ° In like manner, — § 188. Territories. — No special words are needed to give...

...21, p. 388. ABSTRACT OF LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO CAPITOL BUILDING. Constitution, Article I, section 8: The Congress shall have power * * * " to exercise...acceptance of Congress become the seat of government of the United States." Act approved July 16, 1790 (1 Stat. L., p. 130). SBC. 1. That a district not exceeding...

...of the sixteenth clause of the eighth section of the first article of the Constitution reads thus: " Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." Mr. Chairman, I need not go into a labored argument to show that Congress has power...

...Confederation steered clear of the subject, and the Constitution flanked it in the well-known provision: "The congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...acceptance of congress become the seat of government of the United States." This clause was the result of a good deal of discussion, at one or two features of...