 | William Bondy - 1998 - 186 páginas
...President. 5 The District of Columbia is governed pursuant to the constitution, which provides that Congress shall have power " to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." 6 The legislative power thus given to Congress is direct, exclusive and absolute, and... | |
 | Robert Edgar Conrad - 2010 - 542 páginas
...that they were well founded. ... In Article 1, section 8, of the Constitution, it is declared that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation,...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The words are full, clear, and explicit. The power extends to "legislation in all cases... | |
 | Viator - 1854 - 154 páginas
...framed that part of section 8, art. 1, of the Constitution of the United States, which declares that Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...the Seat of Government of the United States, and to make all laws which may be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. By... | |
 | 1893 - 1052 páginas
...the following clause is embodied in the constitution of the United States, (article 1, § 8, cl. 17:) "Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state In... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Public Works - 1966 - 118 páginas
...FEDERAL CITY EntabU/thiiicnt of the Federal City Authority : Constitution, article I, section 8 — "Tlie Congress shall have power * * * to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States, * * * " Cession by Maryland and Virginia and establishment of the District of Columbia.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1893 - 768 páginas
...388. ABSTRACT OF LEGISLATION RELATIVE TO CAPITOL BUILDING. Constitution, Article I, section 8: The Congress shall have power * * * "to exercise exclusive...acceptance of Congress become the seat of government of the United States." Act approved July 16, 1790 (1 Stat. L., p. 130). SEC. 1. That a district not exceeding... | |
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The Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in -all cases whatsoever, 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... 
