...government. This provision is contained in Article i, Section 8 of the Constitution as follows: " The 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...

...adopted in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787, provides in Article I, Section 8, paragraph 17, that the 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...

...subsequently committed therein, and he stated his reasons as follows: "The constitution of the United States declares that congress shall have power to exercise ' exclusive legislation ' in all ' cases whatsoever ' over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which...

...as part of clause 17, section 8, article I of the Constitution. This provision declared that : The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States. This provision stands out by especially emphatic terminology in a document otherwise...

...as part of clause 17, section 8, article I of the Constitution. This provision declared that : The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States. This provision stands out by especially emphatic terminology in a document otherwise...

...SCHMECKEBIER. There are two specific clauses on that. In article 1, section 8, clause 17, it reads that the Congress shall have power — To exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States. There is also a provision in respect to Territories, namely, article 4, section 3, clause...

...SCHMECKEBIER. There are two specific clauses on that. In article 1, section 8, clause 17, it reads that the Congress shall have power — To exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States. There is also a provision in respect to Territories, namely, article 4, section 3, clause...

...of our experience to other jurisdictions. Clause 17, section 8, article 1 of the Constitution states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." Clearly, this constitutional provision alone implies a national obligation to the Capital...

...of our experience to other jurisdictions. Clause 17, section 8, article 1 of the Constitution states that Congress shall have power "to exercise 'exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." Clearly, this constitutional provision alone implies a national obligation to the Capital...

...solid and plain basic limit on government for this Republic states in article I, section 8, clause 17, that, 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...