...without success. In September, 1787, the Constitution of the United States wns adopted, which provides that Congress shall have power " to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." This clause of the Constitution fixed definitely the size of the Federal district,...

...without success. In September, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was adopted, which provides that Congress shall have power " to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." % This clause of the Constitution fixed definitely the size of the Federal district,...

...passed by the state of Kansas, is within the meaning of the constitutional provision referred to — "congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by consent of the legislature...

...prejudice any claims of the United States or of any particular state." Art. 4, §3, cl. 2. Also 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...

...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 legislation,...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...

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

...Confederation steered clear of the subject, and the Constitution flanked it in the well-known provisipn : The congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation,...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...

...is given as a matter of interest and convenient reference : 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) : Section 1 : "That a district not...

...express authority from the Constitution. But to avoid all question, this instrument provides that " the Congress shall have power . . . to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States. " ° In like manner, — § 188. Territories. — No special words are needed to give...