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| Long title | An Act to provide a Government for the District of Columbia |
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| Nicknames | District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 |
| Enacted by | the 41st United States Congress |
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| Statutes at Large | 16 Stat. 419 |
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The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congress repealed the territorial government in 1874, the legislation was the first to create a single municipal government for the federal district.[1] Direct rule by Congress continued until the 1973 passage of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, a century later.[2]
- ^ Tindall, William (1909). Origin and government of the District of Columbia. J. Byrne & co. pp. 9.
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