 | Joseph John Gurney - Jamaica - 1841 - 312 pages
...of the case. But I venture to believe that the more the point is considered by individual inquirers, the more general will the conviction become, first,...the power to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever over such district, (not exceeding ten miles square,) as may, by cession of particular... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - Law - 1857 - 760 pages
...constitution. Here we find that, amongst other powers therein enumerated, it is declared as follows: "That Congress shall have the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - Electronic books - 1872 - 672 pages
...have power " to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory ; " but it declares that " Congress shall have the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 960 pages
...the necessary attendant upon exclusive legislation. The constitution of the United States declares that congress shall have the power to exercise "exclusive legislation" in all "cases whatsoever," over all places purchased by the consent of the legislature of the state in which... | |
 | Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.) - Science - 1900 - 468 pages
...capital. Under the new Constitution of 1787, which went into effect March 4, 1789, it was provided that " Congress shall have the power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding 1 Read before the Washington Academy of Sciences,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1948 - 1440 pages
...have opinions ; and it seems to me that it is very clearly set out in the United States Constitution that Congress shall have the power — to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not •exceeding 10 miles square) as may by cession of particular... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1959 - 1214 pages
...1788. Article I, section 8, clause 17 (hereinafter referred to as the "District clause") specifies that Congress shall have the power to exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of Particular... | |
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Congress shall have the power "to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding 10 miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the... 
