...1882. GENTLEMEN : Pursuant to the duty devolved upon the Secretary of the Treasury by section 3 of "An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," approved June 11, 1878, he returns herewith the estimates submitted by you for the expenses of the District of Columbia...

...the effect of the followingclause of the fourth section of the act approved June 11, 1878, entitled "An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia " (20 St., 102), namely : "All taxes collected shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States,...

...COLUMBIA, \Yashington, December 13, 1882. SIR: In obedience to t he requirements of section 3 of the act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia, approved .Iune 11, 1878, the Commissioners have the honor to transmit to Congress their estimates of t he expenses...

...efl'ect of the folio wing clause of the fourth section of the act approved June 11, 1878, entitled "An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia" (20 St., 102), namely : "All taxes collected shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States,...

...seat of government of the United States was first definitely named by the clause in the act entitled "An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," approved June 11, 1878, as follows: "That all territory which was ceded by the State of Maryland to the Congress...

...On the llth day of June, 1878, chapter 180, which is the present organic act, was passed, entitled, "An Act Providing a Permanent Form of Government for the District of Columbia." That declares that the District, and the property and persons that may be therein, shall be subject...

...Columbia under section three of the act of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, entitled "An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia," remaining unexpended at the end of two years from the close of the fiscal year for which such appropriations...

...any other duties than those of such engineer Î — A. That provision is incorporated in the organic act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia. Q. It was under that act that you became Engineer Commissioner, was it not? — A. Yes, sir. Q. How...

...in 1878, four years thereafter, the act from which we first quoted was passed, which was entitled " An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia." Following the idea and enlarging the scope of the act of 187-t, the general administration of affairs...

...District of Columbia, as provided in the act of June eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventyeight, entitled An act providing a permanent form of government for the District of Columbia. SEC. 3. That the Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall, as soon as practicable, cause a survey...