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 2 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ` gg',. Pauping  Restrictions upon contracts. 61: Practice and jurisdiction of courts. b 82. Contrscts)ips;g1:l;_(p1emMm of board ‘ i s - are 1D· · 1. 62. Judges of nw pcm and not: 0 Pu 83. Restrictions ppo)n1ra1;kiu)g1contrmt;s ggé 63. P t 'ui e additional uties on incurring ia 1 n M-won Ddgstailg Unigcsd States officers. United States. h 64. Ministerial officers. _ 84. Annual report, how made andtow om 65. Creation of corporations by general g 85 Ogzggfxgét 0mm" “"· T‘£’:i"i”‘b .1 i $2 Bi“%"$§’E§“5L‘i€.€°'.3"“L‘Z; ...,...ii, . s d i es. . s u l _ _ s ._ gl. Pgyijriehlt of debtts of old corporations. I 88. Salaries of District olgcers, how paid. 69. Delegate to Congress may be elected., 89. Judicial courts, how continued_. 70. Qualifications. _ 90. Register of wills, recorder oi deeds, 71. Rights and Privileges. attorney, and marshal. _ _ _ 72. Board of health; appointment, powers,  91. Llgws and ordinances remaining in i orce. 73. Sallrdiegilt es. l 92. Certain laws of Maryland continued 74. d f bli k .in force. 75. TZ3m ad dgcanc wor 8 { 93. Laws of United States not locally in- 7 '. S ls. a ica e. 77. Gzixligl powers. 94. Citi; of Washingtaon and Georgetown 78. Disbursement of moneys. to continue to so known. _ 79. To make building regulations subject l 95. Charters continued for certain purto supervision of legislative asse1n· V 96 Dppsesi. th f Id bl. . is rio · e successor o o corpora- 80. Congrncts to be in writing and comes, tions. tiled in office of secretary of the is-. tric. , Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Te,,,,,,.,,,; ,,,,,,_ States of America in Congress assembled, That the District of Columbia _§.__ is that portion of the territory of the United States ceded by the State 16 July, 1790, of Maryland for the permanent sent of government of the United States, 9,98. ¤- ii V· Lp- including the river Potomac in its course through the District, and the 1*0- islands therein. isa s. s. 11. s.,;uos., 27 Feb., 1801, c.15,s. 2,v. 2, p.105. 21 Feb., 1871,c. 62,s. 1,v. 16, p. 419. United States os. Hammond, 1 Crancl1,C. C., 15; Kendall vs. United States, 12 Peters, 52A; Reily rs. Lamar, 2 Crancl1,343; Gordon vs. Lindo, 1 Crunch, C. C., 588; Bank of Alexandria rs. Dyer, 14 Peters, 141 ; United Statesra. Simms, 1 Cranch, 252; Fenwick vs. Sears’s Administrator, 1 Crsnch, 259; Stelle va. Carroll, 12 Peters, 201 ; Loughborough va. Blake, 5 Wheaton, 317; Cohens vs. Virginia, 6 Wheaton, 424 ; Hepburn and Dundas ora. Ellzey, 2Cr:1nch,444; MntualAssnrance Societyvs. Watts’Executor, lWheaton, 279; Westcottfs Lessee ru. Inhabitants, 1 Peters, C. C., 45 ; O’Nea1l’s Lemee vs. Brown, 1 Peters, C. C., 69;- United States va. Watkins, 3 Peters, C. C., 441. tgiv District crc- Sec. 2. The District is created agovernment by the name of the Dis- 2m,  tr1ct_ot Columbia, by which name it is constituted a body-corporate for ,,,,,1,, c,,,,,,,,.,,,,, ,0, municipal purposes, andmay contract and be contracted with, sue and iiiiiiiicipal pur. be sued, plead and be ll.l]plB3(l8(l, have a seal, and exercise all other p<>¤¢¤- powers of a municipal corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution 21 Feb., 1871; ,,_ and laws of the United States and the provisions of this title. 62, s. 1, v. 16, p. 419. THE GOVERNOR. Qctvernr; r, spd Sec. 3. The executive power is vested in an governor, who shall be g‘f°0'&,é°"?“ appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the ._.?_..i Senate,_and who shall hold office for four years, and until his successor IM-. ¤-2- ‘ is appointed and qualitied. Qualifications. Sec. 4. The governor shall be a citizen of the District, and shall have ji resideiftliereindwelve months before his appointment, and shall have Sm the qualifications of eu elector. able. “'Y» hq" P*Y· Sec. 5. The governor shall receive an annual salary of three thousand _HTT__ dollars, payable (garter-yearly from the date of his appointment, at the ¤ -. ¤· ·52.p.425· Treasury of the mted States ; but no payment shall be made until he mmm d d shall have entered upon the duties of his office. n - . i “ “Sec. 6. The governor may grant pardons and respite for offenses t es. . . Mn_______ against the laws of the_District enacted by the legislative assembly Ibid-, ¤-2, p- 419. thereoi He shall commission all officers elected or appointed under the