 | 1819 - 550 pages
...sixteenth paragraph of the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, it is provided, " That 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 the consent of the legislature,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1828 - 770 pages
...the enumeration of the powers of Congress, in the 8th section of the 1st article, in these words : " 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... | |
 | Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 432 pages
...leg-isla- j purposes, they assume a power not granted in the con. tign. "The constitution declares that the "Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever," over the District of Columbia. Its constitutional power, therefore, to establish... | |
 | Matthew St. Clair Clarke - 1832 - 864 pages
...prevent them. In the eighth section of the first article of the constitution, a right is enumerated: " The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States." The power delegated to the Congress by virtue and force of this clause, is eminently... | |
 | Philo Ashley Goodwin - 1832 - 448 pages
...is a palpable attempt to amend the constitution by an act of legislation. The constitution declares that the " Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever," over the District of Columbia. Its constitutional power, therefore, to establish... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1833 - 710 pages
...is a palpable attempt to amend the constitution by an act of legislation. The constitution declares that the ' congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever ' over the District of Columbia. Its constitutional power, therefore, to establish... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - 1833 - 708 pages
...is a palpable attempt to amend the constitution by an act of legislation. The constitution declares that the ' congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever ' over the District of Columbia. Its constitutional power, therefore, to establish... | |
 | Richard Yeadon - 1835 - 90 pages
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 | William J. Hobby - 1835 - 40 pages
...the 8th section of the first article of the Constitution of the United States, it is declared that 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 consent of the legislature... | |
 | Andrew Jackson - 1835 - 292 pages
...is a palpable attempt to amend the constitution by an act of legislation. The constitution declares that "the congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever," over the District of Columbia. Its constitutional power, therefore, to establish... | |
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to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district, not exceeding ten miles square, as may by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States... 
