Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-05-02

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;rncatiois Of personal character, will be clarg-
80. - Iy,.rt !Sn.nrut rates.
c IT. r,,roa< AZ !u.t be accompanied by the of
.rl.> and rcjv2t" communications cannot be returned
Tur ANNEXATlON OF ALEXANDRIA TO THE
DISTRICT AS there has bcca considerable
,,,v;aty manifested 10 learn the provisiocs Of
,ha bill. introduced into the y. s. Senate, to
.nnav Alexandria again to the District Of Co.
ir.oia. We publish Tie bill in full this evening,
hrfhcr rcmarl;ing that the ''gist'' may be
fonDl in the 9Th section.
RTI - repeal in act entitled AN act to
y rctro.sie the county cf Alexandria, in the
District OF Columbia, to the State of Virgin
,," and for other purposes
Whereas the Constitution Of the United States
nroy;dcs that Congress shall exercise exclu-
i've legislation in all cases whatsoever over
srch District (not exceeding ten miles Square)
a. may. b. co>sion CT particular States, and
the acceptance Of Congress, become the seat
of Government Of the Uuit@d States" and
whereas ty an at of Congress approved
.Jrly sixteenth, ammo Domini seventeen hun
G}Ycd and ninety. ten mites square Of territory
yaS accepted troH the States OF Maryland
and NirgHia as the permanent seat Of gov
eminent. constituting what was subsequently,
kn,;yn as the District Of Columbia. which
when 50 ACCEPTED aud defined, alljuriSdicton
over the same v.ls, BY the Constitution. for
ever yeSt..i in Congress, whose duty it was
then, and forever aitvr, to preserve unvlola-
ted and free from all cOntro whatsoever,
save that Of Congress; and whereas eXpe-
rienco derived irIm the recent rebellion, has
demonstrated the wisdom OF preselviug such
ten miles square under the exclusive control
Of Congress, both for military and civil pur
poses and for the defence OF the capital;
and whereas, hy an act OF Cougres< approved
July ninth, ammo D0mni eighteen hundred
and forty SIX, that portion Of said ten miles
square lying south OF the Potomac was ceded
back to the STATE Of Virginia, in violation OF
the intent and meaning OF the Constitution
Of the United States, and to the great peril
of the capital as aforesaid: Therefore,
Be 1t enGcteNiythe Senate amI House OF hep
l.ssntatires Of he United States Of America IN
Congress assembled, That the act Of Congress
approved July ninth, ammo DomiDi eighteen
hundred and forty six, retroceding to the State
Of Virginia that portion of the district ten
miles SQUARE. as provided by the Constitution,
known as the District of CoIumbia, be, and the
same is hereby, honcef1rth and forever repeal
ed and declared null and void, and that the
Jurisdiction OF Congress, and the laws provided
for the District Of Columbia be, and the same
are hereby, put i'll force, as same as If said act
Of retrocession had never been passed
: SEC 2. and be It .turtheI enacted, That pri-
yatc and personal property shall not be affected
BY this act, 50 far as the rights Of parties are
concerned: and all public property whereof
the United States were possessed at the time
Of the retroces>ion Of said portion OF the Dis
trict of Columbia to the State of Virginia
shall. from and after the passage of this act, be
vested in the United States government, any
law, act, or conveyance to the contrary notWlth-
standing, and the government, through It's
proper officials is hereby authorized to acquire,
by purchase or otherwise, any and all further
property, real or personal, IN SAID portion OF
the District Of Columbia, as may be deemed
necessary for public use.
Sec. ). Ind be It further enacted, That all
suits and actions at law, civil or criminal shall
from and after the passage Of this act be con-
Quoted and determined according to the laws,
rules. and regulations enacted and provided Dy
Congress for the District of Columbia, except
ing causes wherein final judgment, decree or
sentence shall have been pronounced or passed;
i'll such causes the final satisfaction OF such judg
mcnts Or DEGREES will be In accordance with the
laws in force in the >State of Virginia. But
all causes wherein final judgment or decree
shall not have been passed or pronounced shall
be in future conducted and determined as pro-
yidcd by this act
SEC. + -A1td be It further enacted, That all
taxes and revenues asscssable and collectible on
property, real or personal, in said portion Of
the District Of Columbia south of the Poto
mac shall from and after the passage Of this
act, be rated collected. and applied according
10 the existing or future laws OF Congress gov
ernng the District OF Columbia.
SEC. 5. 1nd be NfArther enacted That from
and after the passage OF this act all civil offices
in sad portion Of the District Of Columbia
south ct the Potomac, in the city of Alexandria
ana what is known as the county OF Ale1an-
dri3, >ha!! be declared vacant; and the vacan-
cicS so created shall be filed by new appoint
ments Or elections. to be made aud held under
the laws, regulations, and qualifications provl
dcd Iy Congress for elections and electors III
the District Of Columbia.
SEC. g. AHd be it furhcr cnucted, That this
act hill b. j.. io"rc i om and atit, its passage
A PRlA' Afklh'