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responsible for failure of the territorial
Government.
! In 1874 a temporary Government was
set up under Congress in which resi-
dents Of the District had no vote and
suffrage was abolished in local affairs.
In 1878 the present Commission
Government was set up by Congress.
Present Government.
All legislative power is vested in Con-
greSs; there are committees on the Dis
trict of Columbia in each House.
The executive power is exercised by
a board CT three Commissioners. two
appointed by the President and Senate
for three years and the third detailed
by the President from the Engineer
Corps of the Army.
The adm 'nistration OF District affairs
is divided among a great many agencies:
affairs exclusively: approximately twice
that number of Federal agencies deal
in part with District matters; and six
other Federal agencies make contracts
for the District Of Columbia.
The District of Columbia has special
courts. Judges are appointed by the
President
Residents are completely disfran-
chised
Population 1880 Census).
Total: 4se,ses, OF which BAL ass
(701ce) were of voting age. OF those
of voting age 1897 were white; 25.9%
colored 21o other races.
A special inquiry when the census
was taken shows only 15,105 people in
the District with voting residence in
the States or territories, leaving 1885,
$50 citizens who cannot vote anywhere.
Approximately one-f1fth of the District
residents of voting age are Govern
ment employees. 10
The total population is greater than
that of any one of eight States: New
Hampshire, Idaho, Arizona. New Mex
lea, Vermont, Delaware, Wyoming and
Nevada.
The District CT Columbia sent more
soldiers and sailors to the World War
than any one of seven States and its
percentage of voluntary enlistments as
against drafted men was higher than
that in 43 States.
Taxation" fiscal year, 1890.
In 1890, the District of Columbia
paid $l5.724675.72 in internal revenue
taxes (Which constitute three-fourths
Ct the total receipts of the Federal
Government and are the only taxes
upon which a comparison can be
based. This sum was more than that
paid by any one of the following Is
States: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Col
orado, Georgia. Idaho, Iowa, Louisiana,
Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico
North Dakota, oregon, Rhode Island,
South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah.
Vermont. Washington, West Virginia
and Wyoming
The District contributed almost as
large an amount as 10 Of these States
together, which are repre- sented in Con-
gress by 20 Senators and 81 Repre-
sentatives.
The District Of Columbia's total cen
tribution to the Federal Treasury Iii
property, water. gas and miscellaneous
taxes was more than 100000 900. 1t
received in return as the Federal Gov
ernments share in financial Suppol
of the National Capital $4,000 900.
The per capita contribution of the
District to national taxes is 1929.
figure greater than that of 43 States
and exceeded only by Delaware, Illinois,
New York, North Carolina and Vir-
ginia. The Districts per capita con-
tribution Is more than the combined
per capita contribution Of IL States
with "a Senators and 50 Representa-
tives.
Foot Notes:
ARTICLE !. Section 9, paragraph II.
aFor a brief historical account see Walter
Fairleigh Dodd. The Government OF the DIS,
trict # Golumbis STUDY in Ted !Sn and
John OH Bsrne { Co. 1909, PIP. so-sa.
'If the District of Columbia were consId;
cred territory within the, the eonstltHtionsl
ing delegate TO the House of REPRESENTATIVES,
fogd be gra b.s6 BIZ Law to th sse
provision for one could not be made. on
tives seventieth CONGRESS-, First Session
s on E RS. Ds Rss Of
Its Government and Administration Wash
search. 1929. p. ass.
ARTICLE III. Section 2.
Hepburn and Dundas v. Ell-ey. Cranch
sThe Federanst, No. -.
From the brief on behalf en, Of the CITIZENS
1871. in the Hearing Before the Committee
on the JUDICIARY, House Of Representatiyes
Res 2Os 1925, p. so.
Relations Of Nations Of the World to
sentatives. Seventeen Congress, First SEES.
sion (l92s), on H. J. Res. 10. pp. 27-34
Gables.
government Of the District was that Of Feb
On May 3. 1882 the City Of Wash nston
was constituted "a body politic and cor
loFrom Considerations on the Govern
ment Of the Territory Of columbia; BY
wardl (Washington Metropolis Of the
United States. printed for the author by
v, p I. .(originals in the Library Of Con
RresS and in the Washingtoniana collection,
Library of the District of Columbia
li"MemoriAl Of the Committee OF the
Town of Alexandria for Retrocession," in
House Report No. 325, Twenty-ninth Con-
gress. First Session 1046), to accompany
H. r. No. ?59. D. ITO.
Iasenate Report No 5o7. Sixty-seventh
CONGRESS, Second Session 1922. to accom-
pany s, J. Res. 1873, and Senate Report No.
1915 Sixty-ninth Congress, Second Session
(le2D, to accompany s. j. Res. Z. Since
December IL, 1927, ell measures on this
subject have been referred in the Senate to
the Committee on the judiciary. In. the
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