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Reorganization of the Government of the District of Columbia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Geddes W. Rutherford
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Since the passage of the act in 1878 which established the present government of the District of Columbia, official and semi-official bodies have several times suggested reorganization of that government. In the District of Columbia Appropriation Act of 1940, Congress authorized the House and Senate committees on the District to obtain secretarial assistance in examining previous surveys with a view to selecting recommendations that would “effect a more efficient and economical handling” of District affairs.

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American Government and Politics
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American Political Science Review , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , August 1939 , pp. 653 - 655
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 1939

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1 In 1934, the Senate committee on the District of Columbia put out a seven volume study of the organization and functions of the District's government. This report, however, contained no recommendations, confining itself to formal description.

2 It will be recalled, of course, tha t the Constitution vests Congress with power “to exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district … as may … become the seat of government of the United States (Art. I, sec. 8).

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