 | JAS. D. M'CABE, JR. - 1871 - 1164 pages
...Maryland, through its Legislature, on the 23d of December, 1788, offer^H to Congress "any district (not exceeding ten miles square) which the Congress...and accept for the seat of Government of the United States." The matter was debated in Congress in 1789. It was agreed on all sides that the district ought... | |
 | James D. McCabe - United States - 1871 - 1172 pages
...Maryland, through its Legislature, on the 23d of December, 1788, offered to Congress "any district (not exceeding ten miles square) which the Congress...and accept for the seat of Government of the United States." The matter was debated in Congress in 1789. It was agreed on all sides that the district ought... | |
 | Education - 1871 - 1022 pages
...the United States any district in this State, not exceeding ten miles square, which the Congress n>ay fix upon and accept for the seat of government of the United States. Virginia also offered to advance $130,000 and Maryland ยง72,000 for the purposes of the federal... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1873 - 1052 pages
...required, on behalf of this State, to cede to the On gress of Ilie United States any district iu this State, not exceeding ten miles square, which the Congress...and accept for the seat of government of the United States. STATUTES IN FORCE IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 31 NOVEMBER, 1791. AX ACT concerning the territory... | |
 | James Dabney McCabe - United States - 1873 - 580 pages
...Legislature of that State tendered to Congress " any district (not exceeding ten miles square), which Congress may fix upon and accept for the seat of Government of the United States." The offer was discussed at a considerable length in Congress in 1789. I* was admitted by all... | |
 | John Thomas Scharf - Maryland - 1879 - 688 pages
...required, on behalf of this State, to cede to'the Congress of the United States any district in this State, not exceeding ten miles square, which the congress may fix upon and acccept for the seat of government of the United States." On the 27th of December, Virginia passed... | |
 | Maryland Historical Society - Maryland - 1880 - 204 pages
...required her Representatives at New York " to cede to the Congress and the United States any district not exceeding ten miles square which the Congress...and accept for the seat of government of the United States." Virginia passed a similar Act in 1789, referring to the advantages of a free navigation to... | |
 | Stilson Hutchins, Joseph West Moore - Washington (D.C.) - 1885 - 366 pages
...legislature, on December 23, 1788, had passed " an act to cede to Congress and the United States any district not exceeding ten miles square which the Congress...and accept for the seat of government of the United States ;" and the Virginia legislature, in 1789, passed a similar act. A stubborn contest over this... | |
 | Harvey W. Crew - Washington (D.C.) - 1892 - 884 pages
...authorized, on the behalf of this State, to cede to Congress of the United States any district in this State not exceeding ten miles square which the Congress may fix upon for the seat of government of the United States." 128 The Virginia cession act was as follows: " WHEREAS,... | |
 | John Moses, Paul Selby - Illinois - 1893 - 618 pages
...recognizing the advantage to a State of the location of the National Capital, made offer of "any district (not exceeding ten miles square) which the Congress...for the Seat of Government of the United States." A matter of such importance to the entire federation could not be disposed of without deliberation. It... | |
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March next, be, and they are hereby, authorized and required on behalf of this State to cede to the Congress of the United States any district in this State, not exceeding ten miles square, which the Congress may fix upon and accept for the seat of Government... 
