District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871

District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
Long title	An Act to provide a Government for the District of Columbia.
Nicknames	District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871
Enacted by	the 41st United States Congress
Citations
Statutes at Large	16 Stat. 419
Legislative history
	Signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on February 21, 1871;

The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congress repealed the territorial government in 1874, the legislation was the first to create a single municipal government for the federal district.^[1]

^ Tindall, William (1909). Origin and government of the District of Columbia. J. Byrne & co. pp. 9.

[1] Tindall, William (1909). Origin and government of the District of Columbia. J. Byrne & co. pp. 9.

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