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On July 16, 1790, the Residence Act provided for a new permanent capital to be located on the Potomac River, the exact area to be selected by President Washington.As permitted by the U.S. Constitution, the initial shape of the federal district was a square, measuring 10 miles (16 km) on each side, totaling 100 square miles (260 km 2).
District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act; Other short titles: District of Columbia Home Rule Act: Long title: To reorganize the governmental structure of the District of Columbia, to provide a charter for local government in the District of Columbia subject to acceptance by a majority of the registered qualified electors in the District of Columbia, to delegate ...
A state that is both a home rule state and a Dillon's Rule state applies Dillon's Rule to matters or governmental units not accounted for in the constitutional provision or statute that grants home rule. [citation needed] Washington, D.C. is a federal city with a limited form of home rule granted by the federal government; see District of ...
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) uses a set of two-letter prefixes for vessel numbers; [18] 39 states and the District of Columbia have the same USPS and USCG abbreviations. USCG prefixes have also been established for five outlying territories; all are the same as the USPS abbreviations except the Mariana Islands.
The District of Columbia has a mayor–council government that operates under Article One of the United States Constitution and the District of Columbia Home Rule Act.The Home Rule Act devolves certain powers of the United States Congress to the local government, which consists of a mayor and a 13-member council.
Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from the District of Columbia (2 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Home rule and voting rights of the District of Columbia" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The First State [30] [33] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; used on license plates) Peach State [30] (no longer used; see Georgia) Small Wonder [30] District of Columbia [a] Nation's Capital [34] DMV (nickname for the broader metropolitan area of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia) [34] Inside the Beltway [35]
Home rule is the government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. [1] It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance within its own administrative area that have been decentralized to it by the central government.