 | United States. Congress. House. District of Columbia - 1965 - 602 str.
...on the part of the public. Article I, section 8, paragraph 17, of the US Constitution states : "The Congress shall have power 'to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States * * *.' " During the Civil War, conditions in Washington were beyond description. After... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice. Land and Natural Resources Division - 1969 - 224 str.
...the Convention, into the present language of article I, section 8, clause 17 of the Constitution: The Congress shall have Power * * * To exercise exclusive...the Seat of Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1973 - 1044 str.
...a result, the Founding Fathers wrote article I, section 8, paragraph 17 into the Constitution : The Congress shall have power to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of Government of the United States. Thus, this clause only refers to where the Congress should locate itself and to do its... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1976 - 1588 str.
...fiscal obligation stems from the constitutional provision in Article 1, Section 8, which states that Congress shall have power "to exercise exclusive legislation...of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States." From the early nineteenth century onwards the idea of the "Federal payment" to the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia - 1976 - 140 str.
...others retained by the people." Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the Constitution provides that the Congress shall have power "To exercise exclusive Legislation...of Congress, become the Seat of Government of the United States. . . ." 2. Let me begin by discussing the last provision first. This provision, granting... | |
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The Congress shall have power ... to exercise exclusive legislation in -all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of Government of... 
