. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. s, and the acceptance of Congress, become 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 which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings. Maryland in 1788, and Virginia, in 1789, passed acts, each to cede 10 miles square for the seat of government of the United States. (In 1846, on the complaint of the city of Alexandria, Va. that it had suffered from the neglect of Co
. Rand, McNally Washington guide to the city and environs. s, and the acceptance of Congress, become 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 which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings. Maryland in 1788, and Virginia, in 1789, passed acts, each to cede 10 miles square for the seat of government of the United States. (In 1846, on the complaint of the city of Alexandria, Va. that it had suffered from the neglect of Congress, the Virginia portion of the District was retroceded to that state.) June 28th, 1790, the Senate resolved: On the river Potomac, at some place between the mouths of the Eastern Branch and Connogcheague be, and the same is hereby accepted, for the permanent seat of government of the United States. July Qth, same year, the House concurred and on July 16th, following. President Washing- ^^crpitor^ °^ ton signed the bill, which also provided Page 149. 12 RAND McNALLY WASHINGTON GUIDE
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