Home Rule: Hearings Before the Committee on the District of Columbia, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 4694 [and Other] Bills to Set Up an Elected Form of Government for the District of Columbia . . . Subcommittee No.3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 538 pages |
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... enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That subject to the retention by Con- gress of the ultimate legislative authority over the Nation's Capital which is granted by ...
... enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled , That subject to the retention by Con- gress of the ultimate legislative authority over the Nation's Capital which is granted by ...
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... enactment of this Act . The District Council shall , by majority vote of those present , confirm or reject nominees proposed by the Mayor , and shall have power , by vote of two- thirds of its members , to override any veto by the Mayor ...
... enactment of this Act . The District Council shall , by majority vote of those present , confirm or reject nominees proposed by the Mayor , and shall have power , by vote of two- thirds of its members , to override any veto by the Mayor ...
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... enact acts and adopt resolutions , upon a vote of a majority of the members of the Council , unless otherwise ... enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia : ” . ( 2 ) The resolving clause of all resolutions passed by the ...
... enact acts and adopt resolutions , upon a vote of a majority of the members of the Council , unless otherwise ... enacted by the Council of the District of Columbia : ” . ( 2 ) The resolving clause of all resolutions passed by the ...
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... enacted by the District Council superseding such laws and establishing a permanent civil service system or systems , based on merit , pursuant to section 402 ( 4 ) continue to be subject to the provisions of Acts of Congress relating to ...
... enacted by the District Council superseding such laws and establishing a permanent civil service system or systems , based on merit , pursuant to section 402 ( 4 ) continue to be subject to the provisions of Acts of Congress relating to ...
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... enacted by majority of the District Council members at any meeting of the Council sub- sequent to the meeting at ... enactment of the act authorizing such bonds , or upon a vote of at least two - thirds of the members of the District ...
... enacted by majority of the District Council members at any meeting of the Council sub- sequent to the meeting at ... enactment of the act authorizing such bonds , or upon a vote of at least two - thirds of the members of the District ...
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Page 202 - It is a general and undisputed proposition of law that a municipal corporation possesses and can exercise the following powers and no others: First, those granted in express words; second, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted; third, those essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation — not simply convenient but indispensable.
Page 80 - ... rule-making power of the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively, and as such they shall be considered as part of the rules of each House, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in such House in the case of resolutions (as defined in section 202) ; and such rules shall supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent therewith...
Page 254 - That the Legislative power of the Territory shall extend to all rightful subjects of legislation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 34 - Council is hereby exempted with respect to such appointment, from the operation of sections 281, 283, 284, and 1914 of title 18 of the United States Code, and section 190 of the Revised Statutes (5 USC 99) except as otherwise specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection.
Page 498 - The indispensable necessity of complete authority at the seat of government carries its own evidence with it. It is a power exercised by every legislature of the Union, I might say of the world, by virtue of its general supremacy. Without it not only the public authority might be insulted and its proceedings...
Page 55 - Any failure to obey such order may be punished by such court as a contempt thereof.
Page 114 - ... effective control over and accountability for all funds, property, and other assets for which the agency is responsible, including appropriate internal audit...
Page 509 - The people of the United States, as sovereign owners of the National Territories, have supreme power over them and their inhabitants. In the exercise of this sovereign dominion, they are represented by the government of the United States, to whom all the powers of government over that subject have been delegated, subject only to such restrictions as are expressed in the Constitution, or are necessarily implied in its terms...
Page 512 - ... and as long as it continues to exist in its present form, it speaks not only with the same words, but with the same meaning and intent, with which it spoke when it came from the hands of its framers, and was voted on and adopted by the people of the United States.
Page 201 - ... central authority, and hence, while the rule is also fundamental that the power to make laws cannot be delegated, the creation of municipalities exercising local selfgovernment has never been held to trench upon that rule. Such legislation is not regarded as a transfer of general legislative power, but rather as the grant of the authority to prescribe local regulations, according to immemorial practice, subject of course to the interposition of the superior in cases of necessity.