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1871 Act of the United States Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia
The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 is an Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established a new territorial government for the whole District of Columbia. Though Congress repealed the territorial government in 1874, the legislation was the first to create a single municipal government for the federal district.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