    [United States Senate Manual, 106th Congress]
    [S. Doc. 106-1]
    [Statistical Data]
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                                THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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                                      Date of establishment                      Estimated      Area in
               Territory                  of territorial        Population,     population,     square                         Formation
                                            government          1990 census    July 1, 1998      miles
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    District of Columbia...........  .......................         606,900         523,124          69  Established under Art. I, sec. 8, clause 17 of
                                                                                                           Constitution. Territory originally ceded by
                                                                                                           Maryland (legislative act of Dec. 23, 1788) and
                                                                                                           Virginia (legislative act of Dec. 3, 1789).
                                                                                                           Cessions accepted by Congress by act of July 16,
                                                                                                           1790; lines and bounds established by
                                                                                                           proclamation of President Washington, Mar. 30,
                                                                                                           1791. Virginia's cession retroceded by act of
                                                                                                           Congress July 9, 1846. The government of the
                                                                                                           District is administered by a Mayor and a 13-
                                                                                                           member Council, all of whom are elected by the
                                                                                                           citizens of the District of Columbia. All acts of
                                                                                                           the council are reviewable by Congress. (Dec. 24,
                                                                                                           1973, Pub. L. 93-198.) Pursuant to the District
                                                                                                           of Columbia Delegate Act the District of Columbia
                                                                                                           now has a non-voting Delegate to the House of
                                                                                                           Representatives. (Sept. 22, 1970, Pub. L. 91-405,
                                                                                                           Secs.  201-206, 84 Stat. 848.)
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