Excerpt from The Government of the District of Columbia: A Study in Federal and Municipal Administration Those unfamiliar With the local organization of the federal capital may think it curious to find practically no mention of the city of Washington in the following pages. To avoid confusion it should be said that for governmental purposes there has been no city of Washington recognized by law since 1871, although this term is still used to a certain extend in federal statutes to indicate the more densely populated area of the District of Co lumbia. The densely populated area is now extending at such a rapid rate that the terms District of Columbia and City of Washington Will soon be synonymous as geographical ex pressions. The town of Georgetown was abolished as a gov ernmental organization in 1871, but the name of Georgetown con tinned to be used in federal laws as a geographical expression until 1895, When a federal act was passed discontinuing this practice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.