Which brings me to another subject, the location of the PUBLIC OFFICES AT SEAT OF GOVERNMENT and District territory.
The Constitution for the United States of America does not mention the District of Columbia; the District of Columbia was not formed yet until 9 years later.
The Constitution was signed in September 1787.
Congressional provisions for “a district of territory, not exceeding 10 miles square, to be located as hereafter directed on the river of the Potomac… for the permanent seat of government of the United States” appears in the act of July 16, 1790 (1 STAT. 130) and is referred to unofficially as the Territory of Columbia; later given the official name District of Columbia as of the act of May 6, 1796 (1 STAT. 461).
Moving forward now to July 30, 1947, we find AN ACT, To codify and enact into positive law title 4 of the United States Code, entitled “Flag and seal, Seat of Government, and the States”. H.R. 1566; P.L. 279.
PUBLIC OFFICES; AT SEAT OF GOVERNMENT
§72. All office attached to the seat of government shall be exercised in the District of Columbia, and not elsewhere, except as otherwise expressly provided by law.
