1871 CE - United States - On February 21, 1871 CE, the government of the District of Columbia became incorporated under the name District of Columbia, (16 Stat. 419, Chap 62 [p. 452]) [evidenced by Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1967] thereby becoming a legal entity, and effectively bypassing Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution. The District of Columbia corporation adopted the Constitution of the United States as its corporate charter when it proclaimed in this act that it could exercise all other powers of a municipal corporation not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the United States and the provisions of this act. In effect, this act created the international autonomous city-state of Washington, D.C., similar in many respects to that of The City of London and The Vatican. With regard to the incorporation of the United States – [2](a) The property of a corporation is owned by the corporation, and not by the individual members. Handbook of the Law of Private Corporations, Frank P. Clark, p. 2, 1897.
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