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Organic Act of 1878
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administrative history of Washington, D.C.
- In Washington, D.C.: Government of Washington, D.C.
Congress then approved the Organic Act of 1878, which established a permanent form of government in which the District of Columbia was a municipal corporation governed by three civilian commissioners, one being from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
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