Some articles on governments, territorial government, government:
... and his allies began agitation for the abolition of the elected governments of Washington City and Georgetown, as well as the appointed justices of ... was able to convince Congress to pass a bill that established the territorial government he desired ... The Organic Act of 1871 merged the various governments in the District of Columbia into a single eleven-member legislature, including two representatives for Georgetown and two for the County of ...
... The Government of Canada purchased the North-Western Territory and Rupert's Land from the Hudson's Bay Company in 1868, under the terms of the Rupert's Land Act 1868 for £300,000 British pounds ... After the purchase, the Government decided to merge both of the properties into a single jurisdiction and appoint a single territorial government to run both ... him to turn back because they opposed the transfer to the Canadian government ...
Famous quotes containing the words government and/or territorial:
“And having looked to government for bread, on the very first scarcity they will turn and bite the hand that fed them. To avoid that evil, government will redouble the causes of it; and then it will become inveterate and incurable.”
—Edmund Burke (17291797)
“I have an intense personal interest in making the use of American capital in the development of China an instrument for the promotion of the welfare of China, and an increase in her material prosperity without entanglements or creating embarrassment affecting the growth of her independent political power, and the preservation of her territorial integrity.”
—William Howard Taft (18571930)