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ORGANIC ACT
Reviser's note: The original organic act to establish the territorial government of Washington is set forth herein. Note however that the organic act
was completely revised in the 1873 United States Revised Statutes which
was enacted by Congress in 1874. The 1873 United States Revised Statutes
contained a construction section (Title 74, section 5596) which has been construed by the United States Supreme Court (Dwight v. Merrit, 140 U.S. 213,
11 S.Ct. 768, 35 L.Ed. 45) as abrogating or repealing all prior statutes on the
same subject as those revised. As the twenty-one sections of the original
organic act were rewritten and combined with the organic acts of other territories the disposition of the original sections into the 1873 United States
Revised Statutes cannot be traced with absolute accuracy. A schedule of the
disposition of the original organic act sections based on the audit contained
in the United States Revised Statutes of 1878, is published herein following
section 21 of the organic act.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT OF WASHINGTON.
(Approved March 2, 1853.) [10 U.S. Statutes at Large, c 90 p 172.]
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