The corporation of the District of Columbia is continued for all the purposes of this section and other acts, for the collection of taxes, for suing and being sued, for causes arising prior to June 20, 1874, and for acquiring and holding real estate for school and municipal purposes.
(Mar. 3, 1877, 19 Stat. 402, ch. 117, § 15.)
1981 Ed., § 1-105.
1973 Ed., § 1-105.
This section is referenced in § 38-401.
Control of school buildings, see § 38-401.
Structure District of Columbia Code
Title 1 - Government Organization
Chapter 1 - District of Columbia Government Development
Subchapter I - District of Columbia Establishment
§ 1–102. District created body corporate for municipal purposes
§ 1–103. Officers of corporation
§ 1–104. District as successor corporation
§ 1–105. Former corporation continued for certain purposes
§ 1–106. Records of former corporations and of levy court made property of District of Columbia