By the President;

 JAMEs BvoHASAN, Secrefayy of Stale.

By Iie President of the Unicd Ssaies of .lacrio

 \ PROCLAMATION.
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Whereas, by the act Of Congress, approved July 9,

 lS46 entitled fAn act 10 retrocede the county 0l

 Alexandria. in the District of Coiumbis 10 the

 State of Virginia" 1t is enacted. That. with the

 assent of the people of the county and lown oi

 Alexandria to be asceriained in 4he manner

 therein prescribed all that portion of ihs Dis;ric,

 of Columbia eeded 10 the United States by the

 State of Virginia, and all the rights and iufis.ie- .l.oe herewith eeded over the satae shall b. cs-

 ded and forever relinqlished to the Slaie of Nir-

 ginia in full and absolute right aid jurisdiction,

 as well of soil as of persons residing 10 reside

 thereon And whereas, it A further provided. that

 the said act s'siSa not be in tatce uut, after the

 assent of the people of tbe county and town of

 Alexandria shall be given lo it iH the mode tiere-

 in provided" and II maloiijy oi he votes should

 be in favor of accepting the provisions of the said

 act il shali be he duty oi tlie PfaSlch; 10 make

 proclamation oi the fact;

 And whereas, on fhe l7th day of August, 1916, aer the close of tue late session of he Congress Of he United States duly appointed five citi1ens of le county or town of Aiexandria being ireehoIders within the same, as commissioners, whe, being Ga y sworn to perform the dates imposed on them, as prescribed n the said act. did proceed within ten lays after they modified. 10 6x the first and sond days Of September, ls46, as the Enf: the Courthouse of the county ol AiexaD1xis, as the place, and viva soee as the manner of .toting and gave due notice of the sane and aIths time. and t the place, n conformity with ths said oticr, the aid Commissioners presiding. asi deciding aii questions arising in relation to fhe right of ycins inder The said act, the votes bf the citizens quail jed to vote were taken viva voee, aad recorded sa poll books, duly kept; and on the third day of Sep emher instant after tbs said polls were closed the aid Commissioners did make out, and oa the next lay did transmit to me, statement of the polls leld upon oath. and under their seals and of the 'oies cast an poiied, thsre were. in favor of :spting the provisions cj the sand act, seven hun