All I could find about it was a badly worded act in 1871 incorporating DC, ie setting up a governor for the territory. Obviously the country isn't the same as is used to be, from the concentration of power and taxation perspectives, though thats from years of the state Granting itself more power and via corruption. This theory seems to offer an easy solution to an extremely difficult problem, likely why people are attracted to it.

All I could find about it was a badly worded act in 1871 incorporating DC, ie setting up a governor for the territory.