The Second Constitution
The new and improved Constitution OF the UNITED STATES of America INCORPORATED.
"Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, that all that part of the territory of the United States included within the limits of the District of Columbia be, and the same is hereby created into a government hereby named the District of Columbia, by which name it is hereby constituted a body CORPORATE for municipal purposes, and may contract and be contracted with, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, have a seal, and exercise all other powers of a MUNICIPAL CORPORATION not inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of the United States AND the provisions of this Act."
Once the Act of 1871 was approved by Congress, the Constitution was literally changed. Not only did this Act create the government for the United States in a ten by ten square mile district called the District of Columbia, the Act also attached the provisions of the Act onto the Constitution. This is often called the second Constitution because the changes that were made paved the way for governments to act like CORPORATE entities.
Because this became a legal attachment to the Constitution, the CAPITALIZATION of the words within the legal documents also became important. This slight alteration to the text of the Constitution made a lasting change for the generations of Americans to come by birthright or by immigration to the United States of America, Incorporated.
