Most people that you hear talking about "the" Act of 1871 are talking about the Municipal Corporation Act creating a Municipal Corporation for the District of Columbia.
We have pointed out that the real mischief related to that Act was the Corporations Act of 1870, which claimed the right to create corporations while acting in our names--- which is, to quote a Brit friend of mine, "Really rather like my Gardener assuming my identity and fathering a lot of children in my name, with someone other than my wife."
The end results in both cases are illegitimate. Literally. More at link
http://www.paulstramer.net/2021/03/the-actual-act-of-1871-being-referenced.html?m=1
Most people that you hear talking about "the" Act of 1871 are talking about the Municipal Corporation Act creating a Municipal Corporation for the District of Columbia.
We have pointed out that the real mischief related to that Act was the Corporations Act of 1870, which claimed the right to create corporations while acting in our names--- which is, to quote a Brit friend of mine, "Really rather like my Gardener assuming my identity and fathering a lot of children in my name, with someone other than my wife."
The end results in both cases are illegitimate. Literally. More at link
http://www.paulstramer.net/2021/03/the-actual-act-of-1871-being-referenced.html?m=1
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