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Congress passed the Organic Act of 1871, which revoked the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and combined them with Washington County to create a unified territorial government for the entire District of Columbia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Organic_Act_of_1871