[ ][30] ] Although the "Remonstrance" cited above states that the vote was held on August 17, 1846, the presidential proclamation putting the transfer into effect declares the poll to have been taken viva voce at the Court House on September 1 and 2. The August date is given in the proclamation as that on which five commissioners were appointed by the President and directed to take the poll.
[ ][31] ] Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Vol. IV, p. 470. The legality of the retrocession was unsuccessfully challenged in 1875. Cf. Phillips v. Payne, U.S. Reports, S.C. Otto 2, p. 130.
[ ][32] ] Acts of Assembly, 1846-47, Chapter 53. Cf. also, Code of Virginia, 1950, Title 7.1, Sec. 9. For a full account of the actions on the part of both the United States and Virginia in connection with this retrocession, cf. Harrison Mann, "Chronology of Action on the Part of the United States to Complete Retrocession of Alexandria County (Arlington County) to Virginia," The Arlington Historical Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1957), pp. 15-23; and "Chronology of Action on the Part of the State of Virginia to Complete Retrocession of Alexandria County (Arlington County) to Virginia" Ibid., Vol. 1, No. 2 (1958), pp. 43-51.
[ ][33] ] Hening, Vol. vi, p. 214. Cited by title as "An Act for erecting a town at Hunting Creek warehouse, in the county of Fairfax." The text of the Act is given in the Journal of the House of Burgesses, and quoted in Caton, Legislative Chronicles of the City of Alexandria, p. 7.
[ ][34] ] In the Library of Congress. Reproduced in Moore, Seaport in Virginia, pp. 10-11.
[ ][35] ] Hening, Vol. vii, p. 604. Acts of Assembly, November 1762, Chapter XXV.
[ ][36] ] Hening, Vol. x, p. 172. "An Act for incorporating the town of Alexandria in the County of Fairfax."
[ ][37] ] Hening, Vol. x, p. 192. Acts of Assembly, 1779, Chapter XXXI: "An Act to confirm certain sales and leases by the trustees of the town of Alexandria and to enlarge said town...."
[ ][38] ] Acts of Assembly, October 1785, Chapter XCI. Hening, Vol. xii, p. 205.
[ ][39] ] Acts of Assembly, October 1786, Chapter LXXIII. Hening, Vol. xii, p. 362.