The Mayor of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized to abolish any office, to consolidate 2 or more offices, reduce the number of employees, remove from office, and make appointments to any office under him authorized by law.
D.C. Code § 1-301.69
Abolition or consolidation of offices; reduction of employees; appointments to and removal from office
June 11, 1878, 20 Stat. 104, ch. 180, § 3
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