So far as territory which is not incorporated into or admitted as a state is concerned, Congress has power to provide for the punishment of crime under the constitutional authority to make "needful rules and regulations respecting the territory and other property belonging to the United States " (Art. IV, § 3, ¶ 2). So far as portions of such territory are organized under a territorial government, the power to define and punish crimes is usually conferred by Congress on such territorial government; but Congress may still by general legislation make acts within the territories punishable as crimes against the United States. Thus Congress has enacted statutory provisions for the punishment of polygamy within the territories (1862, 1882), although it has no power to provide for the punishment of such a crime if committed within the limits of the states, for such matters are subject to state regulation and control under the general police power (Reynolds v. United States).