1995 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 14 - FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA
Sec. 274 - Powers of corporation
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES CHAPTER 14 - FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA Sec. 274 - Powers of corporation |
Contains | section 274 |
Date | 1995 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 1996 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, §4, 64 Stat. 564. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 64 Stat. 564 |
§274. Powers of corporation
The corporation shall have power—
(1) to sue and be sued, complain, and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction;
(2) to adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal;
(3) to choose such officers, managers, agents, and employees as the business of the corporation may require;
(4) to adopt and alter bylaws and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State in which such corporation is to operate, for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs, including the establishment and maintenance of local chapters and State associations of chapters;
(5) to contract and be contracted with;
(6) to take and hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, or bequest any property, real or personal, necessary for attaining the objects and accomplishing the purposes of the corporation, subject to applicable provisions of law of any State (A) governing the amount or kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (B) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real and personal property by, a corporation operating in such State;
(7) to transfer and convey real or personal property;
(8) to borrow money for the purposes of the corporation, issue bonds therefor, and secure the same by mortgage, subject to all applicable provisions of Federal or State law;
(9) to use the corporate funds to give prizes, awards, loans, and grants to deserving students and young farmers for the purposes set forth in section 273 of this title;
(10) to publish a magazine and other publications;
(11) to procure for and distribute to State associations, local chapters, and members all official Future Farmers of America supplies and equipment;
(12) to adopt emblems and badges; and
(13) to do any and all acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the objects and purposes of the corporation.
(Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, §4, 64 Stat. 564.)
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