1995 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 3 - THE AMERICAN LEGION
Sec. 42 - Completion of organization

Said persons named in section 41 of this title and such other persons as may be selected from among the membership of the American Legion, an unincorporated society of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Great War of 1917–1918, are hereby authorized to meet to complete the organization of said corporation by the selection of officers, the adoption of a constitution and by-laws, and to do all other things necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter, at which meeting any person duly accredited as a delegate from any local or State organization of the existing unincorporated organization known as the “American Legion” shall be permitted to participate in the proceedings thereof.

(Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §2, 41 Stat. 284.)