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1995 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 3 - THE AMERICAN LEGION
Sec. 48 - Exclusive right to names

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 3 - THE AMERICAN LEGION
Sec. 48 - Exclusive right to names
Containssection 48
Date1995
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 16, 1996
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditSept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §8, 41 Stat. 285; June 26, 1953, ch. 153, §2, 67 Stat. 82.
Statutes at Large References41 Stat. 285
67 Stat. 82

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§48. Exclusive right to names

Said corporation and its State and local subdivisions shall have the sole and exclusive right to have and to use, in carrying out its purposes, the name “The American Legion”, or “American Legion”.

(Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §8, 41 Stat. 285; June 26, 1953, ch. 153, §2, 67 Stat. 82.)

Amendments

1953—Act June 26, 1953, extended the exclusive right to the use of the name “American Legion”.

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