1995 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 34 - MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Sec. 827 - Board of directors

Upon the enactment of this chapter the membership of the initial board of directors of the corporation shall consist of the present officers of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, referred to in section 836 of this title, or such of them as may then be living and are qualified officers of that corporation, to wit: Richard P. Golick of Chicago, Illinois; Adolph Sutro, Hollywood, California; William B. Eaton of Lansing, Michigan; Joseph Martin of Menandes, New York; Reverend Thomas W. Riordan, Chicago, Illinois; Victor F. Kubly, Daytona Beach, Florida; Albert Gale, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Wilbur E. Dove, Washington, District of Columbia; James B. Barrett, doctor of medicine, Troy, New York; who are respectively, the commander, the senior vice commander, finance officer, judge advocate, chaplain, adjutant, inspector, historian, and surgeon.

Thereafter, the board of directors of the corporation shall consist of such number (not less than eighteen), shall be selected in such manner (including the filling of vacancies), and shall serve for such terms as may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation.

The board of directors shall be the governing board of the corporation and shall, during the intervals between corporation meetings, be responsible for the general policies and program of the corporation. The board shall be responsible for all finances of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 85–761, §7, Aug. 26, 1958, 72 Stat. 857.)

Enactment of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), means enactment of Pub. L. 85–761, which was enacted Aug. 26, 1958.