1995 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 44 - UNITED STATES CAPITOL HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Sec. 1204 - Powers of corporation

The corporation shall have the power—

(a) to sue and be sued, complain, and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction;

(b) to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal;

(c) to choose officers, managers, and agents as the business of the corporation may require;

(d) to charge and collect membership dues;

(e) to adopt, amend, apply, and alter a constitution and bylaws not inconsistent with the laws of the United States of America or any State in which the corporation is to operate, for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs;

(f) to contract and be contracted with;

(g) to take hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, bequest, or otherwise any property, real, personal, or mixed, necessary or convenient for attaining the objects of the corporation, subject, however, to applicable provisions of law of any State (1) governing the amount or kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (2) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership or 1 real and personal property which may be held by, or (3) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real and personal property by, a corporation operating in such State;

(h) to transfer, lease, or convey real or personal property;

(i) to borrow money for the purposes of the corporation and issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness therefor and secure the same mortgage or pledge subject to applicable Federal or State laws;

(j) to conduct campaigns for raising of funds and to accept contributions from individuals, corporations, and other bodies, foundations, and organizations;

(k) to print, to create and distribute commemorative medals, edit and publish, make, display, and sell books and magazines, pictures, slides, and cinemas, as may be necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of the purposes of the corporation;

(l) to buy, sell, and generally deal in appropriate and related souvenirs, commemorative medals, curios, momentos, and publications; and

(m) to do any and all acts necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 95–493, §4, Oct. 20, 1978, 92 Stat. 1644.)

1 So in original. Probably should be “of”.