1997 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 1C - SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Sec. 20c - Powers of corporation; restriction
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 1C - SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Sec. 20c - Powers of corporation; restriction |
| Contains | section 20c |
| Date | 1997 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | June 9, 1906, ch. 3065, §3, 34 Stat. 228; Sept. 8, 1961, Pub. L. 87-214, 75 Stat. 489. |
| Statutes at Large References | 34 Stat. 228 75 Stat. 489 |
| Public Law References | Public Law 87-214 |
§20c. Powers of corporation; restriction
The corporation shall have power to receive, purchase, hold, sell, and convey real and personal estate, so far only as may be necessary or convenient for its lawful purposes; to sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court; to adopt a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; to make and adopt a constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations for admission, government, suspension, and expulsion of its members, and from time to time to alter and repeal such constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations, and to adopt others in their places; to provide for the election of its officers and to define their duties; to provide for State societies or chapters with rules for their conduct, and to regulate and provide for the management, safe-keeping, and protection of its property and funds: Provided always, That such constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations be not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any of the States thereof.
(June 9, 1906, ch. 3065, §3, 34 Stat. 228; Sept. 8, 1961, Pub. L. 87–214, 75 Stat. 489.)
Amendments1961—Pub. L. 87–214 struck out “to an amount not exceeding at any one time in the aggregate 0,000” after “convenient for its lawful purposes”.
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