1997 US Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 23 - BOARD FOR FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION
Sec. 504 - Powers of corporation
View MetadataPublication 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 23 - BOARD FOR FUNDAMENTAL EDUCATION Sec. 504 - Powers of corporation |
Contains | section 504 |
Date | 1997 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | July 19, 1954, ch. 536, §4, 68 Stat. 490. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 68 Stat. 490 |
§504. Powers of corporation
The corporation shall have power—
(1) to sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction;
(2) to adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal;
(3) to choose such officers, managers, agents, and employees as the business of the corporation may require;
(4) to adopt and alter a constitution and bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State in which such corporation is to operate, for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs;
(5) to contract and be contracted with;
(6) to take and hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, or bequest any property, real or personal, necessary for attaining the objects of accomplishing the purposes of the corporation, subject to applicable provisions of law of any State (A) governing the amount or kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (B) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real and personal property by, a corporation operating in such State;
(7) to transfer and convey real or personal property;
(8) to borrow money for the purposes of the corporation, issue bonds therefor, and secure the same by mortgage, subject to all applicable provisions of Federal or State law;
(9) to use the corporate funds to give prizes, awards, loans, scholarships and grants to deserving students for the purposes set forth in section 503 of this title;
(10) to publish a magazine and other publications; and
(11) to do any and all acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the objects and purposes of the corporation.
(July 19, 1954, ch. 536, §4, 68 Stat. 490.)
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