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1997 U.S. Code
Title 36 - PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES
CHAPTER 5 - GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
Secs. 71 to 77 - Omitted

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, 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 5 - GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
Secs. 71 to 77 - Omitted
Containssections 71 to 77
Date1997
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 26, 1998
Positive LawNo
Dispositionomitted
Statutes at Large References43 Stat. 358, 359, 360
49 Stat. 1921
62 Stat. 991
63 Stat. 107


§§71 to 77. Omitted Codification

Sections 71 to 77 related to Grand Army of the Republic, the corporate existence of which terminated pursuant to former section 76 of this title.

Section 71, act June 3, 1924, ch. 242, §1, 43 Stat. 358, created a corporation known as Grand Army of the Republic, with a membership limited to those who served as soldiers and sailors of the United States between Apr. 12, 1861, and Apr. 9, 1865, or in State regiments called into active service between those date and who were honorably discharged, and specified the powers of the corporation.

Section 72, act June 3, 1924, ch. 242, §2, 43 Stat. 359, defined objects and purposes of corporation.

Section 73, act June 3, 1924, ch. 242, §3, 43 Stat. 359, provided for a governing body for corporation.

Section 74, act June 3, 1924, ch. 242, §4, 43 Stat. 359, provided that governing body determine membership, except as limited by the provision of section 71 of this title.

Section 75, act June 3, 1924, ch. 242, §5, 43 Stat. 359, provided that activities of corporation be carried on through certain agencies.

Section 76, act June 3, 1924, ch. 242, §6, 43 Stat. 360, provided that corporate existence of Grand Army of the Republic terminate when the last of its members dies.

Section 77, acts June 3, 1924, ch. 242, §7, 43 Stat. 360; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §127, 63 Stat. 107, provided for disposal of property and archives.

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