2014 US Code
Title 36 - Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations (Sections 101 - 300113)
Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations (Sections 10101 - 240112)
Part B - Organizations (Sections 20101 - 240112)
Chapter 1537 - National Woman's Relief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (Sections 153701 - 153713)
Sec. 153702 - Purposes
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDORGANIZATIONS |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 36 - PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, ANDORGANIZATIONS Subtitle II - Patriotic and National Organizations Part B - Organizations CHAPTER 1537 - NATIONAL WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC Sec. 153702 - Purposes |
Contains | section 153702 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | Yes |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1428. |
Statutes at Large References | 76 Stat. 503 112 Stat. 1428 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 87-650, Public Law 105-225 |
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The purposes of the corporation are—
(1) to perpetuate the memory of the Grand Army of the Republic, as the National Woman's Relief Corps is its auxiliary and was organized at its request in 1883, and of the men who saved the Union in 1861 to 1865;
(2) to assist in every practicable way in preserving, and making available for research, documents and records pertaining to the Grand Army of the Republic and its members;
(3) to cooperate in doing honor to all those who have served our country patriotically in any war;
(4) to teach patriotism, the duties of citizenship, the true history of our country, and the love and honor of our flag;
(5) to oppose every tendency or movement that would weaken loyalty to, destroy, or impair our constitutional Union; and
(6) to inculcate and broadly sustain the American principles of representative government, equal rights, and impartial justice for all.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1428.)
Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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153702 | 36:1003. | Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87–650, §3, 76 Stat. 503. |
In clause (5), the words "destroy, or impair" are substituted for "make for the destruction or impairment of" to eliminate unnecessary words.
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