2019 US Code
Title 2 - The Congress
Chapter 5 - Library of Congress
Sec. 159 - Perpetual succession and suits by or against Library of Congress Trust Fund Board
| 2 U.S.C. § 159 (2019) |
| §159. Perpetual succession and suits by or against Library of Congress Trust Fund Board |
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The board shall have perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee, including the power to sell, except as herein limited, in respect of all property, moneys, or securities which shall be conveyed, transferred, assigned, bequeathed, delivered, or paid over to it for the purposes above specified. The board may be sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which is given jurisdiction of such suits, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of any trust accepted by it. |
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(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, §3, 43 Stat. 1108; Jan. 27, 1926, ch. 6, §1, 44 Stat. 2; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, §32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, §127, 63 Stat. 107.) |
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AMENDMENTS
1926—Act Jan. 27, 1926, inserted "including the power to sell" in first sentence. CHANGE OF NAMEAct June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted "United States District Court for the District of Columbia" for "district court of the United States for the District of Columbia". Act June 25, 1936, provided that the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia is to be known as the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 2 - THE CONGRESS |
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| Title 2 - THE CONGRESS CHAPTER 5 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Sec. 159 - Perpetual succession and suits by or against Library of Congress Trust Fund Board |
| section 159 |
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| 43 Stat. 1108 44 Stat. 2 49 Stat. 1921 62 Stat. 991 63 Stat. 107 |
