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[CITE: 36USC130103]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
         CHAPTER 1301--LADIES OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC
 
Sec. 130103. Membership

    (a) Eligibility.--(1) Except as provided in this chapter, 
eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights, 
privileges, and designation of classes of members are as provided in the 
constitution and bylaws of the corporation.
    (2) Eligibility for membership is limited to female blood relatives 
of an individual who--
        (A) served at any time during the period April 12, 1861, through 
    April 9, 1865, as a soldier or sailor in--
            (i) the United States Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Revenue-
        Cutter Service; or
            (ii) a State regiment that was called into active service 
        and was subject to orders of United States general officers 
        during that period; and

        (B) was honorably discharged from, or died in, that service.

    (b) Voting.--Each member has one vote on each matter submitted to a 
vote at a meeting of the members.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1371.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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130103................................  36:78d.                          June 1
7, 1959, Pub. L. 86-47, Sec.  5,
                                                                          73 St
at. 78.
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    In subsection (a)(1), the words ``are as provided in the 
constitution and bylaws of the corporation'' are substituted for ``shall 
. . . be determined as the constitution and bylaws of the corporation 
may provide'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In subsection (a)(2)(A), the words ``at any time'' are added for 
clarity.
