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[CITE: 36USC130505]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
           CHAPTER 1305--LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL, INCORPORATED
 
Sec. 130505. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws for the management 
    of its property and the regulation of its affairs;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) adopt, alter, and display seals, emblems, and badges;
        (4) choose directors, officers, trustees, managers, employees, 
    and agents as the activities of the corporation require;
        (5) make contracts;
        (6) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes of the 
    corporation;
        (7) borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure 
    its obligations by granting security interests in its property;
        (8) charge and collect membership dues and subscription fees;
        (9) sue and be sued; and
        (10) do any other act necessary or desirable to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1377.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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130505................................  36:1074.                         July 1
6, 1964, Pub. L. 88-378, Secs.
                                                                          4, 17
, 78 Stat. 325, 328.
                                        36:1087.
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    In this section, the text of 36:1087 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    In clause (1), the word ``alter'' is omitted as included in 
``amend''. The words ``not inconsistent with the laws of the United 
States or any State in which the corporation is to operate'' are omitted 
as unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the word ``use'' is omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (3), the word ``use'' is omitted as included in 
``display''. The words ``as it may adopt'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (4), the word ``activities'' is substituted for 
``business'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In clause (5), the words ``make contracts'' are substituted for ``to 
contract and be contracted with'' for consistency in the revised title 
and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    Clause (6) is substituted for ``take and hold by lease, gift, 
purchase, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise any property, real or 
personal, necessary for attaining the objects and carrying into effect 
the purposes of the corporation'' and ``transfer, encumber, and convey 
real or personal property'' for consistency in the revised title and to 
eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``subject to applicable 
provisions of law in 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 or personal property by a corporation 
operating in such State'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (7), the words ``for the purposes of the corporation'' are 
omitted as unnecessary. The words ``issue instruments of indebtedness, 
and secure its obligations by granting security interests in its 
property'' are substituted for ``issue bonds therefor, and secure the 
same by mortgage'', for consistency in the revised title. The words 
``subject to all applicable provisions of Federal or State law'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (8), the words ``receive contributions or grants of money 
or property to be devoted to the carrying out of its purposes'' are 
omitted as included in ``acquire . . . property as necessary or 
convenient to carry out the purposes of the corporation'' in clause (6).
    In clause (9), the words ``complain, and defend in any court of 
competent jurisdiction'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (10), the words ``and all lawful'', ``and things'', and 
``objects and'' are omitted as unnecessary.
