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[CITE: 36USC150506]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
   CHAPTER 1505--NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE SOCIETIES, WASHINGTON, 
                          DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
 
Sec. 150506. Powers

    The corporation has the powers provided in its bylaws and articles 
of incorporation filed in the State in which it is incorporated, 
including the power to--
        (1) adopt bylaws and regulations for the management of its 
    property and the regulation of its affairs;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) adopt emblems and badges;
        (4) choose officers, managers, and agents as the activities of 
    the corporation require;
        (5) make contracts;
        (6) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary 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) publish a magazine, newspaper, and other publications 
    consistent with the purposes of the corporation;
        (9) sue and be sued; and
        (10) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1390.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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150506................................  36:403.                          Apr. 3
, 1952, ch. 131, Secs.  3, 8, 66
                                                                          Stat.
 38, 40.
                                        36:408.
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    In this section, the text of 36:408 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    In clause (1), the word ``adopt'' is substituted for ``ordain and 
establish'' for consistency in the revised title. The words ``not 
inconsistent with the laws of the United States of America or of any 
State in which the corporation operates'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the word ``use'' is omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (3), the word ``adopt'' is substituted for ``use and 
display . . . as it may adopt'' for consistency in the revised title and 
to eliminate unnecessary words.
    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 
``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, or bequest any property, real or personal, 
necessary for carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation'' and 
``transfer or convey real or personal property'' for consistency in the 
revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``subject to 
applicable provisions of law of any State (1) governing the amount or 
kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (2) 
otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real and 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 notes, bonds, or other evidences 
of indebtedness therefor, and secure the same by mortgage'' for 
consistency in the revised title. The words ``subject in every case to 
all applicable provisions of Federal or State law'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (9), the words ``complain and defend in any court of 
competent jurisdiction'' are omitted as unnecessary.
