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[CITE: 36USC154303]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
         CHAPTER 1543--NAVY CLUB OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
 
Sec. 154303. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend bylaws;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) appoint or elect officers and agents;
        (4) choose a board of trustees, consisting of at least 5 but not 
    more than 15 individuals, to conduct the business and exercise the 
    powers of the corporation;
        (5) establish and maintain offices to conduct its activities;
        (6) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the 
    corporation;
        (7) charge and collect membership dues and receive contributions 
    of money or property to be devoted to carrying out the purposes of 
    the corporation;
        (8) sue and be sued; and
        (9) do any other act necessary or appropriate to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1434.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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154303................................  36:140b(b)-(j).                  June 6
, 1940, ch. 239, Sec.  3(b)-(j),
                                                                          54 St
at. 233.
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    In clause (1), the words ``not inconsistent with the Constitution 
and laws of the United States or of any State'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the words ``at pleasure'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    Clause (6) is substituted for ``acquire, by purchase, devise, 
bequest, gift, or otherwise, and hold, encumber, convey, or otherwise 
dispose of such real and personal property as may be necessary or 
appropriate for its corporate purposes'' for consistency in the revised 
title.
    In clause (9), the word ``generally'' is omitted as unnecessary. The 
words ``any other act'' are substituted for ``any and all lawful acts'' 
for consistency in the revised title.
