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[CITE: 36USC21303]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
              CHAPTER 213--AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
 
Sec. 21303. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt a constitution and bylaws; and
        (2) hold property in the District of Columbia necessary to carry 
    out the purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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21303.................................  36:20 (2d sentence).             Jan. 4
, 1889, ch. 20, (2d sentence), 25
                                                                          Stat.
 640; July 3, 1957, Pub. L. 85-
                                                                          83, S
ec.  1, 71 Stat. 276.
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    In clause (1), the words ``not inconsistent with law'' are omitted 
as unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the word ``property'' is substituted for ``real and 
personal estate'', and the word ``necessary'' is substituted for ``so 
far only as may be necessary'', to eliminate unnecessary words. The 
words ``to carry out the purposes of the corporation'' are substituted 
for ``to its lawful ends'' for consistency in the revised title.


                     Tax Exemption of Real Property

    Pub. L. 85-83, Sec. 2, July 3, 1957, 71 Stat. 277, provided that: 
``The real property situated in Square 817, in the city of Washington, 
District of Columbia, described as lot 23, owned, occupied, and used by 
the American Historical Association, is exempt from all taxation so long 
as the same is so owned and occupied, and not used for commercial 
purposes, subject to the provisions of sections 2, 3, and 5 of the Act 
entitled `An Act to define the real property exempt from taxation in the 
District of Columbia', approved December 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1089; D.C. 
Code, secs. 47-801b, 47-801c, and 47-801e) [47-1005, 47-1007, and 47-
1009].''
