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[CITE: 36USC21503]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                 CHAPTER 215--AMERICAN HOSPITAL OF PARIS
 
Sec. 21503. Governing body

    (a) General.--(1) The board of governors is the governing body of 
the corporation.
    (2) The board shall have at least 12 governors, divided into 3 
classes of equal numbers. One class of governors shall be elected each 
year for a term of 3 years or until their successors are elected. The 
corporation shall elect the governors at its annual meeting.
    (b) Quorum.--Five governors are a quorum for the transaction of 
business, except that a majority vote of the board is required for--
        (1) the sale or alienation of any real or personal estate of the 
    corporation; or
        (2) the leasing of real estate of the corporation for a term of 
    more than one year.

    (c) Powers.--The board may--
        (1) adopt and amend bylaws, as may be necessary and proper, 
    related to--
            (A) elections and meetings;
            (B) qualifications and duties of governors and officers;
            (C) admission and qualifications of members; and
            (D) management and disposition of the property, business, 
        and concerns of the corporation;

        (2) conduct all business of the corporation;
        (3) fill, until the next annual election, a vacancy on the 
    board; and
        (4) appoint attending and resident physicians and surgeons, 
    agents, assistants, and attendants as may be necessary, set their 
    compensation, and discharge them.

(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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21503(a)..............................  36:4904 (1st sentence).          Jan. 3
0, 1913, ch. 21, Secs.  4 (1st
                                                                          sente
nce), 6, 37 Stat. 655; Apr. 12,
                                                                          1974,
 Pub. L. 93-266, 88 Stat. 85.
                                        36:4905.                         Jan. 3
0, 1913, ch. 21, Secs.  5, 7, 8,
                                                                          37 St
at. 655.
                                        36:4906.
21503(b)..............................  36:4908.
21503(c)..............................  36:4907.
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    Subsection (a) is substituted for the source provisions for 
consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary and 
obsolete language.
    In subsection (c)(1), before clause (A), the words ``and not 
contrary to law'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (c)(2), the words ``and manage'' and ``and concerns'' 
are omitted as unnecessary.
    In subsection (c)(3), the words ``occasioned by death, resignation, 
or otherwise'' are omitted as unnecessary.
