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[CITE: 36USC22104]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
         CHAPTER 221--THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERNATIONAL LAW
 
Sec. 22104. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend a constitution, bylaws, and regulations for 
    the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) choose officers, managers, and agents as the activities of 
    the corporation require;
        (4) make contracts;
        (5) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (6) borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure 
    its obligations by granting security interests in its property;
        (7) publish a journal and other publications;
        (8) sue and be sued; and
        (9) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1300.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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22104.................................  36:345 (less perpetual           Sept. 
20, 1950, ch. 958, Secs.  5 (less
                                         succession).                     perpe
tual succession), 11, 64 Stat.
                                                                          871, 
872.
                                        36:351.
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    In this section, the text of 36:351 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    In clause (1), the words ``apply, and administer'' are omitted as 
unnecessary. The words ``not inconsistent with the laws of the United 
States of America 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 ``activities'' is substituted for 
``business'' for consistency in the revised title.
    In clause (4), the words ``make contracts'' are substituted for 
``contract and be contracted with'' for consistency in the revised title 
and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    Clause (5) is substituted for ``take and hold by lease, gift, 
purchase, grant, devise, or bequest, in full title, in trust, or 
otherwise, any property, real or personal, necessary for attaining the 
objects and carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation'' and 
``transfer and convey real or personal property'' for consistency in the 
revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words. The words ``subject 
however, to applicable provisions of law of 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 and personal 
property by a corporation operating in such State'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (6), the words ``instruments of indebtedness'' are 
substituted for ``bonds'', and the words ``secure its obligations by 
granting security interests in its property'' are substituted for 
``secure the same by mortgage'', for consistency in the revised title. 
The words ``for the purposes of the corporation'' and ``therefor'' are 
omitted as unnecessary. The words ``subject in every case to all 
applicable provisions of Federal or State laws'' are omitted as 
unnecessary.
    In clause (8), the words ``complain and defend in any court of 
competent jurisdiction'' are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency 
in the revised title.
