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[CITE: 36USC230104]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
       CHAPTER 2301--VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES
 
Sec. 230104. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend a constitution, bylaws, and regulations to 
    carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) establish and maintain offices to conduct its activities;
        (4) make contracts;
        (5) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary and appropriate to carry out the purposes of the 
    corporation;
        (6) establish, regulate, and discontinue subordinate State and 
    territorial subdivisions and local chapters or posts;
        (7) publish a magazine 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. 1481.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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230104................................  36:114 (words before 4th         May 28
, 1936, ch. 471, Sec.  4 (words
                                         semicolon less perpetual         befor
e 4th semicolon less perpetual
                                         succession, words after 5th      succe
ssion, words after 5th
                                         semicolon).                      semic
olon), 6, 49 Stat. 1391.
                                        36:116.
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    In this section, the text of 36:116 is omitted as executed and 
obsolete.
    In clause (1), the words ``apply, and administer'' are omitted as 
unnecessary and for consistency in the revised title. The words ``not 
inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of any State'' are 
omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (2), the words ``at pleasure'' are omitted for consistency 
in the revised title.
    In clause (3), the word ``activities'' is substituted for 
``business'' for consistency in the revised title.
    Clauses (4) and (5) are substituted for ``to receive, hold, own, 
use, and dispose of such real estate, personal property, money, 
contract, rights, and privileges as shall be deemed necessary and 
incidental for its corporate purposes'' for consistency in the revised 
title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
    In clause (8), the words ``in courts of law and equity'' are omitted 
as unnecessary.
    In clause (9), the words ``do any other act'' are substituted for 
``generally to do any and all such acts and things'' for consistency in 
the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
