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[CITE: 36USC40304]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
            Subtitle II--Patriotic and National Organizations
 
                          Part B--Organizations
 
                      CHAPTER 403--CIVIL AIR PATROL
 
Sec. 40304. Powers

    The corporation may--
        (1) adopt and amend a constitution, bylaws, and regulations;
        (2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
        (3) establish and maintain offices in the District of Columbia 
    and the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to 
    conduct its affairs;
        (4) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as 
    necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;
        (5) sue and be sued; and
        (6) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the 
    purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1332.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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40304.................................  36:205 (less perpetual           July 1
, 1946, ch. 527, Sec.  5 (less
                                         succession).                     perpe
tual succession), 60 Stat. 347.
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    In clause (1), the word ``amend'' is substituted for ``alter'' for 
consistency in the revised title. The words ``not inconsistent with 
law'' are omitted as unnecessary.
    In clause (3), the words ``States, territories, and possessions'' 
are substituted for ``several States and Territories'' for consistency 
in the revised title.
    Clause (4) is substituted for ``acquire, hold, mortgage, and dispose 
of such real and personal property as may be necessary for its corporate 
purposes'' and ``accept gifts, legacies, and devises which will further 
the corporate purposes'' for consistency in the revised title and to 
eliminate unnecessary words.
    In clause (6), the words ``any other act'' are substituted for ``any 
and all acts and things'' to eliminate unnecessary words. The word 
``objects'' is omitted as unnecessary.
