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 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 1381 (3) establish and maintain offices to conduct its activities; (4) appoint or elect officers and agents; (5) authorize the executive committee to conduct the business and exercise the powers of the corporation; (6) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the corporation; (7) publish a magazine and other publications; (8) charge and collect membership dues and subscription fees; (9) sue and be sued; and (10) do any other act necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the corporation. § 140304. Exclusive right to name The corporation and its area. State, and local chapters have the exclusive right to use the name "The Military Chaplains Association of the United States of America". §140305. Annual report Not later than September 1 of each year, the corporation shall submit a report to Congress on the activities of the corporation during the prior calendar year. The report may not be printed as a public document. CHAPTER 1405—MILITARY ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCOR- PORATED Sec. 140501. Organization. 140502. Pnnciples and purposes. 140503. Membership. 140504. Governing body. 140505. Powers. 140506. Restrictions. 140507. Principal office. 140508. Records and inspection. „ 140509. Liability for acts of officers and agents. 140510. Service of process. 140511. Distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation. §140501. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER. — Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated (in this chapter, the "corporation"), is a federally chartered corporation. (b) PLACE OF INCORPORATION AND DOMICILE. —The corporation is declared to be incorporated and domiciled in the District of Columbia. (c) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE. — Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. § 140502. Principles and purposes (a) PRINCIPLES.— The principles underlying the corporation are patriotic allegiance to the United States, fidelity to the Constitution and laws of the United States, the security of civil liberty, and the permanence of free institutions. (b) PURPOSES. —The purposes of the corporation are educational, fraternal, historical, and patriotic, perpetuating the principles of liberty and justice which have created the United States, by—

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