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 112 STAT. 1482 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 (8) sue and be sued; and (9) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the corporation. § 230105. Exclusive right to name, seal, emblems, and badges The corporation has the exclusive right to use the name "Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States" and its corporate seal and to manufacture and use emblems and badges the corporation adopts. § 230106. Service of process As a condition to the exercise of any power or privilege granted by this chapter, the corporation shall file, with the secretary of state or other designated official of each State, the name and address of an agent in that State on whom legal process or demands against the corporation may be served. §230107. Annual report Not later than January 1 of each year, the corporation shall submit a report to Congress on the activities of the corporation during the prior fiscal year. The report may not be printed as a public document. CHAPTER 2303—VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED Sec 230301. Organization. 230302. Purposes. 230303. Membership. 230304. Governing body. 230305. Powers. 230306. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges. 230307. Restrictions. 230308. Principal office. 230309. Records and inspection. 230310. Service of process. 230311. Liability for acts of officers and agents. 230312. Annual report. 230313. Termination of existence and distribution of assets. §230301. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER. — Veterans of World War I 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. §230302. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are patriotic, fraternal, historical, and educational, in the service and for the benefit of veterans of World War I, and are— (1) to provide for the veterans of World War I an organization for their mutual benefit, pleasure, and amusement which will afford them opportunities and means for personal contact with each other to keep alive friendships and memories of World War I and to venerate the memory of their honored dead;

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