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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 7 84;. 1900. 279 at pleasure; and to have the right to have and to use, in carrying out its purposes hereinafter designated, as an emblem and badge, a reek red cross on a white ground, as the same has been described in the treaty of Geneva, August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, and adopted by the several nations acceding thereto; to ordain and establish by-laws and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of ' the United States of America or any State thereof, and generally to do all such acts and things as may be necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this Act and promote the purposes of said organization; and the corporation hereby created is designated as the organization which is authorized to act in matters of relief under said treaty. .In accordance with article seven, of the treaty, the delivery of the brassard allowed for individuals neutralized in time of war shall be left to military authority. i Sec. 3. That the purposes of this corporation are and shall be- P“‘P°““- First. To furnish volunteer aid to the sick and wounded of armies in time of war, in accordance with the spirit and conditions of the conference of Geneva of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and also of the treaty of the Red Cross, or the treaty of Geneva of August twenty-second, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, to which the 'United States of America gave its adhesion ou March first, eighteen hundred and eighty-two. Second. And for said purposes to perform all the duties devolved upon a national society by each nation which has acceded to said treaty. . Third. To succeed to all the rights and roperty which have been hitherto held and to all the duties wiich have heretofore been performed by the American National Red Cross as a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the.United States relating to the District of Columbia, which organization is hereby dissolved. Fourth. To act in matters of voluntary relief and in accordance with the military and naval authorities as a medium of communication between the people of the United States of America and their armies, · and to act in such matters between similar national societies of other governments through the "Comité International de Secours” and the overnment and the people and the armies of the United States of America. S * — Fifth. And to continue and carry on a system of national and international relief in time of peace and apply the same in miti ating the suEerings caused by pestilence, famine, Hre, Hoods, and Ol§l81' great national calamities. Sixth. And to devise and carry on measures for preventing the same, and generally to promote measures of humanity and the welfare of mankind. _ _ Sec. 4. That from and after the passage of this Act it shall be f,,§§f,§Q},‘f“g“’“·°*°· unlawful for any erson within the jurisdiction of the United States to falsely and fraud)ulently hold himself out as, or represent or pretend himself to be a member of or an agent for the American National Red Cross for the purpose of soliciting, collecting, or receiving money or material; or for any person to wear or display the sign of the red cross, or any insignia colored in imitation thereof, for the fraudulent purpose of inducing the belief that he is a member of or an agent for the American National Red Cross. lf any person violates the ro- P¤¤¤1¢Y- visions of this section he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 51all be liable to a Hne of not less than one nor more than five hundred. dollars, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both, for each and every offense. The Hue so collected shall be paid to the American National Red Cross. The a pointment of the chief medical officer shall not be made without tile approval in writing of the Secretary of War. Sec. 5. That the said American National Red Cross shall, on the R°P°”*·