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 274 SIXTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ons. 32, 33. 1919. ferred to them for the purposes and objects hereinbefore enumerated by the existing and unincorporated American Committee for Armenian and Syrian Relief, and such other funds or property as may at any time be given, devised, or bequeathed to them or to such corporation, for the purposes of the trust; with full power from time to time to adopt a common seal, to appoint officers, whether members of the board of trustees or otherwise, and such employees as may be deemed necessary for carrying on the business of the corporation, and at such salaries or with such remuneration as they may think proper; and full power to adopt by·laws and such rules or regulations as may be npcissary to secure the safe and convenient transaction of the business o the co oration. ,,]L_°°°°‘ '°' °'°‘°i”" Sec. GTP That as soon as ma be possible after the assage of this Act a meetin of the trustees liereinbefore named shgll be called lip Cleveland H.%)odge, Henry Morgenthau, Abram I. Elkus, Edwin . Bulk1e{, Alexander J. Hemphill, William B. Millar, Georgie T. Scott, James . Barton, and Char es V. Vickrey, or any six of them, at the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York, by notice served in mmm o, (mm person or béy mail, addressed to each trustee at his place of residence; aa ’ and the said trustees named herein, or a majority thereof, being assembled, shall organize and proceed to adopt by-laws, to elect officers, Suhmum mam and generally to organize the said corporation. _ _ ings. Sec. 7. That a meeting of the mcorporators, their associates, or successors, shall be held once in every ear after the gear of incorporation at such time and place as shall be (prescribe in the bi- laws, when the annual reports of the officers an executive boards s all be presented and mem ers of the executive board elected for the year. Special meetings of the corporation may be called upon suc A,,,,,,,,l,,,,,,,,, 0,,,,.,, notice as may be prescribed. _ _ ¤¢¤d¤¤¤¤»¤*¤— Sec. 8. That a copy of the constitution and by-laws and of all amendments thereto shall be filed with the Congress when adopted, and on or before the lst daggof April each year said corporation shall make  transmit to the ngress a report of its proceedings for the year ending December 31 preceding, mcluding in such report the ntamlps  residepces of  officers, and a full and itemized account R,m,c,,m_ o a recei ts an expen tures. Sec. 9. That the corporation shall have no power to issue certificates of stock or declare or pay any dividends, or otherwise distribute to its members any of its roperty, or the proceeds therefrom, or from its operations. On  lution of the corporation otherwise than by Act of Congress the property shall escheat to the United Reddance or mem- States- _ bm. ¤¤¤~ Sec. 10. That all members and officers of the corporations and of %s gowéegéing body may reside in or be citizens of any place within the 'nite ates. T°"°1°°u°°` Sec. _11. That the franchise herein glmnted shall terminate at the Ammdmm expiration of twenty-five years from the date of the ppproval of the ` Act; and that Congress reserves the right to repeal, ter, or amend this act at any time. Approved, August 6, 1919. xw gzégl? CHAP. 33.-An Act To amend an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled s...]“ ".°Q§. ‘B€“pim“`h°'é?.‘1 ‘i£§§.?$Za1”s*.¢?{§`2§§.§Z.“zBl§‘i°Z‘*§Ss°Ql’Z2.ii§’a‘€·I”‘“““°° ‘” “‘° _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House 0 Representatives 0 the United §g‘§§,,‘%l§.I”§,§’,§?,§‘,°§; Smteaagf America in Congress assembled: That section 1{of an Act ¤§§<3·“, P 613 mw} entitl "An Act to amend an Act entitled ‘An Act to authorize the at ’ ' establishment of a Bureau of War Risk Insurance in the Treasury