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 284 SIXTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 59. 1919. S¤Dg¢§¤g¤¤6gg%§919- CHAP. 59.—An Act To incorporate the American Legion. iP¤¤¤<=. Ne 411 Be it enacted by the Senate and House ¢Z’?£?epresentatives of the United .'1`¤e A¤¤¤¤<=¤ M- States vgf Amer·•Zca. in Congress assembled, at the following persons, to wit: illiam S. Beam, of North Carolina; Charles H. Brent, of New York; William H. Brown, of Connecticut; G. Edward Buxton gpnior, of Rhode Island; Bennett C. Clark, of Missouri; Richard erby, of New York; L. H. Evridge, of Texas; Milton J. Foreman, of Illinois; Rub D. Garrett, of Missouri; Fred J. Griffith, of Oklahoma; Roy C. Haines, of Maine; John F. J. Herbert, of Massachusetts; Roy Hoffman, of Oklahoma; Fred B. Humphreys, of New Mexico; John W. Inzer, of Alabama; Stuart S. Janney o Maryland; Luke Lea, of Tennessee; Henry Leonard, of Colorado; Henry D. Lindsley, of Texas; O den L. Mills, of New York; _Thomas Miller, of Delaware; Edward Myers,_ of Pennsylvania; D’Olier of Penns lvania; W. G. Price, jumor, of Pennsylvama; S. A. Ritchie, of New York; Theodore Roosevelt, junior of New York; Albert A. Spr e, of Illinois; John J. Sullivan, of Washington; Dale Shaw, of aguwa; Daniel G. Stivers, of Montana· H.. Turney of Ohio· George A. White, of Oregon; Eric Fisher Wood, of Pennsylvania; George H. Wood, of Ohio; Mathew H. M hy, of Alabama; Andrew P. Martin of Arizona; J. J. Harrison, of §ansas; Henry G. Mathewson, of California; H. A. Saidy, of Colorado; Alfred M. Phillips, jumor of Connecticut; George N. Davis, of Delaware; A. H. Blanduag, oi Florida; Walter Hams, of Georgia; E. C. Boom, of Idaho; eorge G. Seaman, of Illinois; Raygnond S. Sfninger, of Indiana; Mathew A. Tinley, of Iowa; W. A. hares, of ansas; Henry De Haven Moorman, of Kentucky; T. Semmes Walmsley, of Louisiana; A. L. Robinson, of Maine; James A. Gary, junior, o Maryland; George C. Waldo, of Michigan; Harrison Fuller, of Minnesota; Alexander Fitzhugh, of Mississippi; H. C. Clark of Missouri; Charles E. Pew, of Montana; John G. aher, of Nebraska; J. G. Scruglham, of Nevada; Frank Knox, of New Hampshire; Hobart Brown, of 'ew Jersey; Charles M. De Bremon, of New Mexico; C. K. Burgess, of North Carolina; Julius Baker, of North Dakota; F. C. Galbraith, of Ohio; Ross N. Lillard, of Oklahoma; E. J. Eivers, of Ore on; George F. Tyler, of Pennsylvania; Alexander H. Johnson, of lghose Island; Julius H. Walker, of South Carolina; M. L. Shade, of South Dakota; Roane W, of Tennessee- Claude V. Birkhead, of Texas· Wesley E. King, of litah; Charles  Cooke, of Virginia;   Nelson Jackson, of Vermont; Harvey I. Moss,_ of Washington; Jackson Arnold, of West Viiginia; John C. Davis, of Wisconsin; A. H. Beach, of W(yomin ; . Lester Jones, of the District of Columbia; Lawrence Ju d, of Iiawaii; Robert R. Landon, of the Phili pine Islands; and such persons as may be chosen who are members of the "American Legion/’ an unrncorgorated patriotic society of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the _ reat War, 1917- 1918, known as the "American Legion," and their successors, are hereby created and declared to be a bod corporate. The name of this corporation shall be "The American Legion? '·"’€“'m”*i°”— Sec. 2. That said persons named in section 1 and such other persons as may be selected from among the membership of the American Legion, an unincorporated society of the soldiers, sailors, and marines of the Great War of 1917-1918, are hereby authorized to meet to complete the organization of said corporation by the selection of _ _ officers, the adoption of a constitution and by-laws, and to do all other d°mf’°“°¤“ °‘ things necessary to carry into eH’ect the grovisions of this Act, at whidh meeting any person duly accredite as a delegate from any local or State organization of the existing unincorporated organization known as the ‘_‘ American Legion" shall be permitted to participate in the proceedings thereof.