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 968 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 303. 1925. provisions of this Act., whether of rincipal or income, shall, so ‘ long as the same shall be so used, he exempt from taxes by the §*$°{*g,g£m on ml United States or any Territory or District thereof: Provided, That or dplggom pmpmy said corporation shall not accept, own, or hold directly or indirectly “°’ ‘ any property, real or persona, except such as may be reasonably nlpcesgary to carry out the purposes of its creation as defined in t is ct. Q“°““°"“°“ “‘“’“" Sec. 7. That membership is limited to women, and no woman mm to mmbmmpi shall be a member of this corporation unless she is a citizen of the United States and unless her son or sons or daughter or daughters of her blood served in the Army or Navy of the United States or in the milita or naval service of its allies in the great World War at some timeliluring the period between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918, both dates inclusive, having an honorable discharge or N nmmw still in the service. _ _ _ ¤é.° Sec. 8. That this organization shall be nonpolitical, and as an orgpnization shall not promote the candidacy of any person seeking A-”°” ‘ PUSHC 0mcTh d ll f h .° °**¤“¤¢ °" no. 9. at said cor oration ma ac uire an or a o the éndiueiiim my be W assets of the existing orgzilnization kndrwn sg Ameridan War Mothers upon discharging or satisfactorily providing for the payment and _ discharge of all its liabilities. m§f"“"° ““° °' Sec. 10. That said corploration and its State, Territorial, and local subdivisions shall have the sole and exclusive right to have and to use in carrying out its business purposes the name of American mm mum to War Mothers. _ _ ‘ comms Sec. 11. That said corporation shall, on or before the lst day of January in each year, make and transmit to the Congress a report of its proceedings for the preceding calendar year, including a full Ilyivelgihwd uhm and complete report of its receipts and expenditures: Provided, amiimgni. up however, That Sald report shall not be printed as a public document. nensmuon or sem Sec. 12. That as a condition precedent to the exercise of any power °€°°‘*· or privilege herein granted or conferred this corporation shall file in the office of the secretary of each State the name and post-office address of an authorized agent in such State upon whom local process or demands a inst American War Mothers may be served. chgglgel ¤¤=¤v*¤¤·=¤ 0* Sec. 13. That this giaarter shall take effect upon its being accepted ` by a majority vote of the incorporators named herein who shall be present at the first meeting of the corporation, due notice of which meeting shall be given to each of the mcorporators named herein, and a notice of such acceptance shall be given by said corporation, causing a certificate to that effect, signed by its president and ruins secretary, to be filed in the office of the recorder of deeds of the District of Columbia. tA¤¢1¤¤ri¢y w alter. Sec. 14. That Congress may from time to time alter, re eal, or °°' modify this Act of incorporation, but no contract or individual right made or aceppired shall hereby be divested or impaired. S60f¤<>¤¤& whe Shall Sm, 15. That the management and direction of the affairs of the rve until next. annual. . . . . ccmnutu. corporation and the controlling and disposing of its property and funds shall be vested in the persons duly elected at the last annual convention held in Kansas City, Missouri, who shall be the officers of the American War Mothers for the year beginning October, 1923, to serve until the next annual convention to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 8, 1925, or until their successors are duly ag ointed, and who are the following: N““’· Margaret N. Mc liner, National War Mother, Kansas Citv, Missouri; Carrie L. Root, first vice National War Mother, Gardner, Illinois: Blanche A. Bellak, second vice National War Mother, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Mary E. Spence, third vice National War Mother, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Rose S. Sargent, fourth vice