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P U B U C LAW 257-AUG. 13, 1958

the amount or kind of real and personal property which may be held by, or (b) otherwise limiting or controlling the ownership of real and personal property by a corporation operating in such State; (7) to transfer and convey real or personal property; (8) to borrow money for the purposes of the corporation, issue bonds therefor, and secure the same by mortgage, subject to all applicable provisions of Federal or State law; (9) to use the corporate funds to give prizes, or awards, to citizens for outstanding contributions toward the achievement of the purposes of the corporation; (10) to publish a magazine or other publication consistent with its corporate purposes; (11) to use and display such emblems and badges as it may adopt; and (12) to do any and all acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the objects and purposes of the corporation. HEADQUARTERS AND P R I N C I P A L OFFICE S; STATES A N D TERRITORIAL SCOPE OF ACT IV I T I E S; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A G E N T

SEC. 5. (a) The headquarters and principal ojffices of the corporation shall be located in the District of Columbia, or in the States of Maryland or Virginia, but the activities of the corporation shall not be confined to these places but may be conducted throughout the various States, Territories, and possessions of the United States. (b) The corporation shall maintain at all times in the District of Columbia a designated agent authorized to accept service of process for the corporation, such designation to be filed in the office of the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Notice to or service upon such agent, or mailed to the business address of such agent, shall be deemed sufficient notice or service upon the corporation. MEMBERSHIP; VOTING RIGHTS

SEC. 6. Membership in the corporation shall be confined to agencies and organizations and the rights and privileges of membership shall, except as otherwise provided in this Act, be prescribed by the bylaws of the corporation. I n the conduct of the business of the annual national conference on citizenship each agency or organization sending delegates to, and participating in such conference shall have one vote. NATIONAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF OFFICERS

SEC. 7. (a) The national officers shall be a president, who shall serve as chairman of the board of directors and of the executive committee, a first vice president, a second vice president, a third vice president, a secretary, and a treasurer, to be selected from the officers and members of the member agencies or organizations participating in the conference. (b) For the purposes of initiating the corporation, the national officers shall be elected within ten days of the date of enactment of this Act by the persons named in the first section of this Act, to serve until the final session of the next following annual conference. Thereafter, the national officers of the corporation shall be elected biennially by a majority vote of the agencies and organizations sending delegates to, and participating in the annual conference, one vote to each such agency and to each such organization.

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