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PUBLIC LAW 560-AUG. 2, J954

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STAT,

a BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Chairman.

Condensation.

"SEC. 308. (a) The Association shall have a Board of Directors consisting of five persons, one of whom shall be the Housing and Home Finance Administrator as Chairman of the Board, and four of whom shall be appointed by said Administrator from among the officers or employees of the Association, of the immediate office of said Administrator, or (with the consent of the head of such department or agency) of any other department or agency of the Federal Government. The board of directors shall meet at the call of its chairman, who shall require it to meet not less often than once each month. Within the limitations of law, the board shall determine the general policies which shall govern the operations of the Association. The chairman of the board shall select and effect the appointment of qualified persons to fill the offices of president and vice president, and such other offices as may be provided for in the bylaws, with such executive functions, powers, and duties as may be prescribed by the bylaws or by the board of directors, and such persons shall be the executive officers of the Association and shall discharge all such executive functions, powers, and duties. The basic rate of compensation of the position of president of the Association shall be the same as the basic rate of compensation established for the heads of the constituent agencies of the Housing and Home Finance Agency. The members of the board, as such, shall not receive compensation for their services. li GENERAL

59 Stat. 597. 31 USC 841 note.

POWERS

"SEC. 309. (a) The Association shall have power to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be judicially noticed; by its board of directors, to adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws governing the performance of the powers and duties granted to or imposed upon it by law; to enter into and perform contracts, leases, cooperative agreements, or other transactions, on such terms as it may deem appropriate, with any agency or instrumentality of the United States, or with any State, Territory, or possession, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or with any political subdivision thereof, or with any person, firm, association, or corporation; to execute, in accordance with its bylaws, all instruments necessary or appropriate in the exercise of any of its powers; in its corporate name, to sue and to be sued, and to complain and to defend, in any court of competent jurisdiction, State or Federal, but no attachment, injunction, or other similar process, mesne or final, shall be issued against the property of the Association or against the Association with respect to its property; to conduct its business in any State of the United States, including the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the Territories and possessions of the United States; to lease, purchase, or acquire any property, real, personal, or mixed, or any interest therein, to hold, rent, maintain, modernize, renovate, improve, use, and operate such property, and to sell, for cash or credit, lease, or otherwise dispose of the same, at such time and in such manner as and to the extent that the Association may deem necessary or appropriate; to prescribe, repeal, and amend or modify, rules, regulations, or requirements, governing the manner in which its general business may be conducted; to accept gifts or donations of services, or of property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible, or intangible, in aid of any of the purposes of the Association; and to do all things as are necessary or incidental to the proper management of its affairs and the proper conduct of its business. "(b) Except as may be otherwise provided in this title, in the Government Corporation Control Act, or in other laws specifically applicable to Government corporations, the Association shall determine

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