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PUBLIC LAW 85-530-JULY 18, 1958

ville, California, and their associates and successors, are created and declared to be a body corporate of the District of Columbia, where its legal domicile shall be, the name of which shall be Veterans of World W a r I of the United States of America, Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as the "corporation"), and by such name the said corporation shall be known and have perpetual succession, the powers, limitations, and restrictions herein contained. COMPLETION OF ORGANIZATION

SEC. 2. The persons named in the first section of this Act are authorized, a majority concurring, to complete the organization of the corporation by the selection of officers and employees, the adoption of regulations and bylaws, not inconsistent with this Act, and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such purpose. OBJECTS A N D PURPOSES OF CORPORATION

SEC. 3. The purposes of the corporation shall be patriotic, fraternal, historical, and educational, in the service and for the benefit of veterans of World W a r I and are as follows: (1) To provide for the veterans of World W a r I an organization for their mutual benefit, pleasure, and amusement, which will afford them the opportunities and means for personal contact with each other in order to keep alive friendships and memories of World W a r I and to venerate the memory of their honored dead; (2) To cooperate to the fullest extent and in a harmonious manner with all veterans' organizations to the end that the best interests of all veterans of all wars in which the United States of America has participated, and the widows and orphans of deceased veterans of such wars, may be best served; (3) To stimulate communities and political subdivisions into taking more interest in veterans of World W a r I, the widows and orphans of such deceased veterans, and the problems of such veterans and their widows and orphans; (4) To collate, preserve, and encourage the study of historical episodes, chronicles, mementos, and events pertaining to World War I; (5) To fight vigorously to uphold the Constitution and laws of the United States, as well as the individual States of the Union and to foster the spirit and practice of true Americanism; (6) To fight unceasingly for our national security in order to protect Americans from enemies within our borders, as well as those from without, to the end that our American way of life be preserved; (7) To fight to the utmost all those alien forces, particularly forces such as communism, whose objectives are to deny our very existence as a free people; and (8) To do any and all acts and things necessary and proper to carry out the objects and purposes of the corporation. POWERS O F CORPORATION

SEC. 4. The corporation shall have power— (1) to have succession by its corporate name; (2) to sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction; (3) to adopt, use, alter a corporate seal; (4) to choose such officers, managers, agents, and employees as the activities of the corporation may require; (5) to adopt, amend, and alter a constitution and bylaws not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State in

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