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Use of income.

PUBLIC LAW 87-650-SEPT. 7, 1962

[76 STAT.

of Union soldiers, sailors, and marines and other loyal women, who have not given aid or comfort to the enemies of the United States of America. SEC. 6. The supreme governing authority of the corporation shall be the national convention thereof, composed of such officers and elected representatives from the several States as shall be provided by the rules and regulations: Provided, That the form of the government of the corporation shall always b3 representative of the membership at large and shall not permit the concentration of the control thereof in the hands of a limited number of members or in a self-perpetuating group not so representative. The meetings of the national convention may be held in any State or in the District of Columbia. SEC. 7. (a) During the intervals between the national convention the executive officers shall be the governing board of the corporationL and shall be held responsible for the general policies, program, and activities of the corporation. (b) Upon the enactment of this Act the membership of the initial executive officers of the corporation shall consist of the executive officers of the National Woman's Belief Corps, Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic, the corporation described in section 18 of this Act, or such of them as may then be living and are qualified members of said executive officers, to wit: Mabel R. Ginder, Jessie Johnston, Irene Randolph, Bessie K. Coughlin, Ocie M. Tumey, Mary J. Love, Laura I. Smith, Ethel Ferris Hasenbuhler, and Marie Morgan. (c) Thereafter, the council of administration of the corporation shall consist of not less than seven membsrs elected in the manner and for the term as may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. SEC. 8. The officers of the corporation shall be a national president, senior vice national president, junior vice national president, secretary and treasurer (which latter two offices may be held by one person), and such other officers as may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws. The officers of the corporation shall be elected in such manner and for such terms and with such duties and titles as may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. SEC. 9. (a) The principal office of the corporation shall be located in Springfield, Illinois, but the activities of the corporation shall not be confined to that place, but may be conducted throughout the various States, and the District of Columbia, of the United States. (b) The corporation shall have in the District of Columbia at all times a designated agent authorized to accept service of process, notice, or demand for the corporation, and service of such process, notice or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon the corporation may be served upon such agent. The corporation shall file with the Superintendent of Corporations of the District of Columbia a statement designating the initial and each successor registered agent of the corporation immediately following any such designation. As used in this Act the term "Superintendent of Corporations of the District of Columbia" means the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or any agent designated by them to perform the functions vested by this Act in the Superintendent of Corporations. SEC. 10. (a) No part of the income or assets of the corporation shall inure to any of its members or officers as such, or be distributable to any of them, during the life of the corporation or upon its dissolution or final liquidation. Nothing in this subsection, however, shall be construed to prevent the payment of reasonable compensation to

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