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 7B STAT. J

PUBLIC LAW 88-378-JllLY 16, 1964

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Public Law 88-378 AN ACT To incorporate the Little League Baseball, Incorporated.

July 16. 1964 [H. R. 9234]

Be it enacted by the 'Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That James E. Ba^tbLii^inc^"^ Axeman, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Colonel Theodore P. Bank, Chicago, Illinois; Nicholas C. Colombo, Galveston, Texas; John K. Conneen, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Yale A. Corcoran, Chicago, Illinois; Doctor Arthur A. Esslinger, Eugene, Oregon; Merrill Martin Galloway, West Columbia, Texas; George H. Harding, Lebanon, Tennessee; Edward B. Johnson, Port Chester, New York; G. Herbert McCracken, New York, New York; Peter J. McGovern, Chairman, Williamsport, Pennsylvania; Frank J. McGrath, Scarsdale, NewYork; Doctor Elmon L. Vernier, Baltimore, Maryland; Milton F. Ziehn, Sacramento, California; and their successors, are hereby created and declared to be a body corporate by the name of the Little League Baseball, Incorporated (hereinafter called the corporation), and by such name shall be known and have perpetual succession and the powers and limitations contained in this Act. C O M P L E T I O N OF ORGANIZATION

SEC. 2. The persons named in the first section of this Act are authorizec^ to complete the organization of the corporation by the selection of officers and employees, the adoption of a constitution 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 objects and purposes of the corporation shall be— (1) To promote, develop, supervise, and voluntarily assist in all lawful ways the interest of boys who will participate in Little League baseball. (2) To help and voluntarily assist boys in developing qualities of citizenship, sportsmanship, and manhood. (3) Using the disciplines of the native American game of baseball, to teach spirit and competitive will to win, physical fitness through individual sacrifice, the values of teamplay and wholesome well-being through healthful and social association with other youngsters under proper leadership. CORPORATE

POWERS

SEC. 4. The corporation shall have pow er— (1) to sue and be sued, complain, and defend in any court of competent jurisdiction; (2) to adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal; (3) to choose such officers, directors, trustees, managers, agents, and employees as the business of the corporation may require; (4) to adopt, amend, and alter a constitution and bylaws, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or any State in which the corporation is to operate, for the management of its property and the regulation of its affairs; (5) to contract and be contracted with; (6) to charge and collect membership dues, subscription fees, and receive contributions or grants of money or property to be devoted to the carrying out of its purposes; (7) to take and hold by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise,

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