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Membership, eligibility.

"Paralyzed Veterans of America ", exc l u s i v e right.

R e c o r d s, av£ ability.

PUBLIC LAW92-93-AUG. 11, 1971

[85 STAT.

(g) to establish, regulate, and discontinue subordinate State and regional organizations and local chapters or posts; (h) to choose such officers, representatives, and agents as may be necessary to carry out the corporate purposes; (i) to establish and maintain offices for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation; (j) to adopt and alter a constitution and bylaws not inconsistent with law; (k) to publish a newspaper, magazine, or other publications; (1) to adopt and alter emblems and badges; and (m) to do any and all acts and things necessary and proper to accomplish the objects and purposes of the corporation. SEC. 5. The corporation shall have no power to issue capital stock or engage in business for pecuniary profit or gain. SEC. 6. The corporation shall be nonpolitical and, as an organization, shall not furnish financial aid to, or otherwise promote the candidacy of, any person seeking public office. SEC. 7. Any American citizen shall be eligible for membership in the corporation who was regularly enlisted, inducted, or commissioned, and who was accepted for, or was on, active duty in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, or Coast Guard of the United States, or our allies. Service with the Armed Forces must have been terminated by discharge or separation from service under conditions other than dishonorable: Provided, however, That persons otherwise eligible for membership who are on active duty or who must continue to serve after the cessation of hostilities are also eligible for membership: And provided further, That membership shall be limited to such persons as have suffered spinal cord injuries or diseases whether service connected or nonservice connected in origin. SEC. 8. The headquarters and principal place of business of said corporation shall be located in the District of Columbia, but the activities of said organization, as set out herein, shall not be confined to said city, but shall be conducted throughout the several States and any territory or possession of the United States. SEC. 9. I n the event of a final dissolution or liquidation of such corporation, and after the discharge or satisfactory provisions for the discharge of all its liabilities, the remaining assets of the said corporation shall be transferred to the Veterans' Administration to be applied to the care and comfort of paralyzed veterans. SEC. 10. The corporation and its State and regional organizations and local chapters or posts shall have the sole and exclusive right to have and use in carrying out its purposes the name "Paralyzed Veterans of America," and such seals, emblems, and badges as the corporation may lawfully adopt. SEC. 11. The corporation shall keep correct and complete books and records of accomit and shall also keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, executive committee, and committee, having any of the authority of the executive committee; and shall keep at its registered office or principal office a record giving the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote; and permit all books and records of the corporation to be inspected by any member or his agent or his attorney for any proper purpose at any reasonable time. SEC. 12. As a condition precedent to the exercise of any power or privilege herein granted or conferred, the corporation shall file in the office of the Secretary of each State or of any territory or possession of the United States, in which organizations, chapters, or posts may be organized, the name and post office address of an authorized agent upon whom local process or demands against the corporation may be served.

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