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CONGRESSIONAL CHARTER.
,Act OF January 5. 1905. as amended by
Act Of June %. 1910. CHI. 372, and of
Dec. 10, 1912, Oh. ID

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Act Of June %. 1910. Oh. 372, and of
Dec. 10. 1912. Oh. ID
An Act to Incorporate the American
National Red Gross.
I. Historical Yrsenbls-Whereas, on
hundred and sixty-four, at Geneva.
Switzerland. plenipotentiaries respec-
lively representing Italy. Baden. Bell
Prussia Saxony. and Wurttembsrg and
the Federal Council of Switzerland
asrsed upon ten articles Of a treaty. or
the evils inseparable from war. OF
4, amsiioratins the condition Of soldiers
wounded on the field Of battle. and par
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pitfalls and in according relief to the SICK
and wounded and supplies for this pur-
pose shall be deemed neutral ana en-
tinctive and uniform flag shall De
adopted for hospitals and ambulances
and conveys NJ sick and wounded ana an
arm badge for individuals neutralizeo;
whereas, said treaty has been ratifed
by all Of said nations. and by others
subsequently. to the number. OF forty:
three or more. including the United
states OF America; and
Whereas, the International Conference
" 81 nssrs recommendsd chat there ez.
tst in every country q committee whose
mission consists in cooperating in times
~ war with the hospital service OF the
armies by all means in it's power: and
Whereas, a permanent organization 10
an agency needed in every nation to
carry GU, the OF sp sa and 70
execute the humane objects contem-
, plated by said treaty. with the power to
adopt and use the distinctive nag ana
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article seven on which shall be the sign
Of the Red Cross. for the purpose OF CO.
operating with the "Comite intsrna,
si.sse. international COMMITTEE Of
Relief for the Wounded in WARP and
Whereas. In accordance with the re-
national body such an association adopt;
in the city Of Washington. District Of
IN KNOWN sIy s''sffR he nunHrsa can
National Association Of the Red Cross
re-incorporated April seventeenth; eigh.
teen hundred and ninety,thrs,e e unoer s .nS
re-inoorporAted by Act Of Congress IN
June. nineteen hundred: and 49, ;
whereas. u is believed that hat. the r.n lmi
~ the present charter and re.incor
poration of the society under Govern
ment supervision; Now thereto ore ,1o,se
OF America in Congress assembled.
.. HsinsorrsratdonE,TI,hat r Clara Bar r
s. llss Mabel e11 r Boardman. George Dewey,
william r. Day., Nelson a. y Miles,
J lam NJ T1 wilson WINE" SIMON Wolf. 5ams: +
S;arfieid clifford Pinchot, $. W. Wood
ward. Mary A. Logan. Walter Wyman.
81 washns s,,,,a ns Of M,ss 90 Wiam
n TAFT. r. e. LOOMS, samuel Mather,
~ OHIO: Spencer Trask. Robert c. Og-
s:S a c william + w RSsss e: SaSn
CARLISLE. George p. Mcclellan: Elisabeth
Mills Reid Margaret Carnegie. OF New
york 5Ghn Ws:s A A.sn.n e XIX.
Porter. OF Pennsylvania: Richard Olney,
W Murray Crane. Henry Il (, HiHE at, M
william Draper. Frederick u. u'Ie.t, OF
r Ta Lincoln. Lsmssrt Trs. q iiiinci.; A.
6. Kaufman. Of South Carolina: Alexan.
der " Terrell. of Texas: George Gray.
mont John W. Foster. Noble c. Butler.
Robert W. Miers. Of Indiana; ira, Jonn
n .nn Smith Morrow Ha rase
DANIEL g Gilman, Eugene Levertns; 90, OF
Maryland: J. Taylor Ellyson Oh ote.
Emanuel Firke. Marshall Fiske. OF Con
necticut. together with Ave other per.
sons To he named by the President OF
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Navy. Treasury. and Justice: their as
sociate. and successors. are hereby ere
ated a body corporate and polite in the
.. Name, Seal. Badge, Powsrs-Sec
.. That the name of this corporation
shall be The American National Red
Cross" and by that name shall have
perpetual succession. with the power TO
sue and be sued in courts OF law and
equity within the Jurisdiction or the
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real and personal estate as shan be
deemed advisable and to accept beauests
for the purposes Of this corporation
and the sam. to alter and destroy at
pleasure; and TO have the right to nave
and TO use. in carrying out its purposes
ana badge a Greek red cross on a white
ground, as the same has been described
IN the treaty OF Geneva, August twenty
second. eighteen hundred and sixty-four'
and adopted by the several nations &C
csding thereto: TO ordain and establish
Bylaws and regulations not inconsfs-
tent with the laws Of the United States
Of America or any state thereof: and
generally to do all such acts and things
1inciuding the establishment of regula-
,ions for the election OF associates and
carry into effect the provisions OF this
Act and promote the purposes OF said
organization; and the corporation hereby
created IL designated as the organization
which IL authorized to act in matters Of
relief under said treaty. In accordance
with article seven of the treaty the de-
livery Of the brassard allowed for In
dividuals neutralized In time OF war
shall he left to military authority.
4. Yurposss-Sec. ?. That the pur-
noses OF this corporation are and shall
be
First TO furnish volunteer aid to the
sick and wounded OF armies in time OF
war. in accordance with the spirit and
conditions OF the conference Of Geneva
~ October. eighteen hundred and sixty
three. and also OF the treaty Of the Red
Cross. or the treaty Of Geneva. OF Au-
gust twenty-second. eighteen hundred
and sixty-four. to which the United
States ~ America gave it's adhesion on
March hrst eighteen hundred and eigh-
ty-two.
SECONDHAND for said purposes Il
perform all the duties devolved upon a
national society by each nation which
has acceded to said treaty.
Third-To succeed to all the rights
and property which have been hitherto
held and to all the duties which have
heretofore been performed by the
American National Red Cross as a cor
poratton duly incorporated by Act OF
Congress. June sixth. nineteen hundred.
which Act Is hereby repealed and the
organization created thereby is hereby
dissolved.
Fourth.-To act in matters OF volun-
tAry relief and In accord with the mill
tary and naval authorities as a medium
Of communication bet ween the people Of
the United States Of America and their
Army ana and IN act in auch