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36 U.S.C. § 70701 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70701. Organization
(a) Federal Charter.—
Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a body corporate and politic in the District of Columbia.
(b) Perpetual Existence.—
Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1354.)
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70701
36:4401 (words before “for the following objects and purposes”).
June 6, 1900, ch. 806, §§ 1 (words before “for the following objects and purposes”), 3, 31 Stat. 662, 663.
36:4403.
This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:4403 is omitted as executed and obsolete.
36 U.S.C. § 70702 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70702. Purposes
The purposes of the corporation are—
(1) to preserve to posterity the memory of the life and character of the late Frederick Douglass; and
(2) to collect, collate, and preserve a historical record of the inception, progress, and culmination of the antislavery movement in the United States, and to assemble in the homestead of the late Frederick Douglass, commonly called Cedar Hill, in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, all suitable exhibits of records or things illustrative or commemorative of the antislavery movement and history that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1354.)
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70702
36:4401 (words beginning with “for the following objects and purposes”).
June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 1 (words beginning with “for the following objects and purposes”), 31 Stat. 662.
In clause (2), the words “that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation” are substituted for “as may be donated to said association or acquired by purchase[,] bequest, or other lawful means” to eliminate unnecessary words.
36 U.S.C. § 70703 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70703. Governing body
(a) Board of Trustees.—
(1) The board of trustees is the governing body of the corporation. The board shall exercise the powers granted to the corporation.
(2) The board shall consist of at least 9 but not more than 19 members. A vacancy on the board shall be filled by decision of the remaining members of the board.
(3) The board shall adopt a seal under which all acts of the corporation shall be passed and authenticated.
(b) Officers.—
(1) The board shall elect officers the board considers necessary, including a treasurer, for the term and at the compensation the board decides, as provided in the bylaws.
(2) The treasurer shall give a bond as provided in the bylaws.
(3) The board may remove an officer, employee, or agent of the corporation for a cause provided in the bylaws.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1354.)
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70703(a)(1), (2)
36:4404 (1st–3d sentences).
June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 4 (1st–3d sentences, 4th sentence less adopting and altering seal, 5th sentence less establishing bylaws, last sentence less employment authority), 31 Stat. 663; Nov. 9, 1988, Pub. L. 100–642, § 1(a), 102 Stat. 3337.
70703(a)(3)
36:4404 (4th sentence less adopting and altering seal).
70703(b)(1)
36:4404 (5th sentence less establishing bylaws).
70703(b)(2), (3)
36:4404 (last sentence less employment authority).
In subsection (a)(1), the words “The board of trustees is the governing body of the corporation” are substituted for “The government of said association shall be vested in a board of trustees” for consistency in the revised title. The words “The board shall exercise the powers granted to the corporation” are substituted for “Said board of trustees shall have perpetual succession, and in them and their successors shall be vested the power hereinbefore granted to this association” to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (a)(2), the words “who shall be elected by the corporators at their first meeting or at such time thereafter as the said corporators may at the said first meeting appoint for that purpose” are omitted as obsolete. The words “A vacancy on the board shall be filled by decision of the remaining members of the board” are substituted for “In case of a vacancy or vacancies occurring in said board of trustees by death, resignation, or otherwise, the same shall be filled by the remaining members thereof” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
In subsection (a)(3), the word “common” is omitted as unnecessary.
Subsection (b)(3) is substituted for “and all of the officers of the association, together with such agents and employees . . . , shall be subject to removal for such causes and under such conditions and regulations as may be prescribed by the by-laws” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
36 U.S.C. § 70704 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70704. Powers
The corporation may—
(1) adopt and amend bylaws for the regulation of its affairs;
(2) adopt and alter a corporate seal;
(3) employ persons the corporation considers necessary;
(4) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property;
(5) sue and be sued; and
(6) do any other act to carry out the purposes of the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)
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70704(1)
36:4404 (5th sentence related to establishing bylaws).
June 6, 1900, ch. 806, §§ 2 (words before last semicolon), 4 (4th sentence related to adopting and altering seal, 5th sentence related to establishing bylaws, last sentence related to employment authority), 31 Stat. 662, 663.
70704(2)
36:4404 (4th sentence related to adopting and altering seal).
70704(3)
36:4404 (last sentence related to employment authority).
70704(4)–(6)
36:4402 (words before last semicolon).
Clause (1) is substituted for “by-laws which may be established for the government of said association” for clarity and consistency in the revised title.
Clause (2) is substituted for “adopt a common seal, which they may alter at pleasure” for consistency in the revised title.
Clause (3) is substituted for “such agents and employees as it may be deemed necessary to employ” for clarity.
Clause (4) is substituted for “be competent at law and in equity to take to themselves and their successors, for the use and behoof of said association, any estate whatsoever, in any messuage, lands, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels, moneys, and other effects, by gift, devise, grant, donation, bargain sale, conveyance, assurance, or will; and the same to grant, bargain, sell, transfer, assign, convey, assure, demise, declare to use, and farm let, and to place out on interest, for the use of said association, in such manner as to them, or a majority of them, shall be deemed most beneficial to said association; and to receive the same, their rents, issues, and profits, income, and interest, and to apply the same for the proper use and benefit of said association for the objects and purposes hereinbefore mentioned” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
Clause (5) is substituted for “and by the same name to sue and be sued, to implead and be impleaded in any court of law or equity in all manner of suits, actions, and proceedings whatsoever” for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate unnecessary words.
Clause (6) is substituted for “and generally by and in the same name to do and transact all and every the business touching or concerning the premises” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
36 U.S.C. § 70705 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70705. Management of homestead and erection of monument
After the corporation has acquired any part of the property occupied by the late Frederick Douglass as his homestead, commonly called Cedar Hill, in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, the corporation may—
(1) manage, repair, and improve the property to carry out the purposes of the corporation; and
(2) erect on the property a monument to the memory of the late Frederick Douglass.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)
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70705(1)
36:4402 (words after last semicolon).
June 6, 1900, ch. 806, §§ 2 (words after last semicolon), 6, 31 Stat. 662, 663.
70705(2)
36:4406.
Clause (1) is substituted for “and that after the said association shall have acquired title in fee simple to a whole or a part of certain property situate and being in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, commonly called Cedar Hill, and occupied by the late Frederick Douglass as his homestead, the said association may manage, repair, improve, and adorn the same in such manner as the said incorporators or their successors, or a majority of them, may deem meet and proper, in pursuance of and in accordance with the objects and purposes for which this said association is incorporated” to eliminate unnecessary words.
Clause (2) is substituted for 36:4406 to eliminate unnecessary words.
36 U.S.C. § 70706 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70706. Property exempt from taxation
Any property formerly occupied by the late Frederick Douglass as his homestead, commonly called Cedar Hill, in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, and owned by the corporation, is exempt from taxation as long as the property is used for the purposes of the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)
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70706
36:4407.
June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 7, 31 Stat. 663.
This section is substituted for the source provision to eliminate unnecessary words.
36 U.S.C. § 70707 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70707. Misnomer not to affect transfer of property
A misnomer of the corporation does not affect any transfer of property to or from the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)
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70707
36:4405.
June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 5, 31 Stat. 663.
In this section, the word “affect” is substituted for “defeat or annul”, and the words “transfer of property” are substituted for “grant, donation, gift, devise, or bequest”, to eliminate unnecessary words.
36 U.S.C. § 70708 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70708. Nonapplication of audit requirements
The audit requirements of section 10101 of this title do not apply to the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)
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70708
(no source).
This section is added to except Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association from the application of section 10101 of the revised title, restating 36:1101–1103, which imposes audit requirements on certain federally chartered corporations. The Association is not included in the list of corporations set out in 36:1101 to which the audit requirements apply.
36 U.S.C. § 70901 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70901. Organization
(a) Federal Charter.—
Future Farmers of America (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a federally chartered corporation.
(b) Perpetual Existence.—
Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1356.)
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70901
36:271.
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, §§ 1, 2, 20, 64 Stat. 563, 567.
36:272.
36:290.
This section is substituted for 36:271 for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:272 and 290 is omitted as executed and obsolete.
36 U.S.C. § 70903 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70903. Membership
(a) Eligibility.—
Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the bylaws.
(b) Voting.—
In matters of official business of a local chapter, each member has one vote. In matters of official business of a State association, each qualified delegate of a local chapter has one vote.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1356.)
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70903
36:276.
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 6, 64 Stat. 565.
In subsection (b), the words “In matters of” are substituted for “In the conduct of” for clarity and to eliminate unnecessary words.
36 U.S.C. § 70904 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70904. Governing body
(a) Board of Directors.—
(1) The board of directors is the governing body of the corporation. The board shall exercise the powers granted to the corporation.
(2) The board consists of the Secretary of Education, four staff members in the Department of Education, and four State supervisors of agriculture education. The Secretary is chairman of the board.
(3) The term of office of the directors and the method of selecting the directors (except ex officio directors) are as provided in the bylaws.
(4) The board shall meet at least annually at the time and place provided in the bylaws. The annual report of the board shall be presented at that meeting. Special meetings of the board may be called at any time by the chairman.
(b) Governing Committee.—
The board may designate the chairman of the board and two members of the chairman’s staff as a governing committee. When the board is not in session, the governing committee has the powers of the board subject to the board’s direction and may authorize the seal of the corporation to be affixed to all papers that require it.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1357.)
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70904(a)
36:278(a)–(c), (e).
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 8, 64 Stat. 565.
70904(b)
36:278(d).
In subsection (a), the text of 36:278(e) is omitted as obsolete. In paragraph (2), the words “Secretary of Education” and “Department of Education” are substituted for “Chief of the Agricultural Education Service, Office of Education, Federal Security Agency” and “Agricultural Education Service, Office of Education, Federal Security Agency”, respectively, in section 8(a) of the Act of August 30, 1950 (ch. 823, 64 Stat. 565), because of sections 5 and 8 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 (5 App. U.S.C.) and 20:3441 and 3507.
36 U.S.C. § 70905 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70905. National officers
(a) Composition.—
The national officers of the corporation are a student president, four student vice presidents (one from each of four regions of the United States established in the bylaws for purposes of administration of the corporation), a student secretary, an executive secretary, a treasurer, and a national advisor.
(b) Board of Student Officers.—
The national student officers of the corporation comprise a board of student officers. The board of student officers shall advise and make recommendations to the board of directors about the activities and business of the corporation.
(c) Election.—
The national officers of the corporation shall be elected annually by a majority vote of the delegates assembled in the annual national convention from among qualified members of the corporation, except that—
(1) the national advisor shall be the Secretary of Education;
(2) the executive secretary shall be a member of the Department of Education; and
(3) the treasurer shall be an employee or member of a State agency that directs or supervises a State program of agricultural education under the provisions of the Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act (20 U.S.C. 11–15, 16–28).
(d) Vote at National Convention.—
Each qualified delegate has one vote at the annual national convention.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1357.)
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70905
36:277.
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 7, 64 Stat. 565.
In subsection (c), the words “Secretary of Education” and “Department of Education” are substituted for “Chief of the Agricultural Education Service, Office of Education, Federal Security Agency” and “that service”, respectively, in section 7(c) of the Act of August 30, 1950 (ch. 823, 64 Stat. 565), because of sections 5 and 8 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 (5 App. U.S.C.) and 20:3441 and 3507. In clause (3), the reference to the Vocational Education Act of 1946 (ch. 541, 49 Stat. 1488) is omitted because that Act was repealed by section 103 of the Act of October 16, 1968 (Public Law 90–576, 82 Stat. 1091).
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text: The Smith-Hughes Vocational Education Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(3), is act Feb. 23, 1917, ch. 114, 39 Stat. 929, as amended, which was classified to sections 11 to 15 and 16 to 28 of Title 20, Education, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 105–33, title VI, § 6201, Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 653. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 11 of Title 20 and Tables.
36 U.S.C. § 70907 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70907. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges
The corporation and its authorized chapters and associations of chapters have the exclusive right to use the name “Future Farmers of America” and the initials FFA as representing an agricultural membership organization and seals, emblems, and badges the corporation adopts.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1358.)
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70907
36:286.
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 16, 64 Stat. 566.
The words “duly”, “sole”, and “lawfully” are omitted as unnecessary.
36 U.S.C. § 70908 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70908. Restrictions
(a) Stock and Dividends.—
The corporation may not issue stock or declare or pay a dividend.
(b) Political Activities.—
The corporation or a director, officer, or member as such may not contribute to, support, or assist a political party or candidate for elective public office.
(c) Distribution of Income or Assets.—
The income or assets of the corporation may not inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, a director, officer, or member, except on dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation.
(d) Loans.—
The corporation may not make a loan to a director, officer, or employee. Directors who vote for or assent to making a loan to a director, officer, or employee, and officers who participate in making the loan, are jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the amount of the loan until it is repaid.
(e) Prizes, Awards, Grants, or Loans to Student Officers and Members Meeting Criteria.—
This section does not preclude prizes, awards, grants, or loans to student officers and members meeting the criteria established by the board of directors for selecting recipients of those benefits.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1358.)
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70908(a)
36:282.
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, §§ 9, 10, 12, 64 Stat. 566.
70908(b)
36:280.
70908(c)
36:279(a).
70908(d)
36:279(b).
70908(e)
36:279(c).
In subsection (a), the words “any shares or” and “its objects and purposes being solely educational” are omitted as unnecessary and for consistency in the revised title.
In subsection (c), the words “inure to the benefit of” are substituted for “inure to” for consistency in the revised title. The words “as provided in section 285 of this title” are omitted as unnecessary.
36 U.S.C. § 70909 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70909. Availability of personnel, services, and facilities of Department of Education
On request of the board of directors of the corporation, the Secretary of Education may make personnel, services, and facilities of the Department of Education available to administer or assist in the administration of the activities of the corporation. Personnel of the Department may not receive compensation from the corporation for their services, except that travel and other legitimate expenses as defined by the Secretary and approved by the board may be paid. The Secretary also may cooperate with the State boards for vocational education to assist in the promotion of the activities of the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1358.)
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70909
36:288.
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 18, 64 Stat. 567.
The words “Secretary of Education” and “Secretary” are substituted for “United States Commissioner of Education”, “Commissioner of Education”, and “Commissioner”, and the words “Department of Education” are substituted for “Office of Education”, in section 18 of the Act of August 30, 1950 (ch. 823, 64 Stat. 567), because of 20:3441 and 3507. The words “with the approval of the Federal Security Administrator” and “with the approval of the Administrator” are omitted because the functions of the Federal Security Administrator were transferred to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare by section 5 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1953 (5 App. U.S.C.), and were subsequently transferred to the Secretary of Education by 20:3441. See also 20:3507. Substitution of a reference to the “Secretary of Education” would result in a requirement of the Secretary’s own approval. The word “activities” (the first time it appears) is substituted for “business and activities” for consistency in the revised title.
36 U.S.C. § 70910 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70910. Headquarters and principal office
The headquarters and principal office of the corporation shall be in the District of Columbia. However, the activities of the corporation are not confined to the District of Columbia but may be conducted throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1359.)
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70910
36:275 (1st sentence).
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 5 (1st sentence), 64 Stat. 565.
The word “office” is substituted for “offices” for consistency in the revised title. The word “various” is omitted as unnecessary.
36 U.S.C. § 70911 (PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS)
§ 70911. Records and inspection
(a) Records.—
The corporation shall keep—
(1) correct and complete records of account;
(2) minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors, and committees having any of the authority of its board of directors; and
(3) a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote.
(b) Inspection.—
A member, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation at any reasonable time.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1359.)
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70911
36:283.
Aug. 30, 1950, ch. 823, § 13, 64 Stat. 566.
The word “records” is substituted for “books and records” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.