An Act to incorporate the Boys Clubs of America
PL 84-988 (S.4184), enacted 08/06/1956

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Buhlic Law 988 
CHAPTER 976 
August 6, 1956 
AN ACT 
[S. 4184] 
TQ incorporate the Boys' Clubs of America. 
Boys' Clubs of 
America. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and Hcmse of Representatives 
of the 
merica. 
United States of America in Congress assernbled. That the following 
Incorporation. 
persons I Herbert Hoover, New York, New York; William E. Hall, 
New York, New York; Albert L. Cole, Pleasantville, New York; 
James A. Farley, New York, New York; Albert C. Wedemeyer, New 
York, New York; Matthew Woll, New York, New York; Jeremiah 
Milbank, New York, New York; Stanley Resor, New York, New 
York; James B. Carey, Washington, District of Columbia; J. Edgar 
Hoover, Washington, District of Columbia; Lewis L. Strauss, Wash-
ington, District of Columbia; General Robert E. Wood, Chicago, 
Illinois; Frederic Cameron Church, Boston, Massachusetts; H. Bruce 
Palmer, Newark, New Jersey; Edgar A. Guest, Detroit, Michigan; 
Nicholas H. Noyes, Indianapolis, Indiana; George A. Scott, San 
Diego, California; E. E. Fogelson, Dallas, Texas; Ernest Ingold, 
San Francisco, California; Jesse Draper, Atlanta, Georgia; Julius 
Epstein, Chicago, Illinois, and their successors, are hereby created 
and declared to be a body corporate of the District of Columbia, 
where its legal domicile shall be, by the name of the Boys' Clubs of 
America (hereinafter referred to as the corporation) and by such 
name shall be known and have perpetual succession and the powers, 
limitations, and restrictions herein contained. 
COMPLETION OF ORGANIZATION 
SEC. 2. A majority of the persons named in the first section of this 
Act are authorized to complete the organization of the corporation 
by the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, not inconsistent with 
this Act, and the doing of such other acts (including the selection of 
officers and employees in accordance with such constitution and by-
laws) as may be necessary for such purpose. 
PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION 
SEC. 3. The purposes of the corporation shall be to promote the 
health, social, educational, vocational, and character development of 
boys throughout the United States of America; to receive, invest, and 
disburse funds and to hold property for the purposes of the corpora-
tion. 
CORPORATE POWERS 
SEC. 4. The corporation shall have power— 
(1) to have succession by its corporate name; 
(2) to sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court of 
competent jurisdiction; 
(3) to adopt, use, and alter a corporate seal; 
(4) to choose such officers, managers, agents, and employees 
as the business of the corporation may require; 
(5) 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; 
(6) to contract and be contracted with; 
(7) to take by lease, gift, purchase, grant, devise, or bequest 
from any private corporation, association, partnership, firm or 
individual and to hold any property, real, personal, or mixed, 
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necessary or convenient for attaining the objects and carrying 
into effect the purposes of the corporation, subject, however, to 
applicable provisions of law of any State (A) governing the 
amount or kind of property which may be held by, or (B) other-
wise limiting or controlling the ownership of property by, a cor-
poration operating in such State; 
(8) to transfer, convey, lease, sublease, encumber and other-
wise alienate real, personal or mixed property; and 
(9) to borrow money for the purposes of the corporation, 
issue bonds therefor, and secure the same by mortgage, deed of 
trust, pledge, or otherwise, subject in every case to all applicable 
provisions of Federal and State laws. 
PRINCIPAL OFFICE! SCOPE OF ACTIVITIES ! DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AGENT 
SEC. 5. (a) The principal office of the corporation shall be located 
in New York City, New York, or in such other place as may be later 
determined by the board of directors, but the activities of the cor-
poration shall not be confined to that place, but may be conducted 
throughout the various States, Territories, and possessions 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 for 
the corporation; and notice to or service upon such agent, or mailed 
to the business address of such agent, shall be deemed notice to or 
service upon the corporation. 
MEMBERSHIP 
SEC. 6. (a) Eligibility for membership in the corporation and the 
rights, privileges, and designation of classes of members shall, except 
as provided in this Act, be determined as the constitution and bylaws 
of the corporation may provide. 
Each member of the corporation 
shall have the right to one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at 
all meetings of the members of the corporation. 
(b) Each organization which is a member of the corporation as 
provided in the constitution thereof shall be entitled to all the benefits 
of incorporation under this Act, but such benefits shall cease immedi-
ately either upon its resignation from the corporation, or in the event 
that its membership in the corporation is canceled or otherwise ter-
minated by the board of directors, as provided in the constitution of 
the corporation. 
BOARD OF DIRECTORS : COMPOSITION, RESPONSIBILITIES 
SEC. 7. (a) Upon the enactment of this Act the membership of the ^^^^^8 ^°^^ *
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initial board of directors of the corporation shall consist of the present 
members of the board of directors of the Boys' Clubs of America, the 
corporation described in section 16 of this Act, or such of them as may 
then be living and are qualified members of said board of directors, to 
wit: Hoyt Ammidon, New York, New York; Wendell W. Anderson, 
Detroit, Michigan; Sewell L. Avery, Chicago, Illinois; Richard E. 
Berlin, New York, New York; Arthur T, Burger, Boston, Massachu-
setts; Hendry S. M. Burns, New York, New York; John L. Burns, 
New York, New York; Peter Capra, New York, New York; James 
B.*Carey, Washington, District of Columbia; Colby M. Chester, New 
York, New York; Frederic C. Church, Boston, Massachusetts; Albert 
L. Cole, Pleasantville, New York; Carle C. Conway, New York, New 
York; Donald K. David, New York, New York; Morse G. Dial, New 
5fork. New York; Robert W. Dowling, New York, New York; Kemp-
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ton Dunn, New York, New York; Gilbert D. Eaton, Oakland, Cali-
fornia ; Julius Epstein, Chicago, Illinois; James A. Farley, New York, 
New York; Horace C. Flanigan, New York, New York; E. E. Fogel-
son, Dallas, Texas; Philip G. Geiger, Pawtucket, Ehode Island; M. 
Preston Goodfellow, Washington, District of Columbia; J. Peter 
Grace, Junior, New York, New York; John S. Griswold, New York, 
New York • Powell C. Groner, Kansas City, Missouri; Edgar A. Guest, 
Detroit, Michigan; 
William Edwin Hall, New York, New York; Kobert B. Heppen-
stall, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; William Edwin Hill, New York, 
New York; Allan Hoover, New York, New York; Herbert Hoover, 
New York, New York- J. Edgar Hoover, Washington, District of 
Columbia; Arthur HUCK, New York, New York; Austin S. Iglehart, 
New York, New York; Ernest Ingold, San Francisco, California; 
Edward Ingraham, Bristol, Connecticut; Gordon Jeffery, Toledo, 
Ohio; Frank R. Jelleff, Washington, District of Columbia; Grant 
Keehn, New York, New York; James S. Kemper, Chicago, Illinois; 
Major William G. Kiefer, Louisville, Kentucky; Philip Le Boutillier, 
New York, New York; Philip Le Boutillier, Junior, Toledo, Ohio; 
James A. Linen, New York, New York; John D. Lockton, New York, 
New York; Fred Loock, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; David I. McCahill, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Charles P. McCormick, Baltimore, Mary-
land; Everett McCullough, Wichita Falls, Texas; Ira McGuire, 
Muncie, Indiana; Charles R. Messier, Newark, New Jersey; Jeremiah 
Milbank, New York, New York; Theodore G. Montague, New York, 
New York; W. R. Nicholson, Junior, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
Nicholas H. Noyes, Indianapolis, Indiana; Harry L. Olden, Cincin-
nati, Ohio; Frank Pace, Junior, New York, New York; August K. 
Paeschke, Milwaukee, AVisconsin; H. Bruce Palmer, Newark, New 
Jersey; Richard S. Perkins, New York, New York; Samuel F. Pry or, 
New York, New York; Stanley Resor, New York, New York; Captain 
E. V. Rickenbacker, New York, New York; Victor F. Ridder, New 
York, New York; Fredric E. Schluter, Trenton, New Jersey; George 
A. Scott, San Diego, California; 
Irving J, Scher, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Grant G. Simmons, New 
York, New York; P. C. Spencer, New York, New York; Clifford 
L. Strang, Tonawanda, New York; Edward K. Straus, New York, 
New York; Lewis L. Strauss, Washington, District of Columbia; 
Kenneth C. Towe, New York, New YorK; Maxwell M. Upson, New 
York, New York; Virgil P. Warren, Atlanta, Georgia; Albert C. 
Wedemeyer, New York, New York; Morgan W. Wheelock, New York, 
New York; J. Dugald White, New York, New York; Myron A. Wick, 
Junior, Stamford, Connecticut; Alfred G. Wilson, Detroit, Michigan; 
William S. Wilson, New York, New York; Matthew Woll, New York, 
New York; General Robert E. Wood, Chicago, Illinois; Gordon J. 
Wormal, Santa Barbara, California; E. A. Wright, Detroit, Michi-
gan ; Paul S. Young, Schenectady, New York; William Zeigler, Jun-
ior, New York, New York. 
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(^) Thereafter the board of directors of the corporation shall con-
sist of such number as may be prescribed in the constitution of the cor-
poration, and the members of such board shall be selected in such 
manner (including the filling of vacancies), and shall serve for such 
terms, as may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the 
corporation. 
(c) The board of directors shall be the managing body of the cor-
poration and shall have such powers, duties, and responsibilities" as 
may be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. 
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OFFICERS : ELECTION AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS 
SEC. 8. (a) The officers of the corporation shall be a chairman of 
the board of directors, a president, one or more vice presidents (as may 
be prescribed in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation), a 
secretary, and a treasurer, and one or more assistant secretaries and 
assistant treasurers as may be provided in the constitution and bylaws. 
(b) The officers of the corporation shall be elected in such manner 
and for such terms and with such duties as may be prescribed in the 
constitution and bylaws of the corporation. 
U S E 
O F I N C O M E : L O A N S T O O F F I C E R S , DIRECTORS, OR E M P L O Y E E S 
SEC. 9. (a) No part of the income or assets of the corporation shall 
inure to any of its members, directors, or officers as such, or be dis-
tributable to any of them during the life of the corporation or upon 
its dissolution or final liquidation. 
Nothing in this subsection, how-
ever, shall be construed to prevent the payment of compensation to 
officers of the corporation in amounts approved by the board of direc-
tors of the corporation. 
(b) The corporation shall not make loans to its officers, directors, or 
employees. 
Any director who votes for or assents to the making of a 
loan or advance to an officer, director, or employee of the corporation, 
and any officer who participates in the making of such a loan or 
advance, shall be jointly and severally liable to the corporation for the 
amount of such loan until the repayment thereof. 
N O N P O L I T I C A L N A T U R E O P CORPORATION 
SEC. 10. The corporation, and its officers and directors as such, shall 
not contribute to or otherwise support or assist aiiy political party or 
candidate for public office. 
IJABILITT FOR ACTS OF OFFICERS AND AGENTS 
SEC. 11. The corporation shall be liable for the acts of its officers 
and agents when acting within the scope of their authority. 
PROHIBITION A G A I N S T ISSUANCE OF STOCK OR PAYMENT OF DIVIDENDS 
SEC. 12. The corporation shall have no power to issue any shares of 
stock or to declare or pay any dividends. 
BOOKS AND RECORDS: INSPECTION 
SEC. 13. The corporation shall keep correct and complete books and 
records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its 
members, board of directors, and committees having any authority 
under the board of directors; and it shall also keep at its principal 
office a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to 
vote. All books and records of the corporation may be inspected by 
any member entitled to vote, or his agent or attorney, for any proper 
purpose, at any reasonable time. 
AUDIT OF F I N A N C I A L TRANSACTIONS 
SEC. 14. (a) The financial transactions shall be audited annually by 
an independent certified public accountant in accordance with the 
principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate trans-
actions. The audit shall be conducted at the place or places where 
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the accounts of the corporation are normally kept. All books, ac-
counts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things, 
or property belonging to or in use by the corporation and necessary 
to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person or persons 
conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying transactions 
with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and 
custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons. 
(b) A report of such audit shall be made by the corporation to the 
Congress not later than March 1 of each year. 
The report shall set 
forth the scope of the audit and shall include a verification by the 
person or persons conducting the audit of statements of (1) assets and 
liabilities, (2) capital and surplus or deficit, (3) surplus or deficit 
analysis, (4) income and expense, and (5) sources and application 
of funds. 
Such report shall not be printed as a public document. 
USE o r ASSETS ON DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION 
SEC. 15. Upon dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation, 
after discharge or satisfaction of all outstanding obligations and lia-
bilities, the remaining assets, if any, of the corporation shall be dis-
tributed in accordance with the determination of the board of direc-
tors of the corporation and in compliance with the constitution and 
bylaws of the corporation and all Federal and State laws applicable 
thereto. 
TRANSFER OF ASSETS 
SEC. 16. The corporation may acquire the assets of the Boys' Clubs 
of America, a corporation organized under the laws of the Common-
wealth of Massachusetts, upon discharging or satisfactorily providing 
for the payment and discharge of all of the liability of such corporation 
and upon complying with all laws of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts applicable thereto. 
RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CHARTER 
SEC. 17. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly 
reserved. 
Approved August 6, 1956. 
Public Law 989 
CHAPTER 977 
August 6, 1956 
AN ACT 
LS» 2585] 
IJQ authorize an exchange of land at the Agricultural Research Center. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
selMh'c^ntM.^*" tJnited States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Secretary 
Land exchange, of Agriculture is hereby authorized to convey by quitclaim deed to the 
Powder Mill Development Company, Incorporated, a parcel of land 
containing approximately one thousand three hundred and seventy-
five square feet and located on the northerly side of Selman Road, 
Prince George's County, Maryland, and separated from the Agricul-
tural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, by Selman Road and 
Cherry Hill Road, in exchange for that parcel of land now owned 
t
y the Powder Mill Development Company, Incorporated, containing 
pproximately three thousand one hundred and twenty-six square feet 
and located on the southerly side of the said Selman Road, Prince 
Greorge's County, Maryland, and adjoining other lands of the Agri-
cultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland: Provided^ That the 
lands so acquired from the Powder Mill Development Company,