An Act to amend the District of Columbia Business Corporation Act
PL 88-111 (H.R.4330), enacted 09/03/1963

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or Coast Guard Reserve, for a term of six years. Each person enlisted 
under this subsection shall perform an initial period of active duty for 
training of not less than four months and shall subject to section 269 
(e) (4) of this title, serve the rest of his period of enlistment as a 
member of the Ready Reserve." 
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gjjc 4 Section 270(b) of title 10, United States Code, is amended 
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j^y striking out the following: ", other than one enlisted under section 
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456(c) (2) (C) of title 50, appendix,". 
SEC. 5. This Act shall not affect any term of obligated service 
incurred before the effective date of this Act. In addition, the enaxjt-
ment of this Act shall not increase the minimum period of active duty 
or active duty for training that is required on the day before the 
effective date of this Act to earn an exemption from training and 
service under the Universal Military Training and Service Act, as 
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amended (50 U.S.C. App. 451 et seq.), in the case of persons who 
entered the Armed Forces before the effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 6. Section 13(a) of the Universal Military Training and Serv-
ice Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 463(a)), is amended by striking 
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out "sectious 281, 283, or 284 of title 18 of the United States Code, in 
section 190 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C, title 5, sec. 99)", and 
inserting in place thereof "sections 203, 205, or 207 of title 18 of the 
United States Code". 
Approved September 3, 1963. 
Public Law 88-111 
September 3, 1963 
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[H- R- 4330] 
'I',, mupiid tji(^ District of ('olumbia Business ('orporation Act. 
Be it enacted by the Se^uite and House of Representatives 
of the 
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United States of America in Congress assembled. That the District 
Corporation Act 
,)f Columbia Busiuess Corporation Act, approved June 8, 1954 (68 
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(^ I) Section 4 of such Act is amended by adding at the end of sub-
section (h) the following new sentence: "No corporation formed here-
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under shall plead any statutes against usury in any action." 
(2) Section 11 of such Act is amended by adding the following 
subsections at the end thereof: 
"(e) The registered agent of one or more domestic corporations 
may change the address of the registered office of such domestic cor-
poration or corporations by filing with the Commissioners a state-
ment setting forth: 
" (1) the name of the registered agent; 
"(2) the present address, including street and number, if any, 
of such registered agent; 
"(3) the names of the corporation or corporations represented 
by such registered agent at such address; 
" (4) the address, including street and number, if any, to which 
the office of such registered agent is to be changed; and 
"(5) the date upon which such change will take place. 
"(f) Such statement shall be executed in duplicate by such regis-
tered agent in his individual name, but if such agent is a corporation, 
domestic or foreign, such statement shall be executed by such corpora-
1 ion by its president or vice president and the corporate seal shall be 
thereto affixed, attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary and 
delivered to the Commissioners. If the Commissioners find that such 
statement conforms to law, they shall, when all fees and charges have 
been paid as prescribed in this Act: 
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"(1) endorse on each of such duplicate originals the word 
'Filed' and the month, day, and year of the filing thereof; 
"(2) file one of such duplicate originals in their office; and 
" (3) return the other duplicate original to the registered agent. 
"(g) The change of address of such registered agent as to the 
domestic corporation or corporations named in such statement shall 
become effective upon the filing of such statement by the Commis-
sioners or on the date set forth in such statement as the date on which 
such change of location of such registered office will take place, which-
ever is later." 
(3) Subsection (b) of section 12 of such Act is amended to read 
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as follows: 
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"(b) Whenever a corporation shall fail to appoint or maintain a 
registered agent in the District, or whenever any such registered agent 
cannot with reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of 
such corporation in the District, or whenever the articles of incorpora-
tion of any domestic corporation shall be revoked, then the Commis-
sioners shall be an agent of such corporation upon whom any process 
against such corporation may be served and upon whom any notice or 
demand required or permitted by law to be served upon such corpora-
tion may be served. Service on the Commissioners of any such process, 
notice, or demand shall be made by delivering to and leaving with the 
Commissioners, or with any clerk having charge of their office dupli-
cate copies of such process, notice, or demand. In the event any such 
process, notice, or demand is so served, the Commissioners shall 
immediately cause one of such copies thereof to be forwarded by 
registered or certified mail, addi-essed to the corporation at its regis-
tered office." 
(4) Section 32 of such Act is amended by adding the following 
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sentence at the end thereof: "Unless otherwise provided in the articles 2^-9 le. 
of incorporation oi" bylaws, the board of directors, by the affirmative 
vote of a majority of the directors then in office, and irrespective of 
any personal interest of any director, shall have authority to establish 
reasonable compensation of all directors foi- services to the corporation 
as directors, officers, or otherwise." 
(5) Section 3 of such Act is amended by striking therefrom the 
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following: " : Provided further^ That no corporation may be organized 29-903. 
under this Act unless the place where it conducts its principal business 
is located within the District of Columbia".,. 
(6) Section 71 (b) of such Act is amended (1) by striking out "and" 
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in paragraph (2), (2) by striking out the period at the end of para- 29-927g. 
graph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and "and", and 
(3) by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: 
"(4) a post office address to which the Commissioners may 
mail a copy of any process against the corporation that may be 
served on them." 
(7) Section 107 of such Act is amended'by adding the following 
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subsections at the end thereof: 
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"(f) A registered agent of one or more foreign corporations may 
change the address of the registered office of such foreign corporation 
or corporations by filing with the Commissioners a statement setting 
forth: 
" (1) the name of the registered agent; 
"(2) the present address, includmg street and number, if any, 
of such registered agent; 
"(3) the names of the corporation or corporations represented 
by such registered agent at such address; 
"(4) the address, including street and number, if any, to which 
the office of such registered agent is to be changed; and 
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"(5) the date upon which such change will take place." 
"(g) Such statement shall be executed in duplicate by such regis-
tered a^ent in his individual name but if such agent is a corporation, 
domestic or foreign, such statement shall be executed by such corpora-
tion by its president or a vice president and the corporate seal shall 
be thereto affixed, attested by its secretary or an assistant secretary, 
and delivered to the Commissioners. If the Commissioners find that 
such statement conforms to law, they shall, when all fees and charges 
have been paid as in this Act prescribed: 
"(1) endorse on each of such duplicate originals the word 
'Filed' and the month, day, and year of the filing thereof; 
"(2) file one of such duplicate originals in their office; and 
"(3) return the other duplicate original to the registered agent. 
"(h) The change of address of such registered agent as to each 
corporation named in such statement shall become effective upon the 
filing of such statement by the Commissioners or on the date set forth 
in such statement as the date on which such change of location of such 
registered office will take place, whichever is later." 
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(8) Section 108 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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"SERVICE OF PROCESS ON FOREIGN CORPORATION 
"SEC. 108. (a) The registered agent so appointed by a foreign cor-
poration authorized to transact business in the District shall be an 
agent of such foreign corporation upon whom process against such 
corporation may be served, and upon whom any notice or demand 
required or permitted by law to be served upon such corporation may 
be served. Service of any process, notice, or demand upon a corporate 
agent, as such agent, may be had by delivering a copy of such process, 
notice, or demand to the president, vice president, the secretary, or an 
assistant secretary of such corporate agent. 
"(b) Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to transact l)usi-
ness in the District shall fail to appoint or maintain a registered agent 
in the District, or whenever any such registered agent cannot with 
reasonable diligence be found at the registered office of such corpora-
tion in the District, or whenever the certificate of authority of a 
foreign corporation shall be revoked, then the Commissioners shall 
be an agent of such foreign corporation upon whom any process 
against such corporation may be served and upon whom any notice 
or demand required or permitted by law to be served upon such corpo-
fation may be served. 
Service on the Commissioners of any such 
process, notice, or demand shall he made by delivering to and leav^ing 
with the Commissioners, or with any clerk having charge of their 
office, duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand. 
In the 
event any such process, notice, or demand is served on the (commis-
sioners, thev shall immediately cause one of siicli copies thereof to be 
forwarded by registered or certified mail, addressed to such corpora-
tion at its principal office in the State under the laws of which it is 
organized as the same appears in the records of the Commissioners. 
"(c) If any foreign corporation shall transact business in the Dis-
trict without a certificate of authority, it shall, by transacting such 
business, be deemed to have thereby appointed the Commissioners its 
agent and representatives upon whom any process, notice, or demand 
may be served. Service shall be made by delivering to and leaving 
with the Commissioners, or with any clerk having charge of iheii 
office, duplicate copies of such process, notice, or demand, together 
with an affidavit giving the latest known post office address of such 
corporation and such service shall be sufficient if notice thereof and 
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a copy of the process, notice, or demand are forwarded by registered 
mail or certified mail addressed to such corporation at the address 
given in such affidavit. 
"(d) The Commissioners shall keep a record of all processes, notices, 
and demands served upon them under this section, and shall record 
therein the time of such service and their action with reference thereto. 
" (e) Nothing herein contained shall limit or affect the right to serA'^e 
any process, notice, or demand re<juired or permitted by law to be 
served upon a foreign corporation m any other manner now or here-
after permitted by law." 
(9) Subsection (b) of section 121 of such Act is amended (1) by 
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striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof 29-936. 
a semicolon, and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: 
" (20) filing by a registered agent of corporations of a statement 
of change of address of such registered agent, $5, plus $1 for each 
corporation, domestic or foreign, listed in such statement; and 
"(21) furnishing a certificate as to the status of a corporation, 
domestic or foreign, or as to the existence or nonexistence of facts 
relating to corporations, domestic or foreign, such fee as they may, 
from time to time, determine to be reasonable." 
(10) Section 127 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
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"REINSTATEMENT OF PROCLAIMED 
CORPORATIONS 
"SEC, 127. (a) A corporation, the articles of incorporation or certifi-
cate of authority of which have been revoked by proclamation, may 
at any time after the date of the issuance of the proclamation of 
revocation deliver to the Commissioners a petition for reinstatement, 
in duplicate, accompanied by the delinquent annual report or reports, 
or payment of delinquent annual report fee or fees in full, or both, as 
the case may be, plus interest thereon as provided by this Act, together 
with any penalties imposed by this Act. 
"(b) If the petition for reinstatement of a proclaimed corporation 
is delivered to the Commissioners after the perio^jfor reservation of 
the name has expired and if they find that the name is not available 
for corporate use pursuant to the provisions of thiSjAct, then, in addi-
tion to complying with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the 
proclaimed corporation shall set forth in its petition for reinstatement 
its name at the time of issuance of the proclamation of revocation and 
its new name, which shall be a name available for corporate use pur-
suant to the provisions of this Act. 
"(c) If the Commissioners find that all such documents confonn 
to law, and that the period for reservation of the name has not expired, 
or if such period has expired, that the name is available for corporate 
use pursuant to the provisions of this Act, they shall, when all fees, 
charges, interest, and penalties have been paid as in this Act pre-
scribed— 
"(1) endorse on each of such duplicate originals and any such 
annual report or reports the word 'Filed' and the month, day, and 
year of the filing thereof; 
"(2) file one of such duplicate originals and any such annual 
report or reports in their office; 
"(3) issue a certificate of reinstatement to which they shall 
affix the other duplicate original; 
"(4) deliver such certificate of reinstatement and other dupli-
cate original to the corporation or its representative. 
"(d) Upon the issuance of the certificate of reinstatement, the 
revocation proceedings theretofore taken as to such corporation by 
proclamation shall be deemed to be annulled, and such corporation 
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shall have such powers, rights, duties, and obligations as it had at 
the time of the issuance of the proclamation with the same force and 
effect as to such corporation as if the proclamation had not been 
issued." 
(11) Subsection (a) of section 130 of such Act is amended by 
adding at the end thereof the following: "Nothing in this section 
shall prevent the filing, without the payment of all such fees, charges 
and penalties, of a written notice of resignation by a registered agent 
of a corporation, domestic or foreign." 
(12) Section 136 of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
"ACTION WITHOUT A MEETING 
"SEC. 136. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meet-
ing of the shareholders of a corporation or of the board of directors 
or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if a 
consent in writing setting forth the action so taken shall be signed 
by all of the shareholders entitled to vote with respect to the subject 
matter thereof, or by all of the members of the board or of such 
committee as the case may be, and such written consent is filed with 
the minutes of proceedings of the shareholders or the board or the 
committee. 
Such consent shall have the same force and effect as a 
unanimous vote of the shareholders or the board or the committee, as 
the case may be, and may be stated as such in any article or document 
filed with the Commissioners under this Act." 
(13) Such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 
new section: 
"VERIFICATION NO LONGER REQUIRED 
"SEC. 151. A requirement in this Act that any instrument be verified 
by oath need not be complied with after the effective date of the Dis-
trict of (yolumbia Business Corporation Act Amendments of 1963. 
A person who signs any instrument delivered to the Commissioners 
pursuant to this Act knowing it to contain a misstatement of fact 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be 
punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment not exceed-
ing one year, or both, in the discretion of the court." 
SEC. 2. This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Busi-
ness Corporation Act Amendments of 1963". 
SEC. 3. This Act shall become effective sixty days after the date of 
its enactment. 
Approved September 3, 1963. 
September 6, 1963 
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Public Law 88-112 
AN ACT 
To correct a land description in the Act entitled "To provide for an exchange of 
lauds between the United States and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, and 
for other purposes". 
Indians. 
Southern Ute 
Tribe. 
Exchange of 
land. 
7Je 'it e/ruicted hy the Se7iate and Flouse of Representatives 
of the 
United jStates of America in Congress assemhled^ That subsection 1(a) 
of the Act of October 15, 1962 (Public Law 87-828; 76 Stat. 954), is 
;<inended by deleting the comma after "Section 9: West half". 
Approved September 6, 1963.