Seventy - Fifth Congress of the United States of America
At the First Session
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the fifth
day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and
thirty-seven
AN ACT
To Incorporate the Marine Corps League
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 1. That
major General John A Lejeune, United States Marine Corps,
retired, honorary national commandant; Maurice A Illch,
national commandant; Roy S. Taylor, senior national vice
commandant; Kenneth B. Collings, junior vice commandant;
Alexander F. Ormsby, national judge advocate; Reverend John
H. Clifford, national chaplain; Edward A. Walker, national
sergeant at arms; John B Hinckley, junior, national adjutant
and paymaster; John E. Brock, national chief of staff, are
hereby created a body corporate of the name "Marine Corps
League."
SEC. 2.
That the purposes of this corporation shall
be: (a) to preserve the traditions and to promote the
interests of the United States Marine Corps; (b) to band
those who are now serving in the United States Marine Corps
and those who have been honorably discharged from that
service together in fellowship that they may effectively
promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy; (c) to
fit its members for the duties of citizenship and to
encourage them to serve as ably as citizens as they have
served the Nation under arms; (d) to hold sacred the history
and the memory of the men who have given their lives to the
Nation; (e) to foster love for the principles which they
have supported by blood and valor since the founding of the
Republic; (f) to maintain true allegiance to American
institutions; (g) to create a bond of comradeship between
those in the service and those who have returned to civil
life; (h) to aid voluntarily and to render assistance to all
Marines and former Marines as well as to their widows and
orphans; (i) to perpetuate the history of the United States
Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the
anniversaries of historical occasions of peculiar interest
to Marines.
SEC. 3. That the
corporation: (a) shall have perpetual succession; (b) may
charge and collect membership dues and receive contributions
of money or property to be devoted to carrying out the
purposes of the organization; (c) may sue or may be sued;
(d) may adopt a corporate seal and alter it at pleasure; (e)
may adopt and alter by-laws not inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws of the United States or of any State;
(f) may establish and maintain offices for the conduct of
its business; (g) may appoint or elect officers and agents;
(h) may choose a board of trustees, consisting of not more
than fifteen persons nor less than five persons, to conduct
the business and exercise the powers of the corporation; (i)
may acquire, by purchase, devise, bequest, gift or
otherwise, and hold, encumber, convey, or otherwise dispose
of such real and personal property as may be necessary or
appropriate for its corporate purposes; and (j) generally
may do any and all lawful acts necessary or appropriate to
carry out the purposes for which the corporation is created.
SEC. 4. That the
corporation shall, on or before the 1st day of December in
each year, transmit to Congress a report of its proceedings
and activities for the preceding calendar year, including
the full and complete statement of its receipts and
expenditures. Such report shall not be printed as public
documents.
SEC. 5. That the
right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act at any time is
hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, August 4, 1937.
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Speaker of the House of Representatives
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