{"identifier":"/us/usc/t36/s170104","title":36,"num":"\u00a7\u202f170104.","heading":"Powers","text":"\u00a7\u202f170104.\nPowers\n(a)\nSpecific Powers.\u2014\nThe corporation may\u2014\n(1) adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws;\n(2) adopt and alter a corporate seal, emblems, and badges;\n(3) choose officers, representatives, and agents as necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;\n(4) make contracts;\n(5) accept gifts, legacies, and devises that will further the purposes of the corporation;\n(6) acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;\n(7) borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure its obligations by granting security interests in its property;\n(8) establish, regulate, and discontinue subordinate State and regional organizations and local chapters or posts;\n(9) establish and maintain offices to conduct the affairs of the corporation;\n(10) publish a magazine, newspaper, and other publications;\n(11) sue and be sued; and\n(12) do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the corporation.\n(b)\nPrivileges of Other National Veterans\u2019 Organizations.\u2014\nPrivileges granted to other national veterans\u2019 organizations as a result of their being incorporated by Congress are also granted to the corporation.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t36/s170104.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f170104."},{"t":"heading","text":"Powers"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Specific Powers.\u2014"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"The corporation may\u2014"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" adopt and amend a constitution and bylaws;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" adopt and alter a corporate seal, emblems, and badges;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/3","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(3)"},{"t":"content","text":" choose officers, representatives, and agents as necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/4","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(4)"},{"t":"content","text":" make contracts;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/5","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(5)"},{"t":"content","text":" accept gifts, legacies, and devises that will further the purposes of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/6","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(6)"},{"t":"content","text":" acquire, own, lease, encumber, and transfer property as necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/7","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(7)"},{"t":"content","text":" borrow money, issue instruments of indebtedness, and secure its obligations by granting security interests in its property;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/8","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(8)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish, regulate, and discontinue subordinate State and regional organizations and local chapters or posts;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/9","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(9)"},{"t":"content","text":" establish and maintain offices to conduct the affairs of the corporation;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/10","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(10)"},{"t":"content","text":" publish a magazine, newspaper, and other publications;","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/11","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(11)"},{"t":"content","text":" sue and be sued; and","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/a/12","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(12)"},{"t":"content","text":" do any other act necessary and proper to carry out the purposes of the corporation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t36/s170104/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Privileges of Other National Veterans\u2019 Organizations.\u2014"},{"t":"content","text":"Privileges granted to other national veterans\u2019 organizations as a result of their being incorporated by Congress are also granted to the corporation.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}