36-U.S.C.-21303

§21303 – Powers

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Title 36 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 213 > Section 21303

Details

• Reference: Section 21303
• Legend: §21303 – Powers
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

The corporation may—

(1) adopt a constitution and bylaws; and

(2) hold property in the District of Columbia necessary to carry out the purposes of the corporation.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1295.)

In clause (1), the words not inconsistent with law are omitted as unnecessary.

In clause (2), the word property is substituted for real and personal estate, and the word necessary is substituted for so far only as may be necessary, to eliminate unnecessary words. The words to carry out the purposes of the corporation are substituted for to its lawful ends for consistency in the revised title.

Tax Exemption of Real Property

Pub. L. 85–83, §2, July 3, 1957, 71 Stat. 277, provided that: The real property situated in Square 817, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, described as lot 23, owned, occupied, and used by the American Historical Association, is exempt from all taxation so long as the same is so owned and occupied, and not used for commercial purposes, subject to the provisions of sections 2, 3, and 5 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to define the real property exempt from taxation in the District of Columbia’, approved December 24, 1942 (56 Stat. 1089; D.C. Code, secs. 47–801b, 47–801c, and 47–801e).

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