36-U.S.C.-70702
§70702 – Purposes
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Title 36 > Subtitle II > Part B > Chapter 707 > Section 70702
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- Reference: Section 70702
- Legend: §70702 – Purposes
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
The purposes of the corporation are—
(1) to preserve to posterity the memory of the life and character of the late Frederick Douglass; and
(2) to collect, collate, and preserve a historical record of the inception, progress, and culmination of the antislavery movement in the United States, and to assemble in the homestead of the late Frederick Douglass, commonly called Cedar Hill, in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, all suitable exhibits of records or things illustrative or commemorative of the antislavery movement and history that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation.
(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1354.)
Revised Section |
Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
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70702 | 36:4401 (words beginning with for the following objects and purposes). | June 6, 1900, ch. 806, §1 (words beginning with for the following objects and purposes), 31 Stat. 662. |
In clause (2), the words that are donated to, or acquired by, the corporation are substituted for as may be donated to said association or acquired by purchase[,] bequest, or other lawful means to eliminate unnecessary words.
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36-U.S.C.-70305 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Patriotic Organizations
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