Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 112 Part 2.djvu/538

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112 STAT. 1422 PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 (1) correct and complete records of account; (2) minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors, and committees having any of the authority of its board of directors; and (3) at its principal office, a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote. (b) INSPECTION.— ^A member entitled to vote, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time. §152911. Service of process The corporation shall comply with the law on service of process of each State in which it is incorporated and each State in which it carries on activities. § 152912. Liability for acts of officers and agents The corporation is liable for the acts of its officers and agents acting within the scope of their authority. §152913. Annual report The corporation shall submit an annual report to Congress on the activities of the corporation during the prior fiscal year. The report shall be submitted at the same time as the report of the audit required by section 10101 of this title. The report may not be printed as a public document. CHAPTER 1531—THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Sec. 153101. Organization. 153102. Purposes. 153103. Powers. 153104. Exclusive right to name, seals, emblems, and badges. 153105. Principal office. 153106. Deposit of historical material in Smithsonian Institution. 153107. Annual report. §153101. Organization The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a body corporate and politic in the District of Columbia. §153102. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are patriotic, historical, and educational, and include— (1) perpetuating the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American independence by— (A) acquiring and protecting historical spots and erecting monuments; (B) encouraging historical research in relation to the Revolution and publishing its results; (C) preserving documents and relics and the records of the individual services of Revolutionary soldiers and patriots; and (D) promoting celebrations of all patriotic anniversaries; (2) carrying out the injunction of Washington, in his farewell address to the American people, "to promote, as an object