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SIXTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 216. 1920. 693 within the jurisdiction of the United States; to hold such real and personal estate as shall be necessary for its corporate purposes, and to receive real and personal property b gift, devise, or bequest; to give and dedicate such property to public agencies and purposes; to adopt a seal and the same to a ter at pleasure; to hold its co crate meetings within or without the District of Columbia, as thdrqioard of trustees of the cogporation shall determine; to have offices and conduct its business a airs within or without the District of Columbia, and in the several States, Territories, and ossessions of the United States; to make and adopt a constitution,Ii> —laws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of the Uiiited States of America, or any State thereof, and general? to do all such acts and things as may e necessary to carry into e act the provisions of this Act and promote the purposes of said corporation. P Sec. 3. That the purpose of this corporation shall be to perpetuate ““°°“°s‘ the memory of Theodore Roosevelt for the benefit of the people or the United States of America and of the world, and to that end, but without restriction to the objects enumerated below, to solicit, receive, hold, and maintain a fund or fimds, and to apply the principal thereof and income therefrom to any one or more of the ollowing objects: M V WM (1) The erection and maintenance of a suitable and adeqluate mgt3§f”B?i‘;_‘” monumental memorial in the city of Washington, District of Cc umbia, to the memory of Theodore Roosevelt; Public ark O sm (2) The acquisition, develoyément, and maintenance of a public asy,N.1i°. ’ y pprk niemoizy of Theodore oosevelt in the town of Oyster Bay, ew or ; an (3) The establishment and ma.intenance_ of an endowment fund E°d°wm°°°i°°d to romote the develplpment and application of the policies and ideals of Bfheodore Roosev t for the benefit of the American people. Bwdomustm Sec. 4. That the property and affairs of the corporation shall be ` man ed and directed by a selglperpetuating board of trustees. The a§>llowing—named persons sh constitute the iirst board of trustees: Lawrence Abbott Henry J. Allen, Joseph W. Alsop, Charles W. Anderson, R. Livingston Beeckman, Austen Colgate, E. C. Converse, John S. Cravens, T. Coleman du Pont, John H. Finley, James R. Garfield, Mrs. Frank A. Gibson, James P. Goodrich, Lloyd . Griscom, Hermann Hiigedom, Judson Harmon, Geor e Harvey, Will H. Havs, A. T. ert, Frederick C. Hicks, Elon Hooker, Charles E. Hughes Hiram W. Johnson, Otto H. Kahn Frank B. Kellog , Irwin¤R. liirkwood, Mrs. C. Grant La Farge, Franklin K. Lane, Hen D. Lindsley, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Loebmjunior, Mrs. Medilly McCormick, James J. McGraw, Clarence H. ackay, Dwi ht W. Morrow, George W. Perkins, Gifford Pinchot Mrs. Whitelaw Beid, Ravmond Robins, Elihu Root, Julius Rosenwald, Mrs. C. A. Severance, Harry F. Sinclair, Philip B. Stewart, He L. Stimson, Warren S. Stone, Oscar S. Straus, Mark Sulliva.n,nWilliam Boyce Thompson, Hemy C. Wallace, Albert H. Wiggin, Luke E. Wright, Willizim Wriglev, junior, and Leonard Wood. C0nstituE¤ni>$,t0 The board of! trustees shall have the power to adopt from time to }’,*"§,_,*¥‘€,§’§Y"‘“"’ "°' time a constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations or the selection of their successors, for the admission to membership in the corporation, for the election of officers of the corporation, and in general for the conduct of the affairs of the corporation, and may alter, amend, ‘ 0I' I‘Bp08l thé SBIHB. l Org:émmtt_io;1a§tdctly Sec. 5. That said corporation will have no power to issue C61`tlB· gy;-Sag, Q2? 1° pu" cates of stock or to declare or pay dividends, but it is organized and shall be operated exclusively or educational purposes, and no part