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PUBLIC LAW
STAT.]
259-AUG.
13, 1953
Public Law 259
569 CHAPTER 429
AN ACT To incorporate the National Safety Council.
August 13, 1953 [S. i i o s ]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Melvin H. c^*cu?** safety Baker, Lawrence D. Bell, James B. Black, S. Bruce Black, Morgan incorporation. B. Brainard, John W. Carpenter, Ray Carr, William G. Chandler, Kenneth B. Colman, Frederick C. Crawford, Walter J. Cummings, Richard R. Deupree, Benjamin F. Fairless, Wallace Falvey, Francis J. Gavin, George A. Jacoby, George E. Leighty, Horace P. Liversidge, Henry E. North, Thomas I. Parkinson, A. V, Rohweder, William A. Simpson, Lee E, Skeel, W. A. Stewart, John Stilwell, J. E. Trainer, and J u a n T. Trippe are hereby created and declared to be a body corporate by the name of National Safety Council, hereinafter called the corporation) and by such name shall be known and have perpetual succession and the powers and limitations contained in this Act. COMPLETION OF ORGANIZATION
SEC. 2. The persons named in the first section of this Act are authorized to complete the organization of the corporation by the selection of officers and employees, the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, not inconsistent with this Act, and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such purpose. OBJECTS AND PURPOSES OF CORPORATION
SEC. 3. The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be— (1) to further, encourage, and promote methods and procedures leading to increased safety, protection, and health among employees and employers and among children, in industries, on farms, in schools and colleges, in homes, on streets and highways, in recreation, and in other public and private places; (2) to collect, correlate, publish, distribute, and disseminate educational and informative data, reports, and all other data relative to safety methods and procedures; (3) to arouse and maintain the interest of the people of the United States, its Territories and possessions in safety and in accident prevention, and to encourage the adoption and institution of safety methods by all persons, corporations, and other organizations; (4) to organize, establish, and conduct programs, lectures, conferences, and other activities for the education of all persons, corporations, and other organizations in safety methods and procedures; (5) to organize, and to aid in the organization of, local safety chapters throughout the United States, its Territories and possessions, and to provide organizational guidance and materials to promote the national safety; (6) to cooperate with, enlist, and develop the cooperation of and between all persons, corporations, and other organizations and agencies, both public and private, engaged or interested in, or in any manner connected with, any or all of the foregoing purposes; and (7) to do any and all lawful acts which may be necessary, useful, suitable, desirable, and proper for the furtherance, accomplishment, and attainment of any or all of the foregoing purposes.
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