Chapter 190. To incorporate the Imperial Palace
588 words·~3 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-35/chapter-190-2727127·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 190.— An Act To incorporate the Imperial Palace. Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan. February 25, 1909.[[H. R. 23707](/us/bill/70/hr/23707).][[Public. No. 259.](/us/pl/70/259)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United*District of Columbia.Imperial Palace of Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, incorporated.Incorporators. *States of America in Congress assembled*, That Daniel F. Summey, junior, of the city of Charlotte, State of North Carolina;
William Beatty, of the city of Toledo, State of Ohio; Thomas H. Hineline, of the city of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota; Henry W. Belding, of the city of Webster Groves, State of Missouri; Charles V. Stansbury, of the city of Los Angeles, State of California; John Hallowell Dickinson, of the city of Richmond, State of Virginia; Charles E. Rice, of the city of Buffalo, State of New York; George F. Eubanks, of the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia; Joseph A. Solomons, of the city of Grand Rapids, State of Michigan;
Estil D. Gully, of the city of Oklahoma City, State of Oklahoma; Frank R. Lander, of the citv of Cleveland, State of Ohio; and Gus Meese, of the city of Spokane, State of Washington, officers and members of the Imperial Palace, Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan. and their successors, be. and they are hereby, incorporated and made a body politic and corporate in the District of Columbia, by the name of “The Imperial Palace,Name. Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan,” and by that name may suePowers. and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and may have and use a common seal, and change the same at pleasure, and be entitled to use and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges incidental to fraternal and benevolent corporations within the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall have power to take and holdReal, etc., property.Maximum holdings. real and personal estate not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars, which shall not bo divided among the members of the corporation, but shall descend to their successors for the promotion of the fraternal and benevolent purposes of said corporation. Sec. 3. That all claims, accounts, debts, things in action or otherClaims, accounts, etc. matters of business of whatever nature now existing for or against the present Imperial Palace.
Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan, mentioned in section one of the Act, shall survive and succeed to and against the body corporate and politic hereby created: *Provided*,*Proviso.*Restriction. 647 That nothing contained herein shall be construed to extend the operation of any law which provides for the extinguishing of claims or contracts by limitation of time. Sec. 4. That said corporation shall have a constitution and shallConstitution. have power to amend the same at pleasure: *Provided*, That such constitution*Proviso.*Restriction. or amendments thereof do not conflict with the laws of the United States or of any State.
Sec. 5. That said corporation may provide for meetings of its legislativeMeetings. or governing body wherever such association shall have subordinate bodies, and all business transacted at such meetings shall be valid in all respects as if such meetings were held within said District. Sec. 6. That the general offices of said corporation shall be in theOffices. District of Columbia or in any State where the secretary of the corporation may reside. Sec. 7. That said corporation shall not engage in any business forBusiness for gain prohibited. gain, the purposes of said corporation being fraternal and benevolent.
Sec. 8. That Congress may at any time amend, alter, or repeal thisAmendment. Act. Approved, February 25, 1909.