Chapter 10. to authorize the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia to sell, hold, and convey certain real estate.”April 30, 1917.[[S. 1800](/us/bill/65/s/1800).][[Public, No. 9](/us/pl/65/1).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United State
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CHAP. 10.— AN ACT To amend an Act approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and entitled “An Act to authorize the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia to sell, hold, and convey certain real estate.”April 30, 1917.[[S. 1800](/us/bill/65/s/1800).][[Public, No. 9](/us/pl/65/1).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,District of Columbia.Odd Fellows Hall.Vol. 34, p. 614, amended.
That the Act approved June twenty-ninth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled “An Act to authorize the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia to sell, hold, and convey certain real estate,” be amended to read as follows: " “Grand Lodge of Independent Order ofOdd Fellows may sell etc., real estate of.Vol. 12, p. 30.That the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia, a corporation created under and by virtue of an Act of Congress approved June twelfth, eighteen hundred and39sixty, be, and hereby is, authorized to sell and convey for, or to borrow and secure by deed of trust thereon, such sum or sums as may be satisfactory to the several organizations hereinafter named as owners, those parcels of ground in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, known and designated on the plat of said city as lot Description of property.numbered eleven and part of lot numbered ten in square numbered four hundred and fifty-seven, together with the buddings thereon, known as Odd Fellows’ Hall, the title to which property is now held Owners of*.*in trust by the said corporation for the following organizations, owners thereof, namely:
The Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of the District of Columbia; Columbian Encampment Numbered One, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Central Lodge Numbered One, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Washington Lodge Numbered Six, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Columbia Lodge Numbered Ten, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Beacon Lodge Numbered Fifteen, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Excelsior Lodge Numbered Seventeen, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and Eastern Lodge Numbered Seven, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the consent of each of said several organizations being evidenced by a written instrument bearing the seal and the signature of its executive officers; the proceeds of said sale or loan may be Proceeds.applied to the payment and liquidation of any debt on said property or toward the purchase of other ground and the erection thereon Use for new building, etc.of a building or buildings for like purposes as those for which the above described property has been held, or to the erection of a new building, or to repairing or rebuilding on the ground now held, said property to be held in trust for said above-mentioned organizations according to their respective interests therein, and for such other organizations of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows as may hereafter contribute to the cost of such property, according to the amount respectively contributed by each: *Provided*, That any purchaser or purchasers of *Proviso*.Purchasers relieved of responsibility.such property shall not be required to see to the proper application of the money paid therefor.
“Sec. 2.That the said corporation shall be authorized and capable Maximum property holdings increased.of taking and holding real and personal property in trust for said organizations to any value not exceeding the sum of $1,000,000, and shall have full power and authority, upon a resolution or resolutions of each of said beneficiary organizations, to, from time to time, encumber any ground and the improvements thereon so held in trust for said organizations, or any part thereof, in such manner, for such purpose, and in accordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by said resolution or resolutions.
” " Approved, April 30, 1917.