Public Law 630.
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(/us/pl/74/629).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That there isNational safety and accident prevention.Appropriation authorized for furthering work of conference on.*Post*, p. 1618. hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $50,000 to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Commerce for the furtherance of the work of the accident-prevention conference. 1390Authorized expenditures.Money appropriated pursuant to this Act shall be available upon vouchers approved by the Secretary of Commerce for fostering accident-prevention work on the part of organizations engaged in the promotion of safety and accident prevention; preparation and printing of material designed to enlighten the general public in matters of safety and accident prevention, such material to be disseminated through schools, newspapers, magazines, the radio, or any other means of intercourse or communication; the preparation and attempts to obtain enactment of uniform vehicle regulations in the several States; clerical assistance for the members of the General Committee of the Accident Prevention Conference; travel expenses incurred by members of the General Committee of the Accident Prevention Conference in the furtherance of the work of the said conference.
Approved, May 28, 1936. To incorporate the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. 1936-05-28 471 Chapter 49 Stat. 1390 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 471.] AN ACT To incorporate the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. May 28, 1936.[[H. R. 11454](/us/bill/74/hr/11454).][[Public, No. 630](/us/pl/74/630).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States incorporated.Incorporators.
That the following persons, to wit: James E. Van Zandt, Altoona, Pennsylvania; Bernard K. Kearney, Gloversville, New York; Scott P. Squyres, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Robert B. Handy, Junior, Kansas City, Missouri; Henry F. Marquard, Chicago, Illinois; William E. Guthner, Denver, Colorado; Edward J. Neron, Sacramento, California; Joseph C. Menendez, New Orleans, Louisiana; Paul L. Foulk, Altoona, Pennsylvania ; Robert E. Kernodle, Kansas City, Missouri ; Walter I. Joyce, New York City, New York;
George A. Ilg, Cranston, Rhode Island; James F. Daley, Hartford, Connecticut; Charles R. Haley, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; F. C. Devericks, Clarksburg, West Virginia; John J. Skillman, Miami, Florida; Ellie H. Sehin, New Orleans, Louisiana; Gerald C. Mathias, Lagrange, Indiana; James W. Starner, Effingham, Illinois; Leon S. Pickens, Wichita, Kansas; Archie W. Nimens, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Harvey W. Snyder, Denver, Colorado; Charles O. Carlston, San Francisco, California; Walter L.
Daniels, Seattle, Washington; John E. Swaim, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Peter J. Rosch, Washington, District of Columbia; and their successors, who are, or who may become, members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, a national association of men who as soldiers, sailors, and marines have served this Nation in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign soil or in hostile waters, and such national association, are hereby created and declared a body corporate, known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.
Sec. 2.Completion of organization. That the said persons named in section 1, or their successors, and such other persons as are duly accredited delegates from any local post or State department of the existing national association known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, under its constitution and bylaws, are hereby authorized to meet and to complete the organization of said corporation, by the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, the election of officers, and to do all other things necessary to carry into effect and incidental to, the provisions of this Act. 1391 Sec. 3.
That the purposes of this corporation shall be fraternal, Purposes.patriotic, historical, and educational; to preserve and strengthen comradeship among its members; to assist worthy comrades; to perpetuate the memory and history of our dead, and to assist their widows and orphans; to maintain true allegiance to the Government of the United States of America, and fidelity to its Constitution and laws; to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom; and to preserve and defend the United States from all her enemies, whomsoever.
Sec. 4. That the corporation created by this Act shall have the Corporate powers.following powers: To have perpetual succession with power to sue and be sued in courts of law and equity; to receive, hold, own, use, and dispose of such real estate, personal property, money, contract, rights, and privileges as shall be deemed necessary and incidental for its corporate purposes; to adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at pleasure; to adopt, amend, apply, and administer a constitution, bylaws, and regulations to carry out its purposes, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of any State; to adopt, and have the exclusive right to manufacture and use such emblems and badges as may be deemed necessary in the fulfillment of the purposes of the corporation; to establish and maintain offices for the conduct of its business; to establish, regulate, or discontinue subordinate State and Territorial subdivisions and local chapters or posts; to publish a magazine or other publications, and generally to do any and all such acts and things as may be necessary and proper in carrying into effect the purposes of the corporation.
Sec. 5. That no person shall be a member of this corporation Qualifications for membership.unless he has served honorably as an officer or enlisted man in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States of America in any foreign war, insurrection, or expedition, which service shall be recognized as campaign-medal service and governed by the authorization of the award of a campaign badge by the Government of the United States of America. Sec. 6. That said corporation may and shall acquire all of the Acquisition of assets of Veterans of Foreign Wars.assets of the existing national association known as the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States upon discharging or satisfactorily providing for the payment discharge of all its liabilities.
Sec. 7. That the said corporation shall have the sole and exclusive Exclusive use of name, emblems, etc.right to have and to use, in carrying out its purposes, the name “Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States” and the sole and exclusive right to the use of its corporate seal, emblems, and badges as adopted by said corporation. Sec. 8. That said corporation shall, on or before the 1st day Annual report to Congress.of January in each year, make and transmit to the Congress a report of its proceedings for the preceding fiscal year, including a full and complete report of its receipts and expenditures: *Provided, however*, *Proviso.*Not to be printed as public document.Registration of State agents.That said financial report shall not be printed as a public document.
Sec. 9. That as a condition precedent to the exercise of any power or privilege herein granted or conferred, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States shall file in the office of the Secretary of State of each State the name and post-office address of an authorized agent in such State upon whom legal process or demands against the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States may be served. Sec. 10. That the right to repeal, alter, or amend this Act at any Amendment, etc.time is hereby expressly reserved.
Approved, May 28, 1936. Authorizing the erection in the Department of Labor Building of a memorial to the officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Immigration Border Patrol who, while on active duty, lost their lives under heroic or tragic circumstances. 1936-05-28 472 Chapter 49 Stat. 1392 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public 1392 [CHAPTER 472.] JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the erection in the Department of Labor Building of a memorial to the officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Immigration Border Patrol who, while on active duty, lost their lives under heroic or tragic circumstances. May 28, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 439](/us/bill/74/hjres/439).][[Pub. Res., No. 96](/us/bill/74/pubres/96).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Immigration and Naturalization Service, etc.Erection of memorial to certain officers, authorized.
That the Director of the National Park Service be, and is hereby, authorized to grant permission for the erection of a memorial to the officers of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Immigration Border Patrol who, while on active duty lost their lives under heroic or tragic Approval of design and site.circumstances. The design of the memorial shall be approved and the site in the Department of Labor Building shall be chosen by the No Federal expense.Commission of Fine Arts, and the United States shall be put to no expense in or by the erection of the said memorial.
Approved, May 28, 1936. To enable the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans, and for other purposes. 1936-06-01 476 Chapter 49 Stat. 1392 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 476.] JOINT RESOLUTION To enable the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission to carry out and give effect to certain approved plans, and for other purposes.
June 1, 1936.[[H. J. Res. 525](/us/bill/74/hjres/525).][[Pub. Res., No. 97](/us/bill/74/pubres/97).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission. That the United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Commission, established for the celebration of the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Constitution of the United States by the joint resolution *Ante*, p. 735.entitled “Joint resolution providing for the preparation and completion of plans for a comprehensive observance of the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Constitution of the United States”, approved August 23, 1935 (hereinafter Certain historical, etc., material to be prepared and published by.Distribution.referred to as the Commission), is authorized and directed to prepare and publish certain historical and educational material, as specified in the approved plans of the Commission, for distribution to libraries, schools, and organized study groups, as well as to Constitution State and local commissions, and individuals.
Sec. 2. Designated reproductions.
(a)The Commission is authorized and directed to
(1)prepare and provide for the general distribution of photolithographic copies of a painting of the “Signing of the Constitution” accepted by the Commission; and
(2)prepare reproductions of approved portraits of the signers and the history of the Constitution, and of its time, together with their facsimile signatures and appropriate biographical sketches, for distribution to libraries, schools, organized study groups, Constitution State and local commissions, and other proper sources.
(b)Printing, etc., outside Government Printing Office. To carry out the provisions of this section, the Commission is authorized to have printing, binding, photolithography, and other work done at establishments other than the Government Printing Vol. 28, p. 602; *Ante*, p. 475.[U. S. C., p. 1930](/us/usc/p1930).*Proviso*.Copies to Library of Congress, etc.[U. S. C., pp. 1938, 1945](/us/usc/pp1938/1945).Office, as provided for in section 12 of the Printing Act, approved January 12, 1895 (U. S. C., title 44, sec. 14), as amended by the Act of July 8, 1935 (49 Stat. 475): *Provided*, That nothing in this Act shall preclude the furnishing of the necessary number of copies of all such publications for the use of the Library of Congress, and for international exchange, as required by the United States Code, title 44, secs. 139, 139a and 228. Sec. 3. Historian and other personnel. The Commission, in order to execute the functions vested in it by law, is authorized to employ, without regard to the civil-service laws, and fix the compensation, without regard to the Classi-1393fication Act of 1923, as amended, of a historian and such assistants as may be needed, for stenographic, clerical, and expert services, in the District of Columbia and elsewhere. Sec. 4. The Commission is authorized to prepare, and provideCommemorative medals, etc. for the general distribution of, suitable medals and certificates for commemorating the celebration of the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Constitution. Sec. 5. In carrying out the provisions of this resolution or anyAssistance of Government. etc., agencies. other provision of law relating to the celebration of the one-hundred- and-fiftieth anniversary of the formation of the Constitution, the Commission is authorized to procure advice and assistance from any governmental agency, including the services of technical and other personnel in the executive departments and independent establishments, and to procure advice and assistance from and cooperate with individuals and agencies, public or private. The Superintendent ofCooperation of Superintendent of Documents. Documents shall make available to the Commission the facilities of his office for the distribution of publications, posters, and other material herein authorized, if so requested. Sec. 6. The Commission shall have the same privilege of freeFranking privilege. transmission of official mail matter as other agencies of the United States Government. Sec. 7. The members and employees of the Commission shall beTraveling, etc., expenses. allowed actual traveling, subsistence, and other expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties. Sec. 8. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of anyAppropriation authorized.*Post*, p. 1599. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $200,000 for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this joint resolution and such sum when appropriated shall remain available until expended. Approved, June 1, 1936. To provide for the creation of the Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument, on Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes. 1936-06-02 477 Chapter 49 Stat. 1393 74 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-07 public [CHAPTER 477.] AN ACT To provide for the creation of the Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument, on Put-in-Bay, South Bass Island, in the State of Ohio, and for other purposes. June 2, 1936.[[S. 3118](/us/bill/74/s/3118).][
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