Public Law 587.
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(/us/pl/75/106)] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the certificate of incorporationDistrict of Columbia.Washington College of Law; incorporation, etc., approved.[31 Stat. 1280](/us/stat/31/1280).[5 D. C. Code, ch. 8](/us/dcc/5/ch8). of Washington College of Law, of Washington, District of Columbia, under chapter 18 of the Code of Laws of the District of Columbia (1929 D. C. Code, title 5, ch. 8), be, and the same is hereby, approved and confirmed, except as herein specifically altered and amended.52 Stat. 640 Sec. 2.
Board of trustees; membership, terms of office. That the management of said corporation shall be vested in a board of trustees consisting of not less than six nor more than eleven in number, as determined from time to time by said board of trustees; that Edwin C. Dutton, Mary O’Toole, Bessie Parker Brueggeman, John E. Laskey, Katharine R. Pike, and Harry G. Meem shall act as and constitute the first board of trustees under this Act and shall be classified with respect to the time for which they shall severally originally hold office into three equal classes, the first class for the term of one year, the second class for the term of two years, and the third class for the term of three years; the respective original terms of office of any additional trustees shall be such as to equalize said three classes, as far as possible; and the successors to each said class of trustees shall severally hold office for the term of three years, so that the term of office of one class shall expire annually.
Sec. 3. Powers and authority of board. That the said board of trustees is authorized to
(a)make, alter, and repeal bylaws for the management of the said corporation and rules and regulations for the government of the institution and the “schools”, faculty, and students thereof;
(b)elect as officers of the said corporation a president, a vice president, a treasurer, and a secretary, and such other officers as it may find necessary, for the respective terms and with the respective powers and duties as fixed by the bylaws of the said corporation;
(c)remove any trustee when, in its judgment, he shall be found incapable, by age or otherwise, of performing or discharging, or shall neglect or refuse to perform or discharge, the duties of his office;
(d)create and establish schools and departments of learning to be connected with and become a part of said institution, and establish such scholastic boards and officers as may be required for academic operation and direction in education;
(e)appoint, from time to time, such deans, professors, tutors, and instructors as it may deem necessary, and fix their respective terms, duties, and salaries; and
(f)grant and confer degrees. Sec. 4. Corporate powers, etc. The said corporation shall adopt a common seal, under and by which all deeds, diplomas, and acts of the said corporation shall pass and be authenticated, and the same seal at their pleasure to break and alter, or to devise a. new one. Sec. 5. Use of income. That the income of the said corporation from all sources whatsoever shall be held in the name of Washington College of Law and applied to the maintenance, endowment, promotion, and advancement of the institution, subject to conforming to the express conditions of the donor of any gift, devise, or bequest accepted by the said corporation, with regard to the income therefrom. Sec. 6. Amendment, etc. That nothing in this joint resolution contained shall be construed as preventing the Congress from amending, altering, annulling, or repealing the same or any part thereof. Approved, June 10, 1938. To authorize membership on behalf of the United States in the International Criminal Police Commission. 1938-06-10 335 Chapter 52 Stat. 640 75 3 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 2024-11-15 public [CHAPTER 335] AN ACT To authorize membership on behalf of the United States in the International Criminal Police Commission. June 10, 1938[[S. 3820](/us/bill/75/s/3820)][[Public, No. 587](/us/pl/75/587)] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, International Criminal Police Commission.Membership on behalf of United States authorized.*Post*, p. 1136. That the Attorney General is hereby authorized to accept and maintain, on behalf of the United States, membership in the International Criminal Police Commission and to incur the necessary expenses therefor not to exceed $1,500 per annum. Approved, June 10, 1938. To authorize an increase in the basic allotment of enlisted men to the Air Corps within the total enlisted strength provided in appropriations for the Regular Army. 1938-06-11 337 Chapter 52 Stat. 641 75 3 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 2024-11-15 public 52 Stat. 641 [CHAPTER 337] AN ACT To authorize an increase in the basic allotment of enlisted men to the Air Corps within the total enlisted strength provided in appropriations for the Regular Army. June 11, 1938[[S. 3822](/us/bill/75/s/3822)][
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