Public Law 83–183

That the Act entitled “An Act to incorporate the American University”, approved February 24, 1893, as amended, is amended by redesignating section 2 thereof to

27 Stat. 476.

be section 3, and by inserting after the first section thereof a new section as follows:

“Sec. 2.

(a)(a)

After the date of enactment of this section—

“(1)“(1)

no person shall be elected to the board of trustees of the corporation unless the election of such person has been approved by the Board of Education of the Methodist Church; members of the board of trustees shall hold office until their successors are elected;

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“(2)“(2)

all property, both real and personal, of the corporation shall be held in perpetuity for educational purposes under the auspices of the Methodist Church and subject to the terms and provisions of the Discipline of the Methodist Church; and

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“(3)“(3)

the board of trustees of the corporation shall not propose any amendment by the Congress to this Act unless the proposal of such amendment has been previously approved by the Board of Education of the Methodist Church.

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“(b)“(b)

In the ease of any violation by the corporation or the board of trustees of any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, all right, title, and interest of the corporation in and to all property, both real and personal, of the corporation shall vest in the Board of Education of the Methodist Church, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Tennessee, or its successor.”

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