Public Law 83–80

That section 4 of the Act approved September 16, 1919 (41 Stat. 285; U. S. C. of 1946, title 36, sec. 44), entitled “An Act to incorporate The American Legion” is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 4.

That the corporation created by this Act shall have the following

Powers.

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 and personal property as shall be necessary for its corporate purposes; to adopt a corporate seal and alter the same at pleasure; to adopt a constitution, bylaws, and regulations to carry out its purposes, not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of any State; to use, in carrying out the purposes of the corporation, such emblems and badges as it may adopt and to have the exclusive right to manufacture, and to control the right to manufacture, and to 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 State and Territorial organizations and local chapter or post organizations; 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.”

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Sec. 2.

That section 8 of said Act (41 Stat. 285; U. S. C. of 1946, title 36, sec. 48) is hereby amended to read as follows:

“Sec. 8.

That said corporation and its State and local subdivisions

Use of name.

shall have the sole and exclusive right to have and to use, in carrying out its purposes, the name ‘The American Legion’, or ‘American Legion’.

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