§ 5205. Amendment or revocation of charters; suits by and against associations

Statutory text

The charters of any cooperative association organized pursuant to section 5204 of this title shall not be amended or revoked by the Secretary except after a majority vote of the membership. Such cooperative associations may sue and be sued in any court of the State of Oklahoma or of the United States having jurisdiction of the cause of action, but a certified copy of all papers filed in any action against a cooperative association in a court of Oklahoma shall be served upon the Secretary of the Interior, or upon an employee duly authorized by him to receive such service. Within thirty days after such service or within such extended time as the trial court may permit, the Secretary of the Interior may intervene in such action or may remove such action to the United States district court.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1936
Pub. L. 74–831 § 5 · 49 Stat. 1028
Enacted · 25 U.S.C. § 5205
June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 5, 49 Stat. 1968
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 5, 49 Stat. 1968
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec.5. Every report submitted to Congress in pursuance of any provision of law for preliminary examination and survey looking to the improvement of the entrance at the mouth of any river or at any inlet, in addition to other information which the Congress has directed shall be given, shall contain information concerning the configuration of the shore line and the probable effect thereon that may be expected to result from the improvement having particular reference to erosion and/or accretion for a distance of not less than ten miles on either side of the said entrance.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 505 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Amendments

1948—Act June 25, 1948, struck out provisions relating to procedure for removal.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1948 Amendment

Act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 38, 62 Stat. 992, provided that the amendment made by that act is effective Sept 1, 1948.

Credits

1936–1948 · 2 acts

1936June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 5, 49 Stat. 1968
1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 29, 62 Stat. 991.

Show as published

(June 26, 1936, ch. 831, § 5, 49 Stat. 1968; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 29, 62 Stat. 991.)