Title 2 — The CongressRelease 119-73not60
§159 Perpetual Succession and Suits by or Against Library of Congress Trust Fund Board
Title 2 › Chapter 5— LIBRARY OF CONGRESS › § 159
Summary
The board continues forever with normal trustee powers, including selling property it receives unless limited, and suits to enforce trusts it accepts must be filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
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Title 2, §159
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The board shall have perpetual succession, with all the usual powers and obligations of a trustee, including the power to sell, except as herein limited, in respect of all property, moneys, or securities which shall be conveyed, transferred, assigned, bequeathed, delivered, or paid over to it for the purposes above specified. The board may be sued in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which is given jurisdiction of such suits, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of any trust accepted by it.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1926—Act Jan. 27, 1926, inserted “including the power to sell” in first sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
Act
June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act
May 24, 1949, substituted “United States District Court for the District of Columbia” for “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”. Act
June 25, 1936, provided that the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia is to be known as the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia.
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2 U.S.C. § 159
Title 2 — The Congress
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
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