Title 36, Patriotic and National ObservancesRelease 119-110
§70701 Organization
Title 36 › Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations › Part B — Organizations › CHAPTER 707 — FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION › § 70701
Summary
It makes the Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association a legal corporation in the District of Columbia. Unless the law says otherwise, the organization can continue to exist indefinitely.
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Title 36, §70701
Patriotic and National Observances, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)Federal Charter.—
Frederick Douglass Memorial and Historical Association (in this chapter, the “corporation”) is a body corporate and politic in the District of Columbia.
(b)Perpetual Existence.—
Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence.
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Historical and Revision Notes
Revised SectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 7070136:4401 (words before “for the following objects and purposes”).June 6, 1900, ch. 806, §§ 1 (words before “for the following objects and purposes”), 3, 31 Stat. 662, 663. 36:4403. This section is substituted for the source provisions for consistency in the revised title and to eliminate executed and unnecessary words. The text of 36:4403 is omitted as executed and obsolete.
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36 U.S.C. § 70701
Title 36, Patriotic and National Observances
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110