Page 217 TITLE 36—PATRIOTIC SOCIETIES AND OBSERVANCES § 4301 ter, the charter granted by this chapter shall ex- § 4203. Membership; powers of corporation pire. The American Academy of Arts and Letters (Pub. L. 100–655, title I, § 116, Nov. 14, 1988, 102 shall consist of not more than fifty regular Stat. 3852.) members, and the said corporation hereby con- stituted shall have power to make by-laws and CHAPTER 74—AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS rules and regulations; to fill all vacancies cre- AND LETTERS ated by death, resignation, or otherwise; to pro- Sec. vide for the election of foreign, domestic, or 4201. Corporation created. honorary associate members, and the division of 4202. Purposes of corporation. such members into classes, and to do all other 4203. Membership; powers of corporation. matters needful or usual in such institutions. 4204. Annual meeting; annual report. 4205. Acquisition of property by bequest or dona- (Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 3, 39 Stat. 51.) tion. § 4204. Annual meeting; annual report 4206. Reservation of right to amend or repeal chap- ter. The American Academy of Arts and Letters shall hold an annual meeting at such place in § 4201. Corporation created the as may be designated and William Dean Howells, of Maine; Henry shall make an annual report to the Congress, to Adams, of the District of Columbia; Theodore be filed with the Librarian of Congress. Roosevelt, of New York; John Singer Sargent, of (Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 4, 39 Stat. 51.) Massachusetts; Daniel Chester French, of New York; John Burroughs, of New York; James § 4205. Acquisition of property by bequest or do- Ford Rhodes, of Massachusetts; Horatio William nation Parker, of Connecticut; William Milligan The American Academy of Arts and Letters Sloane, of New Jersey; Robert Underwood John- be, and the same is hereby, authorized and em- son, of New York; George Washington Cable, of powered to receive bequests and donations of Massachusetts; , of New real or personal property and to hold the same York; Henry van Dyke, of New Jersey; William in trust, and to invest and reinvest the same for Crary Brownell, of New York; Basil Lanneau the purpose of furthering the interests of lit- Gildersleeve, of Maryland; , of erature and the fine arts. New Jersey; Arthur Twining Hadley, of Con- necticut; Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts; (Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 5, 39 Stat. 52.) Edwin Howland Blashfield, of New York; Wil- § 4206. Reservation of right to amend or repeal liam Merritt Chase, of New York; Thomas chapter Hastings, of New York; Hamilton Wright Mabie, of New Jersey; Brander Matthews, of New York; The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chap- Thomas Nelson Page, of the District of Colum- ter is hereby expressly reserved. bia; Elihu Vedder, of Massachusetts; George Ed- (Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 6, 39 Stat. 52.) ward Woodberry, of Massachusetts; Kenyon Cox, of New York; George Whitefield Chadwick, of CHAPTER 75—AVIATION HALL OF FAME Massachusetts; Abbott Handerson Thayer, of Sec. New Hampshire; Henry Mills Alden, of New Jer- 4301. Corporation created. sey; George de Forest Brush, of New Hampshire; 4302. Completion of organization. William Rutherford Mead, of New York; Bliss 4303. Purposes of corporation. Perry, of Massachusetts; Abbott Lawrence Low- 4304. Powers of corporation. ell, of Massachusetts; James Whitcomb Riley, of 4305. Principal office; territorial scope of activi- Indiana; Nicholas Murray Butler, of New York; ties; agent for service of process. Paul Wayland Bartlett, of New York; Owen Wis- 4306. Membership; voting rights. 4307. Board of trustees. ter, of Pennsylvania; Herbert Adams, of New (a) Composition of initial board. Hampshire; Augustus Thomas, of New York; (b) Composition of subsequent boards; Timothy Cole, of New York; Cass Gilbert, of New tenure. York; William Roscoe Thayer, of Massachusetts; (c) Governing period; duties. Robert Grant, of Massachusetts; Frederick 4308. Officers. Macmonnies, of New York; Julian Alden Weir, of 4309. Board of nominations; composition; duties. Connecticut; William Gillette, of Connecticut; 4310. Distribution of income or assets to members; loans. Paul Elmer More, of New Jersey; George 4311. Nonpolitical nature of corporation. Lockhart Rives, of New York, and their succes- 4312. Liability for acts of officers and agents. sors, duly chosen, are hereby incorporated, con- 4313. Prohibition against issuance of stock or pay- stituted, and declared to be a body corporate of ment of dividends. the District of Columbia, by the name of the 4314. Books and records; inspection. American Academy of Arts and Letters. 4315. Audit of financial transactions. 4316. Use of assets on dissolution or liquidation. (Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 1, 39 Stat. 51.) 4317. Acquisition of assets and liabilities of exist- ing corporation. § 4202. Purposes of corporation 4318. Reservation of right to amend or repeal chap- ter. The purposes of this corporation are and shall be the furtherance of the interests of literature § 4301. Corporation created and the fine arts. The following persons: Stanley C. Allyn, Oak- (Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 2, 39 Stat. 51.) wood, Ohio; J. L. Atwood, El Segundo, Califor-