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title: "36 U.S.C. § 130307"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1303"
chapter_name: "LEGION OF VALOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED"
section: "130307"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 130307"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 130307 - Principal office

## Text

The principal office of the corporation shall be in a place decided by the board of directors. However, the activities of the corporation are not confined to the place where the principal office is located but may be conducted throughout the States, territories, and possessions of the United States.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1376.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 13030736:635(a).Aug. 4, 1955, ch. 546, § 5(a), 69 Stat. 487. The words “a place decided” are substituted for “Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, or in such other place as may later be determined”, and the word “various” is omitted, to eliminate unnecessary words.