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title: "36 U.S.C. § 153709"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "1537"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL WOMAN’S RELIEF CORPS, AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC"
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citation: "36 U.S.C. § 153709"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 153709 - Records and inspection

## Text

(a) Records.— The corporation shall keep—

(1) correct and complete records of account; and

(2) minutes of the proceedings of its national convention.

(b) Inspection.— A member, or an agent or attorney of the member, may inspect the records of the corporation for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1430.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 15370936:1014.Sept. 7, 1962, Pub. L. 87–650, § 14, 76 Stat. 505. The word “records” is substituted for “books and records” for consistency in the revised title and with other titles of the United States Code.