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title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 20303 - Membership

## Text

The corporation may have not more than 50 regular members.

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1286.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 2030336:4203 (words before 1st comma).Apr. 17, 1916, ch. 77, § 3 (words before 1st comma), 39 Stat. 51. The words “may have not more than” are substituted for “shall consist of not more than” for clarity and consistency.