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title: "36 U.S.C. § 230308"
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title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
chapter_number: "2303"
chapter_name: "VETERANS OF WORLD WAR I OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INCORPORATED"
section: "230308"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 230308"
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# 36 U.S.C. § 230308 - Principal office

## Text

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

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1485.)

## Notes

Historical and Revision Notes RevisedSectionSource (U.S. Code)Source (Statutes at Large) 23030836:769(a).July 18, 1958, Pub. L. 85–530, § 9(a), 72 Stat. 373. The word “various” is omitted as unnecessary.