PUBLIC LAW 105-225—AUG. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 1379 §130511. Service of process The corporation shall have a designated agent in the District of Columbia to receive service of process for the corporation. Notice to or service on the agent, or mailed to the business address of the agent, is notice to or service on the corporation. §130512. Liability for acts of officers and agents The corporation is liable for the acts of its officers and agents acting within the scope of their authority. § 130513. Distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation On dissolution or final liquidation of the corporation, any assets remaining after the discharge of all liabilities shall be distributed as provided by the board of directors, but consistent with the purposes of the corporation and in compliance with the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. CHAPTER 1401—MARINE CORPS LEAGUE Sec. 140101. Organization. 140102. Purposes. 140103. Powers. 140104. Annual report. §140101. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER. —Marine Corps League (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation, (b) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE. — Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. §140102. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are— (1) to preserve the traditions and to promote the interests of the United States Marine Corps; (2) to band those who, on August 4, 1937, were serving in the United States Marine Corps and those who have been honorably discharged from that service together in fellowship that they may effectively promote the ideals of American freedom and democracy; (3) to fit its members for the duties of citizenship and to encourage them to serve as ably as citizens as they have served the Nation under arms; (4) to hold sacred the history and memory of the men who have given their lives to the Nation; (5) to foster love for the principles which they have supported by blood and valor since the founding of the Republic; (6) to maintain true allegiance to American institutions; (7) to create a bond of comradeship between those in service and those who have returned to civil life; (8) to aid voluntarily and to render assistance to all marines and former marines as well as to their widows and orphans; and (9) to perpetuate the history of the United States Marine Corps and by fitting acts to observe the anniversaries of historical occasions of peculiar interest to marines.
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