PUBLIC LAW 105-225 —AUG. 12, 1998 112 STAT. 1425 153502. Purposes. 153503. Membership. 153504. Governing body. 153505. Powers. 153506. Exclusive right to name. 153507. Restrictions. 153508. Principal office and location of activities and gardens. 153509. Records and inspection. 153510. Statement required in audit report. 153511. Service of process. 153512. Liability for acts of officers and agents. 153513. Distribution of assets on dissolution or final liquidation. §153501. Organization (a) FEDERAL CHARTER.— National Tropical Botanical Garden (in this chapter, the "corporation") is a federally chartered corporation. (b) PERPETUAL EXISTENCE. —Except as otherwise provided, the corporation has perpetual existence. §153502. Purposes The purposes of the corporation are— (1) to establish, develop, operate, and maintain for the benefit of the people of the United States an educational and scientific center in the form of one or more tropical botanical gardens, together with facilities such as libraries, herbaria, laboratories, and museums that are appropriate and necessary for encouraging and conducting research in basic and applied tropical botany; (2) to foster and encourage fundamental research about tropical plant life and to encourage research and study of the uses of tropical flora in agriculture, forestry, horticulture, medicine, and other sciences; (3) to disseminate through publications and other media the knowledge about basic and applied tropical botany acquired at the gardens; (4) to collect and cultivate tropical flora of every nature and origin and to preserve for the people of the United States species of tropical plant life threatened with extinction; and (5) to provide a beneficial facility that will contribute to the education, instruction, and recreation of the people of the United States. §153503. Membership (a) ELIGIBILITY. —Except as provided in this chapter, eligibility for membership in the corporation and the rights and privileges of members are as provided in the constitution and bylaws of the corporation. (b) VOTING. —Each member (except an honorary or associate member) has one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the members. §153504. Governing body (a) BOARD OF TRUSTEES. —(1) The board of trustees is the governing body of the corporation. The duties and powers of the board are as provided in the bylaws. (2) The manner of selection and term of office of the trustees are as provided in the bylaws. (b) OFFICERS. — (1) The officers of the corporation are a president, one or more vice presidents, a secretary, a treasurer, and other officers as provided in the bylaws.
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