52 STAT.] 75TH CONG. , 3 D SESS.-CHS. 796, 797-JUNE 29, 1938 John N. May, of Summitt, John G. Esler, of Saddle River; Patrick O'Mara, of Jersey City; William A. Manda, of South Orange, all in the State of New Jersey; Benjamin Durfee, William R. Smith, Wil- liam F. Gude, and Henry Small, Junior, of Washington, in the Dis- trict of Columbia; Willis N. Rudd, of Chicago; Emil Buettner, of Park Ridge; John C. Vaughan, of Chicago, all in the State of Illi- nois; Joseph A. Dirwanger, of Portland, in the State of Maine; Robert Craig, Edwin Lonsdale, W. Atlee Burpee, and John Burton, of Philadelphia; H. B. Beatty, of Oil City; and William Falconer, of Pittsburgh; all in the State of Pennsylvania; George M. Kellogg of Pleasant Hill, in the State of Missouri; John T. D. Fulmer, of Des Moines, and J. C . Rennison, of Sioux City, in the State of Iowa; L. A. Berckmans, of Augusta, in the State of Georgia; H. Pap- worth, of New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana; Elmer D. Smith, of Adrian, and Harry Balsley, of Detroit, in the State of Michigan; F. A. Whelan, of Mount Vernon on the Potomac, in the State of Virginia; Adam Graham, of Cleveland, in the State of Ohio; Wil- liam Fraser, of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland; John Spalding, of New London, and John N. Champion, of New Haven, in the State of Connecticut; and Charles W. Hoitt, of Nashua, in the State of New Hampshire, their associates and successors, are hereby created a body corporate and politic, within the District of Columbia by the name of the Society of American Florists and Ornamental Horticul- turists, for the education of the general public and of members of the florist industry in the subjects of, and for the scientific development of, floriculture and horticulture in all their branches. Said corpora- tion is authorized to adopt a constitution and to make bylaws not inconsistent with law, to hold real and personal estate in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, so far only as may be necessary to its lawful ends, to an amount not exceeding $1,000,000, and such other estate as may be donated or bequeathed in any State or Territory: Provided, That all property so held, and the proceeds thereof, shall be held and used solely for the purposes set forth in the Act. Said corporation shall operate without profit and any earnings and/or surplus funds that may be created through any of its educational or scientific activities shall be available only for the further accomplish- ment of the corporation's stated purposes. The principal office of the corporation shall be located within the District of Columbia, but the annual meetings may be held in such other places as the incorporators or their successors shall determine: Provided, That this corporation shall not be permitted to occupy any park in the city of Washington. "SEC. 2 . That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act in whole or in part." Approved, June 29, 1938. [CHAPTER 797] AN ACT 1227 Purposes of inor- poration. Powers. Prowas. Limitation. Principal office. Restriction on use of parks. A lnedllent. June 29, 1938 To extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge (H. R. o10t] across the Mississippi River between Saint Louis, Missouri, and Stites, Illinois. [Public, No. 763] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi River, at or near a point on Broadway between Florida and Mullanphy Streets in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, and a point opposite thereto, in the town of Stites, in the county of Saint Clair, State of Illinois, and connecting with Saint Clair Avenue extended in said town, authorized to be built by the county of Saint Mississippi River. Time extended for bridging, Saint Louis, Mo.. to Stites, II.
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