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[72 Stat. 1694]
PUBLIC LAW 85-000—MMMM. DD, 1958
[72 Stat. 1694]

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PUBLIC LAW 85-870-SEPT. 2, 1958

[72 S T A T.

N O N P O L I T I C A L N A T U R E OF CORPORATION

SEC. 10. The corporation, and its officers and directors as such, shall not contribute to or otherwise support or assist any political party or candidate for public office. L I A B I L I T Y FOR ACTS OF OFFICERS AND AGENTS

SEC. 11. The corporation shall be liable for the acts of its officers and agents when acting within the scope of their authority. P R O H I B I T I O N AGAINST I S S U A N C E OF STOCK OR P A Y M E N T OF DIVIDENDS

SEC. 12. The corporation shall have no power to issue any shares of stock or to declare or pay any dividends. BOOKS A N D RECORDS: INSPECTION

SEC. 13. The corporation shall keej) correct and complete books and records of account and shall keep minutes of the proceedings of its members, board of directors, and committees having any authority under the board of directors; and it shall also keep at its principal office a record of the names and addresses of its members entitled to vote. All books and records of the corporation may be inspected by any member entitled to vote, or his agent or attorney, for any proper purpose, at any reasonable time. AUDIT OF F I N A N C I A L TRANSACTIONS

SEC. 14. (a) The financial transactions shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant in accordance with the principles and procedures applicable to commercial corporate transactions. The audit shall be conducted at the place or places where the accounts of the corporation are normally kept. All books, accounts, financial records, reports, files, and all other papers, things or property belonging to or in use by the corporation and necessary to facilitate the audit shall be made available to the person or persons conducting the audit; and full facilities for verifying transactions with the balances or securities held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians shall be afforded to such person or persons. (b) A report of such audit shall be made by the corporation to the Congress not later than six months following the close of each year for which the audit is made. The report shall set forth the scope of the audit and shall include a verification by the person or persons conducting the audit of statements of (1) assets and liabilities, (2) capital and surplus or deficit, (3) surplus or deficit analysis, (4) income and expense, and (5) sources and application of funds. Such report shall not be printed as a public document, EXCLUSIVE R I G H T TO N A M E, E M B L E M S, SEALS, A N D BADGES

SEC. 15. The corporation and its subordinate divisions shall have the sole and exclusive right to use the name, The Big Brothers of America. The corporation shall have the exclusive and sole right to use or to allow or refuse the use of such emblems, seals, and oadges as have heretofore been used by the predecessor New York corporation, Big Brothers of America, Incorporated, described in section 16 of this title and the right to which may be transferred to the corporation.