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PUBLIC LAW 92-93-AUG. 11, 1971
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Public Law 92-93 AN ACT August 11, 1971
To incorporate the Paralyzed Veterans of America.
[H. R. 2894]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Paralyzed vetpersons, to wit: Burton Little, Chickasaw, Alabama; Tom Goggin, Tnco^or^fon?'* Phoenix, Arizona; Leonard Chrysler, Los Altos, California; Wayne L. Capson, Garden Grove, California; George Boschet, Silver Spring, Maryland; Robert Classon, New York, New York; Edward G. Maxwell, Miami, Florida; Claude C. Beckham, Irmo, South Carolina; Benny Tschetter, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Federick T. Gill, Valley Station, Kentucky; Lee M. Gresham, Wixom, Michigan; Conrad M. Standinger, Memphis, Tennessee; Curley Gullet, Denver, Colorado; Charles Swartz, Marblehead, Massachusetts; Bolivar Rivera, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico; James Schwiem, Pasadena, Texas; Robert T. Kiggins, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Glenn E. Mayer, Hines, Illinois; John Novak, Richmond, Virginia; and such other persons as are members of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, and their associates and successors, are hereby created and declared to be a body corporate by the name of Paralyzed Veterans of America (hereinafter referred to as the "corporation"). SEC. 2. The persons named in the first section of this Act, or their successors, are hereby authorized to complete the organization of the corporation by the selection of officers, the adoption of a constitution and bylaws, and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such purpose. SEC. 3. The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be— Purpose. (a) to preserve the great and basic truths and enduring principles upon which this Nation was founded; (b) to form a national association for the benefit of persons who have suffered injuries or diseases of the spinal cord; (c) to acquaint the public with the needs and problems of paraplegics; (d) to promote medical research in the several fields connected with injuries and diseases of the spinal cord, including research in neurosurgery and orthopedics and in genitourinary and orthopedic appliances; and (e) to advocate and foster complete and effective reconditioning programs for paraplegics, including a thorough physical reconditioning program, physiotherapy, competent walking instructions, adequate guidance (both vocational and educational), academic and vocational education (both in hospitals and in educaitional institutions), psychological orientation and readjustment to family and friends, and occupational therapy (both functional and diversional). SEC. 4. The corporation shall have perpetual succession and shall Powers. have power— (a) to sue and be sued; (b) to acquire, hold, and dispose of such real and personal property as may be necessary to carry out the corporate purposes; (c) to make and enter into contracts; (d) to accept gifts, legacies, and devises which will further the corporate purposes; (e) to borrow money for the purposes of the corporation, issue bonds therefor, and secure the same by mortgage, subject in every case to all applicable provisions of Federal and State law; (f) to adopt and alter a corporate seal;
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