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United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
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Title 36. PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS |
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SubTitle II. Patriotic and National Organizations |
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Part B. Organizations |
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Chapter 217. THE AMERICAN LEGION |
§ 21705. Exclusive right to name, emblems, and badges
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The corporation and its State and local subdivisions have the exclusive right to use the name “The American Legion” or “American Legion”. The corporation has the exclusive right to use, manufacture, and control the right to manufacture, emblems and badges the corporation adopts.
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Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
21705 | 36:44 (words between 4th and 5th semicolons). | Sept. 16, 1919, ch. 59, §§ 4 (words between 4th and 5th semicolons), 8, 41 Stat. 285; June 26, 1953, ch. 153, 67 Stat. 82. |
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The word “sole” is omitted as included in “exclusive”. The words “to have and”, “in carrying out its purposes”, and “in carrying out the purposes of the corporation” are omitted as unnecessary.