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AUDIT OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS; REPORT TO CONGRESS

SEC. 14.(a) The financial transactions of the corporation shall be audited annually by an independent certified 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.

USE OF ASSETS UPON DISSOLUTION OR LIQUIDATION

SEC. 15. Upon final dissolution or liquidation of the corporation and after discharge or satisfaction of all outstanding obligations and liabilities, the remaining assets of the corporation shall be transferred to the Veterans Administration to be applied to the care and comfort of blinded veterans.

TRANSFER OF ASSETS FROM PRIOR CORPORATION

SEC. 16. The corporation may acquire the assets of the Blinded Veterans Association, Incorporated, a body corporate organized under the laws of the state of New York, upon discharge or satisfactorily providing for the payment and discharge of all of the liabilities of such State corporation and upon complying with all the laws of the State of New York applicable thereto.

EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NAME; CORPORATE SEALS, EMBLEMS AND BADGES

SEC. 17. The corporation and its duly authorized regional groups and other local subdivisions shall have the sole and exclusive right to have and use in carrying out its purposes the name Blinded veterans Association and such seals, emblems, and badges as the corporation may lawfully adopt.

RESERVATION OF RIGHT TO AMEND OR REPEAL CHARTER

SEC. 18. The right to alter, amend, or repeal this Act is expressly reserved.

Approved August 27, 1958

 

 
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