§ 159. — Perpetual succession and suits by or against Library of Congress Trust Fund Board.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC159]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Sec. 159. Perpetual succession and suits by or against Library
of Congress Trust Fund Board
The board shall have perpetual succession, with all the usual powers
and obligations of a trustee, including the power to sell, except as
herein limited, in respect of all property, moneys, or securities which
shall be conveyed, transferred, assigned, bequeathed, delivered, or paid
over to it for the purposes above specified. The board may be sued in
the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, which is
given jurisdiction of such suits, for the purpose of enforcing the
provisions of any trust accepted by it.
(Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 423, Sec. 3, 43 Stat. 1108; Jan. 27, 1926, ch. 6,
Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 2; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25,
1948, ch. 646, Sec. 32(a), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139,
Sec. 127, 63 Stat. 107.)
Amendments
1926--Act Jan. 27, 1926, inserted ``including the power to sell'' in
first sentence.
Change of Name
Act June 25, 1948, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, as amended by act May 24,
1949, substituted ``United States District Court for the District of
Columbia'' for ``district court of the United States for the District of
Columbia''.
Act June 25, 1936, provided that the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia is to be known as the District Court of the United States
for the District of Columbia.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 160 of this title.
