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PREAMBLE
WHEREAS --in the fall of 1941 a group of aviation-minded public-spirited private citizens
consisting of owners of private airplanes, owners and operators of private air fields. civilian pilots,
airplane mechanics, persons interested in private flying, various manufacturers, bankers, municipal
officials in coastal and border cities and others interested in the common air defense of the United
States, organized themselves under the national Office of Civilian Defense into a national
organization which was named the 'Civil Air Patrol," and
WHEREAS --the said organization developed units, consisting of state-wide so-called "Wings,"
composed in turn of various "Groups' containing several "Squadrons" of one or more 'Flights," which
immediately started training, equipping and organizing civilians interested in air defense and service
for use by the Government, in the national emergency, and
WHEREAS-- the War Department during World War II assigned various military missions to the
personnel of the Civil Air Patrol, said missions including anti-submarine patrols, border patrols,
tracking, courier, target-towing and similar assignments, in some of which some of the personnel
served as armed combatants while on such assigned duty, and
WHEREAS-- under date of April 29 1943 the President of the United States by Executive Order
No. 9339 transferred all activities and administration of the said "Civil Air Patrol" to the War
Department, and
WHEREAS-- the Secretary of War by order dated War Dept. Memo W-95-12-43; 5-4-1943
charged the Commanding General of the Army Air Forces with the subsequent supervision,
direction and operation of the "Civil Air Patrol," and
WHEREAS-- since that time the said organization has functioned continuously as a voluntary
civilian auxiliary of the Air Force and is now engaged in promoting civilian aviation and training, and
WHEREAS-- the 79th Congress of the United States by Public Law 476 duly adopted and signed
July 1, 1946, duly incorporated the said 'Civil Air Patrol;" and the forty-eight (48) persons named in
the said Act "and their associates and successors* were duly "authorized to complete the
organization of the corporation by the selection of officers, the adoption of a Constitution and
By-Laws, the promulgating of rules or regulations that may be necessary for the accomplishment of
the purposes of this corporation and the doing of such other acts as may be necessary for such
purposes,*
NOW THEREFORE the said incorporators, their associates and successors, pursuant to the said
Act of Incorporation, do hereby adopt the following as the Constitution and By-Laws of the said
corporation:
ARTICLE I--Name
The name of the corporation shall be "Civil Air Patrol."
Whenever and wherever it is necessary for the fact of its incorporation to be stated, such fact shall
be made known by the addition of the word 'Incorporated" after the name of the corporation, with or
without the addition of the words "Under Special Act of Congress approved July 1, 1946, Pub. Law
476 79th Cong." as the circumstances may require.
ARTICLE II--Seal
The corporate seal shall have inscribed there on the name of the corporation, an appropriate
statement of the incidents of its incorporation and the words "Corporate Seal."
ARTICLE IV--Terrn
ARTICLE VI -- Powers
In addition to the powers granted to the corporation by the Act of its incorporation which are
specifically exercised in this Constitution and any By-Laws adopted hereunder, the corporation shall
have all other powers given to it by the Act of its incorporation and such additional powers as may
be given to it from time to time by Congress and/or any Government agency or officer properly
acting under authority from it.
SECTION 2--Membership
Eligibility -Any United States citizen, interested in promoting the objects and purposes of the Civil
Air Patrol shall be eligible for membership in the Civil Air Patrol upon compliance with the
requirements for membership.
Cadet Membership -Any United States citizen fifteen (15) years of age and Mer eighteen (18)
years of age, upon compliance with the requirements for such membership, may become a Cadet
member of the Civil Air Patrol.
Senior Membership-Any United States citizen eighteen (18) years of age or over upon
compliance with the requirements for such membership, may become a Senior member of the Civil
Air Patrol.
Active Membership -Members, other than Cadets, and Cadets 3 assigned, when subject to call
for arty active duty assignments shall be considered as Active Members of the Civil Air Patrol.
Veteran Membership. --All members who have served o active duty assignments away from the
headquarters of their particular unit for a total of thirty (30) days or more or have been subject to and
have fulfilled all active duty assignments required of them at the headquarters of their particular unit
during a period of three (3) years or more, all such service being honorable, shall be considered as
Veteran Members of the Civil Air Patrol.
Associate Membership. -- Any United states citizen interested in promoting the objects and
purposes of the Civil Air Patrol may secure an Associate Membership in the Civil Air Patrol upon
compliance with the requirements for such membership and upon the payment to the Treasury of
the local unit with which they desire to be associated, dues as follows:-
Regular Associate Members $ 10.00 per year
Sustaining Associate Members 50.00 per year
Contributing Associate Members 100.00 or more per year
Dues-Dues for membership in any particular unit may be as fixed from time to time by the
members of the said unit by and with the approval of the Wing Commander having jurisdiction over
the same.
Allocation of Dues. - -Eighty-five percent (85%) of all dues collected shall be forwarded and
accounted for by the unit to which they are paid.
Fifteen percent (15%) of all dues collected shall be forwarded by the unit to which they are paid to its
Wing.
The Wing will forward thirty-three and one-third percent (33-1/3%) of said monies received by the
Wing to the Chief National Finance Officer.
Oaths-Members shall be required to take such oaths as shall be prescribed.
The same conditions and requirements for holding office shall be required of Assistant Officers as
is required of the regular officers.
Auxiliary Officers. --The National Executive Board and the Executive Board of any Wing or
Group may appoint such auxiliary corporate executive officers, such as a counsel, an auditor, and
the like, to serve on a fiscal year to year basis within the area covered by the unit within which they
are appointed.
All such corporate officers must coordinate their activities with the activities of the Board by which
they are appointed and corporate officers of the same type within the national organization.
They shall advise with the Board by which they are appointed on such matters as may be referred to
them.
Executive Boards- The Executive Board of each Wing, Group, Squadron or Flight shall be the
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Secretarial Officer of the unit.
As a group they shall constitute the corporate Executive Board of the unit and shall carry on the
usual functions of a corporate Executive Board in between meetings of the general membership
and/or units of the unit in which they are serving,
Term of Office. --Except as here in above specifically provided no -corporate officer shall be
appointed for a longer term than one (1) fiscal year or until his successor is duly appointed and
qualified.
Removal. --All officers of the corporation shall be subject to removal by the incumbents of the unit
or officer having the power to appoint them.
SECT10N 12--Records
The national office and the office of each unit of the corporation shall procure and maintain at all
times the following records:
(a) Minute Book or books for the recording and filing of the minutes of all official
business meetings of the general membership, governing bodies staffs, committees or
special bodies formed to carry out any corporate purpose.
(b) Books of Account within which to record all receipts of property, moneys,
income and the like of any kind and from whatever source, together with records of all
disbursements or dispositions of the same.
(c) Membership Register - in either book, loose leaf or card form showing owing all
pertinent information as to each member of the unit or organization within the jurisdiction
of the office maintaining same,
(d) Order, Directive and Regulations Files in which shall be entered all orders,
directives, regulations, manuals and/or other documents of such types received and/or
issued by or through the office maintaining same,
(e) Local Auxiliary Records - in which shall be recorded full and complete records
of all activities of the unit maintaining same - including publicity files, attendance records,
performance records, etc.
(f) Correspondence Files - in which all incoming correspondence outgoing
correspondence shall be filed in an orderly manner for such reference as may be required
from time to time.
That the Civil Air Patrol, a corporation duly incorporated under special enactment by the Congress
of the United States of America, acting by and through its duly qualified, acting and authorized
National Board, shall until otherwise determined by the corporation invest the Secretary of the Air
Force or his designee, who shall be a regular Air Force general officer, with all of the powers, duties
and privileges now enjoyed by the National Board and the National Executive Board of the Civil Air
Patrol, with the following provisions:
That nothing in this delegation shall preclude the exercise of rights set out in Section 6 of
the By-Laws of this corporation:
That the National Board and the National Executive Board shall be used and recognized
as advisory bodies;
That nothing in this delegation of said powers and duties shall prevent the meeting of the
National Board or National Executive Board for any purpose including the right to meet
and act to modify or end such delegation as herein set out.
FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution become a part of the Constitution and By-Laws of the
Civil Air Patrol corporation.