1883 private laws – Ch.20 Sec.2

That the said corporation shall have and are hereby vested with the powersand privileges following, in order the more fully to carry out and secure the benevolent and charitable purposes for which it is created, to-wit: to have a common seal, to purchase, acquire and hold real and personal property, and the same to transfer, convey and dispose of in such manner as it shall deem proper, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded by and in its corporate name and capacity, to institute and organize lodges, bodies or societies subordinate to said Supreme Council of the Maccabees Home Aiding Society, and to make such constitution and by-laws for its own good government or for that of its said subordinate lodges, bodies or societies, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States and of the state of North Carolina, as may be deemed necessary and proper, and shall in general have and exercise all such rights, privileges and immunities as by law are incident and necessary to corporations created for benevolent and charitable purposes.