36 USC § 70706 - Property exempt from taxation

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title: "36 USC § 70706 - Property exempt from taxation"
title_number: 36
title_name: "PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS"
section_number: "70706"
section_name: "Property exempt from taxation"
chapter_number: 707
chapter_name: "FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL AND HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Organizations"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)"
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# § 70706. Property exempt from taxation

Any property formerly occupied by the late Frederick Douglass as his homestead, commonly called Cedar Hill, in the village of Anacostia, District of Columbia, and owned by the corporation, is exempt from taxation as long as the property is used for the purposes of the corporation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1355.)

| RevisedSection | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 70706 | 36:4407. | June 6, 1900, ch. 806, § 7, 31 Stat. 663. |

This section is substituted for the source provision to eliminate unnecessary words.