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and enter into possession, custody, and management of all property, 

 real or personal, of the corporation heretofore known as the Carnegie 

 Institution, incorporated, as hereinbefore set forth under "An Act to 

 establish a Code of Law for the District of Columbia, January fourth, 

 nineteen hundred and two," and to all its rights, contracts, claims, 

 and property of any kind or nature ; and the several officers of such 

 corporation, or any other person having charge of any of the securi- 

 ties, funds, real or personal, books or property thereof, shall, on 

 demand, deliver the same to the said trustees appointed by this Act 

 or to the persons appointed by them to receive the same ; and the 

 trustees of the existing corporation and the trustees herein named 

 shall and may take such other steps as shall be necessary to carry 

 out the purposes of this Act. 



Sec. 7. That the rights of the creditors of the said existing corpo- 

 ration known as the Carnegie Institution shall not in any manner be 

 impaired by the passage of this Act, or the transfer of the property 

 hereinbefore mentioned, nor shall any liability 'or obligation for the 

 payment of any sums due or to become due, or any claim or demand, 

 in any manner or for any cause existing against the said existing 

 corporation, be released or impaired ; but such corporation hereby 

 incorporated is declared to succeed to the obligations and liabilities 

 and to be held liable to pay and discharge all of the debts, liabilities, 

 and contracts of the said corporation so existing to the same effect as 

 if such new corporation had itself incurred the obligation or liability 

 to pay such debt or damages, and no such action or proceeding be- 

 fore any court or tribunal shall be deemed to have abated or been 

 discontinued by reason of the passage of this Act. 



Sec. 8. That Congress may from time to time alter, repeal, or 

 modify this Act of incorporation, but no contract or individual right 

 made or acquired shall thereby be divested or impaired. 



Sec. 9. That this Act shall take effect immediately. 



Approved, April 28, 1904. 



