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 FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 1828, 1829. 1904. 577 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 Securities, 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 ot er 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 corpora- creditors pc ezmtion 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 before any court or tribunal shall be deemed to have abated or been discontinued by reason of the passage of this Act. . - Sm. 8. That Congress- may from time to time alter, repeal, or -“”°”"’“°"‘· modify this Act of incorporation, but no contract or individual right made or uired shall thereby be divested or impaired. Sec. 9juTl1at this Act shall take effect immediately. Mw- Approved, April 28, 1904. · CHAP. 1829.-An Act For the extension of Wyoming avenue to Twenty-third &¥ri;2§§29%· street west. ‘ ‘ ‘ [Public, No. 261.] Be it enacted by the Senate and }[0use§fRq1n·esentatives oftlae Lhzited _ _ · _ States of America in Congress assemble, That within thirty days after 1§§}f,‘,f;{f,€,°,§¥§§¥$(*§§;; the passage of this Act the Commissioners of the District of Columbia i¤s_`_¤~·¤L¤y;¤- t ` be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to institute in the aemfiauundi. ° °°°> supreme court of the District of Columbia, sitting as a district court. by petition, particularly describing the lands to be taken, a proceeding in rem to condemn all the land (about two thousand five hundred an thirty-two uare feet) contained in lot thirty/Ifour of Lowndes subdivision of Wsiilows Mite for the extension of yoming avenue through to Twenty-third street west. Sec. 2. That the entire amount found to be due and awarded as ,,,Q;’,ff,'_‘l',,‘?:f,;’,§,,"°“°‘ damages for and in reslpect of the land condemned for the extension of Wyoming avenue as erein provided, shall be assessed by the jury hereinafter provided for as benefits, and to the extent of such benefits, against those pieces or parcels of land on each side of said avenue as extended, and also on any or all pieces or parcels of land which will be benefited by the extension of said avenue as said jury may find said pieces or parcels of land will be benefited, and in determining the amounts to be assessed against said pieces or parcels of land the jury shall take into consideration the respective srtuations of such pieces or parcels of land and the benefits they may severally receive from the extension of said avenue as aforesaid. Sec. 3. That the said court shall cause public notice of not less than ings0H0e 0* P*<>¢¢*¢<i· ten da s to be given of the filing of said pgoceedings., by advertisement Br? advertisement. in such, manner as the cour·t shall prescri, which notice shall warn all persons having any interest in the proceedings to attend court at a day to be named in said notice and to continue in attendance until the court vor. xxxm, rr 1·——3T