An Act authorizing the Association of Universalist Women (a nonprofit corporation in the District of Columbia) to consolidate with the Alliance of Unitarian Women (a nonprofit corporation in the State of Massachusetts).
PL 88-19 (S.1227), enacted 05/15/1963

77 STAT.] 
PUBLIC LAW 88-19-MAY 15, 1963 
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the filing, the transaction may be examined by the court on its own 
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Approved May 8, 1963. 
Public Law 88-18 
AN ACT 
To aineiKl s«H-ti(»u 41()8 of title 8<s. T'uited States ('(Mle, with respect to the appoint-
ineiit of the Chief Medical l>ire<-tor of the Department of Medicine and Surgery 
of tJie Veterans' Administration. 
May 8, 1963 
[H. R. 4549] 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of liemesentatl'veii 
of the 
United States of Amenca in Conp'e.ss amemhled. That section 4103(b) 
of title 38, Ignited States Code, is amended by inseiting immediately 
before the last sentence thereof the following: "Section 62 of title 5 
of the United States (.'ode shall not appl}^ to .any individual appointed 
Chief Medical Director before January 1, 1964; liowever, section 59a 
of title 5 shall apply, iu accordance with its tei-nis, to any SIKOI 
individual. 
Approved May 8, 1963. 
72 Stat. 1243. 
28 Stat. 205. 
47 Stat. 406. 
Public Law 88-19 
AN ACT 
Authorizing the Association of Universalist Women (a nonprotit corporation in 
the District of Columbia) to consolidate witli the Alliance of Unitarian 
Women (a nonprofit coriM)rati(m in the State of Massachusetts). 
May 15, 1963 
[S. 1227] 
consolidation au-
thorization. 
31 Stat. 1283-
D. C. Code 29-
601 to 29-606. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assemhled^ That the Association 
universaiist, 
of LTniversalist Women, a corporation established and existing under unitarian wc^nen 
the laws of the District of Columbia by virtue of title 29, chapter 6, 
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of the District of Columbia Code, 1961 edition, is hereby authorized 
to enter into a consolidation with the Alliance of Unitarian Women 
(formerly named National Alliance of Unitarian and Other Liberal 
Christian Women), a corporation established and existing under 
public statutes, chapter 115, of the laws of the Commonwealth of 
Massachusetts, and Acts in amendment thereto, under which consoli-
dation said corporation shall thereafter become and be one corporation 
under a name to be adopted at the organizational meeting of the 
consolidated corporation, which consolidated corporation shall be a 
corporation existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massa-
chusetts, only, and shall in all respects be a continuation of each of said 
existing corporations. 
SEC. 2. Upon such consolidation becoming effective, all property of 
the Association of Universalist Women, including all bequests, devises, f
e
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gifts, and transfers of any kind heretofore and hereafter made to or 
Property trans-
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[77 STAT. 
Assumption of 
liabilities, etc. 
Conditions. 
Affidavit. 
Effective date. 
for its benefit^ shall be transferred to and vest in the consolidated 
corporation without further act or deed. 
Said consolidated corpora-
tion shall have the same powers, rights, and privileges with respect to 
such property and with respect to such bequests, devises, gifts, and 
transfers as would have been possessed by said consolidated corpora-
tion had such bequests, devises, gifts, and transfers been made directly 
to it and for its purposes, so far as such powers, rights, and privileges 
can be legally conferred by this Act, and otherwise shall have with 
respect to such property and such bequests, devises, gifts, and transfers 
the same powers, rights, and privileges as would have been possessed 
by the Association of Universalist Women had such consolidation not 
been effected. 
SEC. 3. The consolidated corporation shall be deemed to have 
assumed and shall be liable for all the liabilities and obligations of the 
Association of Universalist Women. 
SEC. 4. The consolidated corporation shall be deemed to haA'e agreed 
that it may be sued in the District of Columbia for any obligation or 
liability of the Association of Universalist Women and shall be 
deemed to have irrevocably appointed the Commissioners of the 
District of Columbia as its agent to accept service of process in any 
action for the enforcement of any such obligation or liability. 
As 
used in this Act, the term "Commissioners of the District of Columbia'' 
means the Commissioners of the District of Columbia or their desig-
nated agent. 
SEC. 5. The consolidation shall not be completed— 
(a) unless the same shall have been authorized by appi'opriate 
legislation enacted by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; 
(b) unless at meetings called for the purpose, each of said 
existing corporations, by not less than a majority vote of those 
present and voting, shall have accepted this Act and any act of 
the legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts relating 
to the consolidation; and 
(c) unless after the aforesaid authorization and acceptance 
said existing corporations shall have called and held an organi-
zation meeting of the consolidated corporation to be held at such 
time and place anywhere in the United States of America or 
Canada as said existing corporations may by separate vote desig-
nate at such meeting of acceptance, and each of the existing 
corporations shall at said meeting of acceptance designate its dele-
gates to such organization meeting of the consolidated corpora-
tion for the purpose of adopting bylaws for the consolidated 
corporation and of electing initial officers, directors, and other 
officers thereof. 
SEC. 6. The consolidation shall be complete and effective upon the 
filing with the Commissioners of the District of Columbia of a 
certificate signed by the secretaries of said existing corporations who 
shall make affidavit setting forth detailed compliance with the pro-
visions of section 5 and stating the names and addresses of the admin-
istrative board or board of directors and other officers initially elected 
by said organizing meeting. Said certificate shall be filed not later 
than sixty days after the date of said organizing meeting. 
SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect immediately. 
Approved May 15, 1963.