NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE ACT. 



The following Act reconstituting ihe Institute was passed by Par- 

 liament : — 



1903, No. 48. 



An Act to reconstitute the New Zealand Institute. 



[18th November, 1903. 



"Whereas it is desirable to reconstitute the New Zealand Institute with 

 a view lo connecting it more closely with the affiliated institutions : 



Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly of New Zealand in 

 Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : — 



1. The Short Title of this Act is "The New Zealand Institute Act, 

 1903." 



2. "The New Zealand Institute Act, 1867," is hereby repealed. 



3. (1.) The body hitherto known as the New Zealand Institute (here- 

 inafter referred to as "the Institute") shall consist of the Auckland 

 Institute, the Wellington Philosophical Society, the Philosophical Insti- 

 tute of Canterbury, the Otago Institute, the Hawke's Bay Philosophical 

 Institute, the Nelson Institute, the Westland Institute, the Southland 

 Institute, and such others as may hereafter be incorporated in accordance 

 with regulations to be made by the Board of Governors as hereinafter 

 mentioned. 



(2.) Members of the above - named incorporated societies shall be 

 ijjso facto members of the Institute. 



4. The control and management of the Institute shall be in the hands 

 of a Board of Governors, constituted as follows : — 



The Governor ; 



The Colonial Secretary ; 



Four members to be appointed by the Governor in Council during 



the month of December, one thousand nine hundred and three, 



and two members to be similarly appointed during the month 



of December in every succeeding year ; 

 Two members to be appointed by each of the incorporated societies 



at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin during the 



month of December in each alternate year ; 

 One member to be appointed by each of the otlier incorporated 



societies during the month of December in each alternate year. 



5. (1.) Of the members appointed by the Governor in Council two 

 shall retire annually on the appointment of their successors ; the first two 

 members to retire shall be decided by lot, and thereafter the two mem- 

 bers longest in office without reappointment shall retire. 



(2.) Subject to the provisions of the last preceding subsection, the 

 appointed members of the Board shall hold office until the appointment 

 of their successors. 



6. The Board of Governors as above constituted shall be a body cor- 

 porate, by the name of the " New Zealand Institute," and by that name 

 they shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and may sue 

 and be sued, and shall have power and authority to take, purchase, and 

 bold lands for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. 



