CHARTER 



OF THE 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

 CHAPTER 43.), LAWS OF 189j. 



AN ACT to incorporate the New York /oologk-al Society and to ))rovide for the 

 establishment of a zoological garden in the city of New York. 

 As amended by Chai)tcr UG of the Laws of IfKVJ; and liv Cliapter 310 of the 



Laws of 1910. 

 See Chapter 433 of the Laws of 1900. 

 See Chapter of the City of New York, Scclon G26 of the Laws of 1901. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senile <ni(l ^luseinblij, 

 do enact as follows: 



Sectiox 1. Charles A. Dana, Oswald Ottendorfer, Andrew 1 1. Green, William 

 H. Webb, Henry H. Cook, Samuel 1). Babcock, Charles R. Miller, George G. 

 Haven, J. Hampden Robb, Frederick W. DeVoe, J. Seaver Page, Rush C. Haw- 

 kins, David James King, Wager Swayne, Charles A. Peabody, Jr., Charles E. 

 Whitehead, Charles R. Flint, Samuel Parsons, Jr., Mornay Williams, Henry E. 

 Gregory, Isaac W^. Maclay, Isaac Rosenwald, Hugh N. Camp, Andrew D. Parker, 

 Cornelius Van Cott, William F. Havemeyer, Frederick Shoniiard, Willi.im W. 

 Thompson, Alexander Hadden, Edward I>. Owen, John II. Starin, Rush S. Huide- 

 kojier, William W. Goodrich, Albert H. Gallatin, Frederick S. Church, Edward 

 C. Spitzka, Robert L. Niles, Madison Grant, C. Grant La Farge, William Van 

 Valkenburg, and such other persons as may, under the provisions of its by-laws, 

 become members of the corporation hereby created, are hereby created a body 

 corporate and politic, by and under the name of the New York Zoological Society. 



Sec. 2. Said corporation shall have power to estal)lish, maintain and control 

 zoological parks, gardens, or other collections for the j)romotion of zoology and 

 kindred subjects, and for the instruction and recreation of the peo])le. Said cor- 

 poration may collect, hold, and expend funds for zoological research and publica- 

 tion, for the protection of wild animal life, and for kindred jiurposes, and may 

 promote, form, and co-operate witii other associations with similar ])urposes, and 

 may purchase, sell, or exchange animals, plants, and sjieciniens approjiriate to the 

 objects for which it was created. 



Sec. 3. The managers of said corjxjration shall lia\e power to make- and 

 adopt by-laws for the management and government of its affairs and business, 

 for the admission, suspension, and expulsion of its members, and for the terms 

 and conditions of membership; to prescribe the nimiber and mode of election of 

 its officers; to define their duties; to provide for the safe-keeping of its property, 

 and from time to time to alter and modify its by-laws. 



Sec. 4. The affairs and business of said corporation shall be managed and 

 controlled by a board of managers, the number of whom shall be prescribed by 

 the by-laws. The first board of managers shall l)e divided by lot into three 

 classes, equal in number, one of which classes shall hold office for one year, an- 

 other for two years, and the other for three years; and all persons elected to be 

 managers at any suljsequent election shall hold office for three years, and until 

 others are elected in their stead. There shall be a ]i resident, two vice-presidents, 

 treasurer and secretary, to be elected by the board of managers annually, who 

 shall hold office until others are elected in their stead. The first meeting imder 



