CHARTER 



OF THE 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



CHAPTER 435, LAWS OF 1895. 



AN ACT to incorporate the New York Zoological Society and to provide for the 

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

 As amended by Chapter 146 of the Laws of 1902; and by Chapter 240 of the 



Laws of 1910. 

 See Chapter 432 of the Laws of 1900. 

 See Charter of the City of New York, Section 626 of the Laws of 1901. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 

 do enact as follows: 



Section 1. Charles A. Dana, Oswald Ottendorfer, Andrew H. Green, William 

 H. Webb, Henry H. Cook, Samuel D. 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 Yan Cott, William F, Havemeyer, Frederick Shonnard, William W. 

 Thomjison, Alexander Hadden, Edward L. Owen, Jolin H. Starin, Rush S. Huide- 

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

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

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

 become meml)ers of the corjioratiom hereby created, are herel)y 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 establish, maintain and control 

 zoological parks, gardens, or other collections for the promotion of zoology and 

 kindred subjects, and for the instruction and recreation of the people. Said cor- 

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

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

 promote, form, and co-operate with other associations with similar purposes, and 

 may purchase, sell, or exchange animals, plants, and specimens appropriate to the 

 objects for which it was created. 



Sec. 3. The managers of said corporation shall have 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 number 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 be 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 sulisequent election shall hold office for three years, and until 

 others are elected in their stead. There shall be a president, 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 under 



