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may be contained therein, shall be free from all taxes and assessment^ 

 by the municipal authorities, or by the United States, so long as the 

 same shall be held and used for the purpose hereinbefore set forth. 

 (Stat, XVI, 139.) 



ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 June 21, 1870. 



Be it enacted, etc., That Henry D. Cooke, George W. Riggs, James 

 C. Kennedy, Spencer F. Baird, General O. O. Howard, T. W. Bart- 

 ley, Joseph Casey, Horace Capron, James C. McGuire, and George 

 Taylor, of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and their 

 associates and successors, be, and are hereby, incorporated and made 

 a body corporate, by the name of the Washington Zoological Society, 

 and 'by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in 

 any court of law or equity of competent jurisdiction, and be entitled to 

 use and exercise all the powers, rights, and privileges incident to such 

 corporations for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a zoologi- 

 cal garden in the city of Washington, and that they, the said corpora- 

 tors, may purchase or lease any real or personal estate required for the 

 purpose aforesaid; and after the said zoological garden shall be estab- 

 lished, the said company, for the purpose of paying the expenses of 

 the same, may charge and receive a fee for entry thereunto, not exceed- 

 ing twenty-five cents for each and every person over the age of twelve 

 years and ten cents for each and every person under said age: Pro- 

 vided, That said society shall, for at least one day in each and every 

 week, open said garden to all classes for a charge not exceeding ten 

 cents each. 



SEC. 2. Andbe it further enacted, That the said society may from time 

 to time import into this country from foreign countries, free of duty, 

 all birds and animals necessary for the establishment of said garden; 

 and in consideration thereof the said society shall do all in their power 

 to introduce valuable animals, poultry, and birds, and furnish the same 

 to persons or societies requiring the same at the least possible cost. 



SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said society be, and is 

 hereby, authorized to use, under the direction of the water register 

 [registrar] of the city of Washington, without charge, the Potomac 

 water for the purpose of hydrants, ponds, and fountains in said garden. 



SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, That the government, and direc- 

 tion of the said society shall be invested in said corporators; and that 

 they shall have full power to make and prescribe such by-laws, rules, 

 and regulations, as may become proper and necessary for the manage- 

 ment of the property and interests of said society not contrary to this 

 charter or the laws of the United States. 



SEC. 5. And be it further enacted, That Congress shall have the right 

 to amend, alter, or repeal this act at any time. 



(Stat., XVI, 157.) 



