CHARTER 



OF THE 



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CHAPTER 435. 



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. 



Accepted by the city. Became a law April 26, 1895, with the approval 

 of the Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present. 



The People of the State of New York, represented hi Senate and 

 Assembly, do enact as follows: 



Section i. 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, Frederic W. De Voe, J. Seaver Page, 

 Rush C. Hawkins, 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 Shonnard, William W. Thompson, Alexander Hadden, Edward 

 L. Owen, John H. Starin, Rush S. Huidekoper, 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 mem- 

 bers 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 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 corporation may collect, hold, and expend funds for 

 zoological research and publication, 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 ex- 

 change animals, plants, and specimens appropriate to the objects for which 

 it was created. 



