CHARTER 



NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



CIlAriKR V.i.-,, LAWS OF 189). 



AN ACT to iiic()rj)()rate the New York Zoolooicil Society and to jirovide for the 

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



As amended by Chajiter MG of tiie Laws of 1<)02; and by Chapter 21:0 of the 

 Laws of iOlO. 



See Chapter 432 of the Laws of 1000. 



See Chapter of the city of New York, Section (52(5 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 AV. 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 Shonnard, William W. 

 Thompson, Alexander Hadden, Edward L. Owen, John 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, AVilliam 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 bodj' 

 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 funds 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 admissiort, suspension, and expulsion of its members, and for the terms 

 and conditions of membership; to prescrilie 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. 



