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Short title. 
Interpreta¬ 
tion clause. 
Incorpora¬ 
tion of the 
Society. 
Real and 
personal 
property to 
vest In the 
Corpora¬ 
tion. 
First and 
Second 
Schedules. 
Ezecitlve 
officers 
of the Cor¬ 
poration. 
successors to re-enter uj)on the said land or any p^trt there«»f and to hold 
possession and enjoy the same as fully and eft'ectually to all inlerits and purposes 
as if this K^ant had not been made. And whereas a certain piece or parcel of 
Crown land situate at Cemhrook in the said colony particularly described in 
the "econd Schedule to this Act was and is permanently reserved under the 
provisions of “ The Laud Act fSW" unto and to the use of the said Zoological 
and Acclimatisation Society for the purposes hereinbefore set forth. And 
whereas the said -ociety has expended considerable sums of money in improving 
the said lands and in furthering an<I promoting the f>bjects and purposes of 
the said .Six:ietv. And whereas for the more elTectual management of the affairs 
of the said .Society and the l>etter maintenance care and control of the property 
both real and p)ersonal of the said Society it is desirable that the said Society 
should be incorporated ; He it therefore enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent 
Majesty and by and with the advice and consent of the l.egislaiive Council and 
I.egislative .Vssembly of Victoria in this present l^arliameni assembled and by 
the authority of the same as follows (that is to say)— 
1. This .\ct may for all purposes be cited as "The Zoological and 
Acclimatisation s^ociety Incorporation .\ct iS8.j.” i 
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2. In this Act— ' 
The term "Corporation" means the Zoological and Acclimatisation j 
Society of V'ictoria by this .*\ct incorporated. j 
Tfie term " Council " means the Council for the time being of the ! 
Corporation. i 
The term " building " means any house outhouse stable shed cage fence 
or other building or erection of anv description whatever standing or ! 
l>eing or which may hereafter stand or 1^ upon any land for the [ 
time being held by or vested in the Corporation. 
J. All persons who are now or may hereafter become members of the ^ 
Society or Association of persons known as the Zoological and Acclimatisation ' 
Society of Victoria and hereinafter in this Act referred to as the " said Society 
shall l>e a body politic and corjx>rate by the name of "The Zoological and 
Acclimatisation Society of Victoria" and shall by that name have perjjetual | 
succession and shall adopt and have a common seal and shall by the same name 
sue and l)e sued plead and l>e impleaded answer and be answered unto in all 
courts and places whatsoever and shall have jwwer to compound or to prove in 
any competent court all debts due to the Corporation and shall be cap)able in law 
of taking purcha.sing and holding all goods chattels and personal property 
whateoever and shall also I>e able and capable in law of taking purchasing and 
holding for zoological and acclimatisation purposes lands tenements and 
hereditaments of all kinds wh-aisoever and wheresoever situate and as regards 
such lands tenements and hereditaments not included in the First and Second 
Schedules hereto shall have power and be capable in law of selling exchanging . 
granting demising letting or otherwise disposing of the same or any part 
thereof. ' 
4- All real and personal property chattels and effects which at the time of ^ 
the passing of this Act are held by the said Society or by any person or persons ; 
in trust for the same including the land described in the First and Second ' 
Schedules .hereto shall be and the same are hereby transferred to and vested 
in the Corporation for the purposes of this Act but notwithstanding such 
transfer the lands described in the said schedules of this Act shall be held upon ! 
and subject to the same trusts limitations and restrictions as those to which the ' 
lands described in the First Schedule are now subject. i 
5. The Corporation shall t>e governed by a Council of twelve members to I 
include a President two Vice-Presidents and an Honorary Treasurer. Nine of ■ 
the members of the said Council shall be elected by the members of the ' 
