Short title. 
Interpreta¬ 
tion clause. 
Incorpora¬ 
tion of the 
Society. 
Real and 
personal 
property to 
vest in ilic 
Corpora¬ 
tion. 
I'irst and 
Second 
Schedules. 
Executive 
officers 
of the Cor- 
poi ation. 
re.'^eived tincltM’ tho provisions of " Thf J^nul Act unto niul to tlie 
uso of tlii* said Zoological and Acclimatisation Society for tli<* purposes 
heroiubofon* sot forth. And whereas the -aid S<>cicty has oxpendod 
considorahlo sums of mom»y in improving tlio said lauds and in furthering 
and promoting the objects and purpo-es ot the said Society. And whereas 
for tile more effectual niaiiageinent ol tlie affairs of the said Society and 
the better niaintenanct' care and control of the property noth real and 
i)ersonal of tlie said Society it is de^irabh* that the said Society should b<* 
incorporated: Be it therefore enacted by the Quecui s >lost hxeellent 
Majesty and by and with the advice and cons(*nt of the Legislative 
Council aiui Legislative A-.senihly of Victoria in this present Parliament 
assembled and by the authority of the -ame as follow- (tliat is to -ay) — 
1. This Act may for all ])urpos(*s !>*» cited a- ”1110 Zoological atid 
Acclimatisation Society Incori>oration Act 1884.*’ 
'2. In thi'^ Act — , . , , * i- . 
'I'ho term “ Coi porat ionmeans the Zoological and Acclimatisa¬ 
tion Society of Victoria by this Act incorporated. 
The term ‘■Council” means tlie Council for the time being of 
the Corporation. 
Tiio term ** hiiilding’’ means any house outhouse stable shed 
cag(' fence or ether building or erection of any descrip¬ 
tion whatever standing or being or which luay lu*reafter 
stand or be upon any land for the time being ludd by or 
nested in tlie Corporation. 
3. All persons who are now or may hiTeaftc'r become members of 
tlie Society or Association of pc'rsons known as tin* Zoological and 
Acclimatisation Society of Victoria and hereinafter in tliis Act referred 
to as the “said Society” shall be a body politic atul corporate by the 
name of “The Zoological and Acclimatisation Society oi Victoria” and 
shall by tliat name liave perpetual succession and shall adoiit and have 
a common seal and shall bv the same nami» sue and be sued pUsid 
and he impleaded answer and he answered iiiilo in all courts and places 
whatsoever and -hall have power to compound or to prove in any com¬ 
petent court all debts duo to the Corporation and shall he capable in 
law of taking purchasing and holding all goials chattel- and personal 
property whatsoever and shall also he able and capable in law of taking 
purcliusing and holding for zoological and acclimatisation purposes 
lauds tenements and herodilunients of all kinds whatsoever and where- 
soeviM situate and as regardv such lands tenements and luTedit aments 
not included in the First and Second Sclu-dules hereto shall liave power 
and he capable in law of stOIing exehangiiig granting demising letting 
or otherwi-t' disposing ol the same or any part thereof. 
4. All real and personal property chattels and effects which at the 
time of the pa.s.sing of this Act are held by tlie said Society or by any 
jauNvin or persons in trust for tlie same including the land described in 
tlie First and Second Schedules hereto shall be and the same are hereby 
transfto-red to and vested in the Corporation for the purposes of tlii^ 
Act hut notwithstanding sucli transfer tlu* lands described in the said 
seliodnh'S of this Act shall h(» held upon and subject to tlic sumo trusts 
limitations and restriction- as those to which the lands decribod in the 
First Schedule are now subject. 
.■». The Corporation sliall ho governed by a Council of twelve 
niombms 1o mclude a President two Vice-Presidents and an Honorary 
Treasurer. Nine of the members of the said (Vmnei! sliull he elected b.V 
the members of the Coriiorntion. Throt* of the members of the said 
Council shall he appointed by the Governor in Council. The time 
election term of oflice resignation and all matters relating to the office 
of the elected members of the Council shall snliject to the nrovisions of 
tliis Act Im' provided for by the regulntion.s of tlie Corporation made 
