tljo objects and ])urposes of the said Sociely. And whereas for the more 
effectual inanapfciiieiit of the affairs of the sai<l S«>ciely and tlie lK*tter main¬ 
tenance care and control of tlie property luali real and personal of the said 
vSociely it is desirable that the said Society should he incon>^» 'il^^'‘^ = it 
therefore enacted by the Qiiecirs Most l^xcellenl Majesty and by and \%ntli 
the advice and consent of the bcKislalive Ccnincil and lAfJislalivt' .Vssembly 
t»f \‘iclorm in this present I'arliamenl assembled and by the authority of the 
same as follows that is to say— 
Short title. 
Interpreta¬ 
tion 
clause. 
This Act may for all purposes be cited as 
Accliinalisation Society Incorporation .Xcl 18S1.” 
The ZooUjpical and 
Incorpora 
2. —Tn this Act— 
The term Corporation ’* means the ZooloKical and AccbniaUsation 
Society of Victoria by this Ad incoqiorated. 
The term **Council” means the Council for tlic lime bciiiK of the 
Cori)(»ralion. 
The term “buildinjf” means any house outhouse stable shed cat^e 
fence or other buihliiiK erection of any descri])licjn wlmte\a r 
statulin^j or beinif or which may hereafter stand or be ujym any 
laml for the lime iK-itiK held by or vested in the CoipMaLion, 
3. —.‘Ml persons who 
o are now or may hereafter Income memlnTs of the 
of persons known as the Zoological and Actdimatis;u 
Roal and 
jiersonal 
)>roperty to 
vest in the 
('orpora- 
tion. 
_of the Society or Association of pcrsoi 
Society, lion Society of Victoria and hereinafter in this Act referred to as ilu* “ said 
S^icicty'* shall be a laxly politic and corporate by the name of‘‘The Zoo¬ 
logical and Acclimatisation Society' of Victoria” and shall by that name 
have i>eriK*ttial sucession and shall adopt and have a common seal and shall 
itv the same name sue and be sued plead and be impleaded answer and be 
answered unto in all courts and places whatsoever and shall have power tt» 
compjiund or to prove in any competent court all debts due to the Corp<)ra- 
lion and shall be capable in law of Uiking purchasing and bidding all goods 
chattels and jiersonal property whatsoever and .shall also Ik* able :uid ea]>abhi 
in law of taking purchasing and bidding for zotd(»gical and acclimalisaticni 
]>nr])oses lands tenements and hereditaments ijf all kinds whalsiK*ver ainl 
where.soever situate and as regards such lands tenements and luTetliiameius 
mU included in the hirst and Second Schedules luretci .shall have pi»werand 
he ixipable in law of selling exchanging granting demising letting or other¬ 
wise disjiosing of the .same or any part tliereof. 
■I.—All real and |)ersonal property chattels and erTccts which at tlic Iiitk* 
of the passing i>f this Act are held by the .said Society or by any ihtsoh 
persons in trust for the .same including the land described in the hirst and 
Sccimd Sche<lules hereto shall be and the same are hereby transferred to and 
vested in the Corporation for the purpose of this .\ct but tioiwiib.siandinjr 
such transfer the lands descrilx-M in the said .schedules of this Act shall lx* 
held upon and subject to the same tru-stsliiniUilionsatul resirictionsas those 
to which the lands describerl in the Tir.st Schedule are now subject. 
fi.—The Corporation shall be govcrnc<l by a Council of twelve members 
to include a President two Vice-Preshlenls and an Honorary Treasurer. 
Nine i>f the menil>ers of the said Council shall l>e elected by the members of 
the Coq>oration. Three of the mctnliers <.»f the said Council shall lx., 
]K»iuted by the Governor in Council. The lime of election term of office 
resignation and all matters relating to the office of the elected members of 
the Council .shall subject to the provisions of this Act lx? provided for bv ibe 
regulation.s of the Corp<5ratiou made as hcreinafier provided but no elected 
or appointed mcmlx^r .shall hold office for a longer i>eri<Kl than three vears 
but shall be eligible for re-election. The nietnhevs of the Council of tiro said 
Sociely acting as sucli at the lime of the pa.ssing of this Act shall be the 
Council of the Coqxiration until the annual meeting of tlie members of tbe 
Corporation which shall be held in the month of Pcbinar>' One thousand 
eight hundred and eighty-five. 
on,i 6.—All rules and regulations of the said Society in force at the time oT 
reculaUons passing of this Act shall be and be deemed to be rules and re^njln 
m remain of the Corporation until the same are repealed by regulations nuule in 
in force, pursuance of the provisions of this Act. 
First and 
S<‘Cond 
Schedules. 
Kxecutive 
nflicers 
of the Cor 
poration. 
Existing 
rules and 
