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"Short title. 
liitPipn'ta 
t:«in 
clause. 
iliicorpora- 
lion of the 
Society. 
P<’al nivl 
personal 
properly to 
vest in Lhti 
I ’orpora- 
lion. 
J 'lrst iinf\ 
SecontI 
Sclietiulet. 
Kxeentive 
• iHicers 
of the t’or* 
poration. 
Kxistint: 
rules and 
regolations 
to remain 
in force. 
Ihc oUfects and pnij>')M of iho said S<x'ic1y. y\nd whrvcas for the more 
cfTeciual nuniaj^enieni of ilie affairs of the said Si»ciely and the ht^Uer tiiain- 
lenance care and font rol of the j)ro]KTly iKdh real anil jteivonal of the saiil 
S<K.'ielv it j<; desirahle that the said Society shonld lx* incorporated : he it 
Ihe ref*,!!-eipirled hy tin* (Jneen's Most M^celleiil Majesty ami In* and with 
the/iiU'ioi* and consent ••( thf- J.ejfisl.'ilive Council aiul iwfji^laltve Assembly 
of \‘ic1oria in tliis pr‘-‘^»*nl I'arlianieiil asscinbkd and by the authuriiy of the 
satiif Hs foll(»\vs that is to say - 
1, — 'i’his -Vrl niav for all purposes he cited as “ i he Xoological and 
Acclimatisation Society Ineorporation .Xct 1881.” 
2. —In this Act — 
Tile term *• Corporation “ means the /.oological and Acclimatisation 
SiKricty of Victoria by this Act inc</iporattd. 
The term “Connril" means the Council for the time being of the 
Cortioratioii. 
The term “building" means any bouse outhouse stable sheil cage 
fence nr other building or erection of any descritilion whatever 
standing or being or which may hereafter stand «^r lx* upon any 
land for the lime being held by or vested in tlie Corporation. 
:j. — All persons wlio are now or may hereafter btcoine members of the 
Soeictv or .Association of persons known as the Zoological and* Acclimatisa¬ 
tion Society of Victoria and hereinafter in this Act referred to as the *• said 
.Society" shall lx* a ImkIv ])olitic and cor|>oratc by the name of “The Zoo¬ 
logical and .\cclinialisatjon Society of Victoria" and shall by that name 
li.avc per^xAual sucession and shall adopt and have a cominon seal and v*>hall 
by the same name sue and be sued fdeJid and be impleaded answer and be 
answered unto in all coni Is and places whatsoever and shall have power to 
coinismnd or to prove in any competent court all ilchlsdue to the Cor|)ora- 
lion and sliall be capalile in law of taking purchasing and bolding all good.s 
chattels and jx-rsonal ])rotx*rty whatsoever and shall also he able and capable 
ill l.aw of taking jmrehasing and holding for jusdogical and acclimatisation 
pnqioscs lands uncnients and iKTediiaments of all kinds whatsoever and 
wheresoever situate and as regards such lands tenements and hereditaments 
not included in the Vii st and Second Schedules hereto shall have power and 
be c.atiable in law of selling^ exchanging granting demising lelling or other¬ 
wise di>postng of the fcamc or any part thereof. 
■1. — All real and jxrsonal property chattels and effects which at the time 
of the passing of this Act are lield by llie said .SiKiety or by any ixm miu or 
]X:rsons in trust for the same including the land described in the I'irst and 
Second Schedules hereto shall be and tlic same arc hereby transferred toand 
Vested in the Corporation for the purpose of this .Act but ooiwithstinding 
.such transfer the lands described in the said .scluslules of this .Act shall he 
liehl upon and subject to the .same trustsliinitationsand restrictions as those 
to which the lands described in the Tirsl Schedule arc now subject. 
5. — The Corporation shall be governed by a Council of twelve nieuibers 
to incUidc a President two Vice-Presidents and an Honorarx* 'rreasurcr. 
Nine of the incmlx*rs of the said Council shall be elected by the ineiulxfrs of 
the Corporation. Three of the members of the said Council shall Ixr ap- 
pointeil by the Governor in Council. The time of election term of office 
resignation and all matters relating to the office of the elected mcmliers of 
the Council shall subject to the provisions of this Act lx? provided for by the 
regulations of the Corjxiration made as hereinafter provided but no elected 
or appointed iiieniber shall hold office for a longer )x?iiod than three years, 
but snail be eligible for re-election. The members of the Couiieilof the said 
Society acting ns such at the time of the passing of this .Act shall lx? the 
Council of the Ci^r^ioratioii until the annual inecling of the mctnhervS of the 
Coqioralion which shall lx? held in the month of I'ebruarj' One thousand 
eight hundred and cighty-five. 
6. — ^All rules and regulations of the said Society in force at the time of 
the passing of this Act shall be and be deemed to dc rulc.s and regula¬ 
tions of the Corporation until the same arc repealed by regulations made in 
pursuance of the provisions of this Act, 
