Short title. 
Interpreta¬ 
tion 
clause. 
Incorpora¬ 
tion of the 
Society. 
He ll and 
p( rfonal 
p^ojjcrty to 
vc.-t in the 
fiorpora- 
tion. 
F.rst and 
St'cond 
Schedules. 
l''..'C(‘Ciit ivc 
oflicerR 
of the (.’or- 
poratioii. 
Existing 
niles and 
rcgalaticni 
to remain 
in force. 
3S 
the obiccts and purpose.*; of the said Society. And whereas for the more 
effectual inanaifcmenl of the affairs of llie said Society and the 
tenance care and control of the property bolli real and jK-rsonal of the said 
Society it is de.^'irable that the s;itd Se»ciety should be incorporated : 
therefore enacletl by the Queen s Most Uxcellenl Majesty and by and with 
the fltlvicc and consent of the I.e^islalive Council and lA^tslative .As.seinbly 
of Victoria in this present rarliainenl assembled ami by tlie anthorit> ol tiie 
same as follows that is to say— 
j —Tliis Act may for all purposes be cited as "The Zoological and 
Acclimati.sjiiion Society Incorporation Act 1881." 
z.— in iiii?* vvci— ... 1.1- .• 
The term "Corporation ’* means the Zoological and Acclimatisation 
Society of X’ictoria by lliis Act inc«»j porate<l. 
The term "Council" means the Council for the time being of tlie 
C<»T])oration. 
The term “building" means anv house outhouse stable shed cage 
fence or other building or erection of any description whatever 
standing i>r being or which mav hereafter stand or be up()n any 
land for the time being held by or vested in the Corporation. 
3._All persons who arc now or may liereafter btcome memlK'rs of the 
Socic'lv or A‘*.sociation of pers»ins known as the Z<x>logical and Accliniati.sa- 
tion Siicictv of Victoria and hereinafter in this Act referred to as the "said 
Socirlv" shall be a body politic and corporate by the name of " The Zoo- 
logical and .Acclimatisation Sr>ciely (>f \ icloria * anrl shall by that name 
have penretnal sucessimi and sliall a<lopt and have a common seal and shall 
by the .same name sue and lie siicrl plead anil be impleaded ans\ver and be 
answered unto in all courts and places whatsoever and shall have power to 
comiKuiTul or to tirovc in anv compcTeiU court all debts due to the Corpora¬ 
tion and shall be capable in'law of taking purchasing ami holding all goods 
chattels and personal properly what.siK-ver and shall al.so 1>o able and capable 
in law ofiaking purchasing and holding for zoological and acclimatisation 
purposes laiuN ti nenients and lieredilamiMUs of all kinds whatswvcr and 
wheresoever .situate and as regards such lands lenements^nd hereditament.s 
not included in lire I'irst and S<*cond Srliedtih**' lui'elo shall have power and 
be caiwble in law of selling exchanging granting demising letting or other- 
wise ui.spo.'iing of the same or any pari llicreof. 
'1 —All real and personal propcitv chattels and effects which at the time 
of the imssing of this Act are held bv the said Society or by any pcr.son or 
persons in trust for the same including ibe laird de.scrilwd in the First and 
Second Schedules hereto shall be and the .same are hereby tr ansferred to and 
vested in the Cortwration for the purpose of this Act but notwithstanding 
such transfer the lands ilescribe^l in Ihe said schedules of this Act shall be 
held uiMm and .subject to the same tnistslimilaUon.sand restnclionsas those 
to which the lands described in the First Schedule are now subject. 
G.—The Cori»oralion shall be governed by a Council of twelve members 
to include a I’resideni two \*ice-l*residents and an Honorary ircasurcr. 
Nine of the members of the .said Council shall be elected by the members of 
the Corporation. Three of tlic members of the said Council .shall be ap¬ 
pointed by the Governor in Council. The lime i>f election term of office 
resignation and all matters relating to the oflice of the elecletl members of 
the Ci.uiicil shall .subject to tire provisions of this Act be provided for by the 
TcgulaiioiiH of the Corporation made as hereinafter jirovidcd but no elected 
or appointed inenilier shall ludd ofbee for a Umger period than Uircc years, 
but shall l>c eligible for re-election. The members of the Council of the said 
Society acting as such at the time of the iiassing of this Act .shall be the 
Council of the Corporation until the annual meeting <»f the members of the 
Corporation which shall be held in the month of February One thousand 
eight humlrr d and eighty-five. 
G.—All rules and regulations of the said Society in force at the time of 
the pas.sing of this Act shall be and be deemed to be rules and regula¬ 
tions of the Corporation until the same are repealed by regulation.s made iu 
pursuance of the provisions of this Act. 
