17-1713b.   Same; what society deemed extinct.That any colored Baptist church or colored Baptist religious society inthis state which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship orservices or to use its property for religious worship or services accordingto the tenets, usages, and customs of Baptist churches in this state forthe space of two consecutive years immediately prior thereto, or whosemembership has so diminished in numbers or financial strength as to renderit impossible or impracticable for such church or society to maintainreligious worship or services, or to protect its property from exposure towaste and dilapidation, or to fulfill the purpose for which it wasincorporated, shall be deemed and taken to be extinct, and may by an orderof the district court of the county in which such society has beentheretofore situated be so declared, and thereupon dissolved, and theproperty of such church or society, or property which may be held in trustfor such church or society, be transferred to, and the title and possessionthereof vested in the said the missionary Baptist state convention ofKansas.

      History:   L. 1939, ch. 160, § 2; June 30.