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§ 7-a. Consolidation.  Any two or more of the bodies enumerated in the  preceding section, having the  same  parent  governing  body,  organized  under  section two of this chapter may consolidate by taking such action  at any regular communication, convocation, encampment or  other  regular  meeting  thereof,  by  whatever  name known, held in accordance with the  constitution and general rules and regulations of the governing body  to  which it is subordinate, and in conformity to its own by-laws, and shall  thereupon proceed to effect such organization in the manner provided for  in  section  two, as if neither body had heretofore been organized under  its provisions. When the certificate required to be filed by  such  body  in  the  office  of  the secretary of state under the provisions of this  article shall be so filed such separate bodies  shall  thereupon  become  one  body,  and  all  the  temporalities,  and property, whether real or  personal,  now  vested  in  the  trustees  of  each  of  the  bodies  so  consolidated, in accordance with the provisions of section three of this  chapter  shall  be  vested  in  the  trustees  of the body formed by the  consolidation, which shall be subject to  all  the  liabilities  of  the  former  bodies  to  the  same  extent  as  if  such liabilities had been  contracted or incurred by it.

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Statutes > New-york > Bvo > Article-2 > 7-a

§ 7-a. Consolidation.  Any two or more of the bodies enumerated in the  preceding section, having the  same  parent  governing  body,  organized  under  section two of this chapter may consolidate by taking such action  at any regular communication, convocation, encampment or  other  regular  meeting  thereof,  by  whatever  name known, held in accordance with the  constitution and general rules and regulations of the governing body  to  which it is subordinate, and in conformity to its own by-laws, and shall  thereupon proceed to effect such organization in the manner provided for  in  section  two, as if neither body had heretofore been organized under  its provisions. When the certificate required to be filed by  such  body  in  the  office  of  the secretary of state under the provisions of this  article shall be so filed such separate bodies  shall  thereupon  become  one  body,  and  all  the  temporalities,  and property, whether real or  personal,  now  vested  in  the  trustees  of  each  of  the  bodies  so  consolidated, in accordance with the provisions of section three of this  chapter  shall  be  vested  in  the  trustees  of the body formed by the  consolidation, which shall be subject to  all  the  liabilities  of  the  former  bodies  to  the  same  extent  as  if  such liabilities had been  contracted or incurred by it.

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-york > Bvo > Article-2 > 7-a

§ 7-a. Consolidation.  Any two or more of the bodies enumerated in the  preceding section, having the  same  parent  governing  body,  organized  under  section two of this chapter may consolidate by taking such action  at any regular communication, convocation, encampment or  other  regular  meeting  thereof,  by  whatever  name known, held in accordance with the  constitution and general rules and regulations of the governing body  to  which it is subordinate, and in conformity to its own by-laws, and shall  thereupon proceed to effect such organization in the manner provided for  in  section  two, as if neither body had heretofore been organized under  its provisions. When the certificate required to be filed by  such  body  in  the  office  of  the secretary of state under the provisions of this  article shall be so filed such separate bodies  shall  thereupon  become  one  body,  and  all  the  temporalities,  and property, whether real or  personal,  now  vested  in  the  trustees  of  each  of  the  bodies  so  consolidated, in accordance with the provisions of section three of this  chapter  shall  be  vested  in  the  trustees  of the body formed by the  consolidation, which shall be subject to  all  the  liabilities  of  the  former  bodies  to  the  same  extent  as  if  such liabilities had been  contracted or incurred by it.