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§  202.  Trusts for Shakers and Friends.  All deeds or declarations of  trust of real  or  personal  property,  executed  and  delivered  before  January first, eighteen hundred and thirty, or since May fifth, eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-nine, to any person in trust for any United Society  of Shakers, or heretofore  executed  and  delivered  to  any  person  or  persons in trust for any meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or  any of the purposes thereof, and the legal estates, interests and trusts  purported  to  be conveyed, created or declared thereby, shall be valid.  Trusts of real or personal property, for the  benefit  and  use  of  the  members  of  any  United  Society  of  Shakers, or of any meeting of the  Religious Society of Friends,  or  any  of  the  purposes  thereof,  may  hereafter  be  created,  according to the religious constitution of such  society of Shakers, or the regulations and rules of discipline  of  such  Society  of Friends.  Such deeds or declarations of trust, heretofore or  hereafter executed and delivered, shall vest in the trustees  the  legal  estates  and  interests purported to be conveyed or declared thereby, to  and for the uses and purposes declared therein; and such  legal  estates  and  trusts,  and  all  legal authority with which the original trustees  were vested by virtue of their appointment and conferred  powers,  shall  descend  to  their  successors  in office or trust, who may be chosen in  conformity to the constitution of such society,  or  the  directions  of  such meeting.  In case of the death of all the trustees of any trust for  the benefit of any meeting of the Religious Society of Friends or any of  the  purposes  thereof,  heretofore  appointed,  or who may be hereafter  appointed by virtue of this section, any  such  meeting  may  appoint  a  trustee  or  trustees in place of such person or persons, and the person  or persons thus appointed by such  meeting  shall  succeed  to,  and  be  invested  with,  all  the  powers,  rights  and duties conferred by this  section and the deed  or  declaration  of  trust  upon  the  trustee  or  trustees.  In  case  of the consolidation of two or more meetings of the  Religious Society of Friends into one meeting,  all  real  and  personal  property   held   in  trust  for  either  or  any  of  the  meetings  so  consolidated, or any of the  purposes  thereof,  shall  continue  to  be  vested   in   the  trustees  holding  the  same  at  the  time  of  such  consolidation, until their successors shall be chosen as above provided.  Such consolidated meeting shall have the same rights, powers and  duties  in  respect  to  such property, estates and trusts and in respect to the  appointment of such trustees and their successors  as  the  meetings  so  consolidated  or  either  of  them previously had. This section does not  impair or diminish the rights of  any  person,  meeting  or  association  claiming to be a meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, which such  person,  meeting,  or  association  claiming to be a meeting, had to any  real or personal property held in trust for the use and benefit  of  any  meeting  of such society, before the division of such society which took  place at the annual meeting held  in  the  city  of  New  York  in  May,  eighteen  hundred  and twenty-eight.   An incorporated or unincorporated  society or meeting of Shakers or the Religious Society  of  Friends  may  take  and  hold  property  of  the  value  or yearly income permitted by  statute to a corporation other than a stock corporation. No person shall  be a trustee at the same time of more than one  society  of  Shakers  or  meeting  of  Friends.  A  society of Shakers includes all persons of the  religious belief of the people called Shakers, resident within the  same  county.

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Statutes > New-york > Rco > Article-10 > 202

§  202.  Trusts for Shakers and Friends.  All deeds or declarations of  trust of real  or  personal  property,  executed  and  delivered  before  January first, eighteen hundred and thirty, or since May fifth, eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-nine, to any person in trust for any United Society  of Shakers, or heretofore  executed  and  delivered  to  any  person  or  persons in trust for any meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or  any of the purposes thereof, and the legal estates, interests and trusts  purported  to  be conveyed, created or declared thereby, shall be valid.  Trusts of real or personal property, for the  benefit  and  use  of  the  members  of  any  United  Society  of  Shakers, or of any meeting of the  Religious Society of Friends,  or  any  of  the  purposes  thereof,  may  hereafter  be  created,  according to the religious constitution of such  society of Shakers, or the regulations and rules of discipline  of  such  Society  of Friends.  Such deeds or declarations of trust, heretofore or  hereafter executed and delivered, shall vest in the trustees  the  legal  estates  and  interests purported to be conveyed or declared thereby, to  and for the uses and purposes declared therein; and such  legal  estates  and  trusts,  and  all  legal authority with which the original trustees  were vested by virtue of their appointment and conferred  powers,  shall  descend  to  their  successors  in office or trust, who may be chosen in  conformity to the constitution of such society,  or  the  directions  of  such meeting.  In case of the death of all the trustees of any trust for  the benefit of any meeting of the Religious Society of Friends or any of  the  purposes  thereof,  heretofore  appointed,  or who may be hereafter  appointed by virtue of this section, any  such  meeting  may  appoint  a  trustee  or  trustees in place of such person or persons, and the person  or persons thus appointed by such  meeting  shall  succeed  to,  and  be  invested  with,  all  the  powers,  rights  and duties conferred by this  section and the deed  or  declaration  of  trust  upon  the  trustee  or  trustees.  In  case  of the consolidation of two or more meetings of the  Religious Society of Friends into one meeting,  all  real  and  personal  property   held   in  trust  for  either  or  any  of  the  meetings  so  consolidated, or any of the  purposes  thereof,  shall  continue  to  be  vested   in   the  trustees  holding  the  same  at  the  time  of  such  consolidation, until their successors shall be chosen as above provided.  Such consolidated meeting shall have the same rights, powers and  duties  in  respect  to  such property, estates and trusts and in respect to the  appointment of such trustees and their successors  as  the  meetings  so  consolidated  or  either  of  them previously had. This section does not  impair or diminish the rights of  any  person,  meeting  or  association  claiming to be a meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, which such  person,  meeting,  or  association  claiming to be a meeting, had to any  real or personal property held in trust for the use and benefit  of  any  meeting  of such society, before the division of such society which took  place at the annual meeting held  in  the  city  of  New  York  in  May,  eighteen  hundred  and twenty-eight.   An incorporated or unincorporated  society or meeting of Shakers or the Religious Society  of  Friends  may  take  and  hold  property  of  the  value  or yearly income permitted by  statute to a corporation other than a stock corporation. No person shall  be a trustee at the same time of more than one  society  of  Shakers  or  meeting  of  Friends.  A  society of Shakers includes all persons of the  religious belief of the people called Shakers, resident within the  same  county.

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Statutes > New-york > Rco > Article-10 > 202

§  202.  Trusts for Shakers and Friends.  All deeds or declarations of  trust of real  or  personal  property,  executed  and  delivered  before  January first, eighteen hundred and thirty, or since May fifth, eighteen  hundred  and  thirty-nine, to any person in trust for any United Society  of Shakers, or heretofore  executed  and  delivered  to  any  person  or  persons in trust for any meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or  any of the purposes thereof, and the legal estates, interests and trusts  purported  to  be conveyed, created or declared thereby, shall be valid.  Trusts of real or personal property, for the  benefit  and  use  of  the  members  of  any  United  Society  of  Shakers, or of any meeting of the  Religious Society of Friends,  or  any  of  the  purposes  thereof,  may  hereafter  be  created,  according to the religious constitution of such  society of Shakers, or the regulations and rules of discipline  of  such  Society  of Friends.  Such deeds or declarations of trust, heretofore or  hereafter executed and delivered, shall vest in the trustees  the  legal  estates  and  interests purported to be conveyed or declared thereby, to  and for the uses and purposes declared therein; and such  legal  estates  and  trusts,  and  all  legal authority with which the original trustees  were vested by virtue of their appointment and conferred  powers,  shall  descend  to  their  successors  in office or trust, who may be chosen in  conformity to the constitution of such society,  or  the  directions  of  such meeting.  In case of the death of all the trustees of any trust for  the benefit of any meeting of the Religious Society of Friends or any of  the  purposes  thereof,  heretofore  appointed,  or who may be hereafter  appointed by virtue of this section, any  such  meeting  may  appoint  a  trustee  or  trustees in place of such person or persons, and the person  or persons thus appointed by such  meeting  shall  succeed  to,  and  be  invested  with,  all  the  powers,  rights  and duties conferred by this  section and the deed  or  declaration  of  trust  upon  the  trustee  or  trustees.  In  case  of the consolidation of two or more meetings of the  Religious Society of Friends into one meeting,  all  real  and  personal  property   held   in  trust  for  either  or  any  of  the  meetings  so  consolidated, or any of the  purposes  thereof,  shall  continue  to  be  vested   in   the  trustees  holding  the  same  at  the  time  of  such  consolidation, until their successors shall be chosen as above provided.  Such consolidated meeting shall have the same rights, powers and  duties  in  respect  to  such property, estates and trusts and in respect to the  appointment of such trustees and their successors  as  the  meetings  so  consolidated  or  either  of  them previously had. This section does not  impair or diminish the rights of  any  person,  meeting  or  association  claiming to be a meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, which such  person,  meeting,  or  association  claiming to be a meeting, had to any  real or personal property held in trust for the use and benefit  of  any  meeting  of such society, before the division of such society which took  place at the annual meeting held  in  the  city  of  New  York  in  May,  eighteen  hundred  and twenty-eight.   An incorporated or unincorporated  society or meeting of Shakers or the Religious Society  of  Friends  may  take  and  hold  property  of  the  value  or yearly income permitted by  statute to a corporation other than a stock corporation. No person shall  be a trustee at the same time of more than one  society  of  Shakers  or  meeting  of  Friends.  A  society of Shakers includes all persons of the  religious belief of the people called Shakers, resident within the  same  county.