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§ 293. Provisions governing meetings for incorporation and resolutions  to  be  adopted  thereat.  1.  At the meeting for incorporation, held in  pursuance of such notice, qualified  voters  shall  be  those  qualified  under  the  by-laws of such unincorporated church, congregation, parish,  society or committee, or in the absence of  such  by-laws,  the  persons  qualified  to  vote  in parish meetings in accordance with the rules and  regulations or general usages of that jurisdiction of the Orthodox Greek  Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church to which the proposed corporation  is  to adhere.    2. The meeting shall be called to order by the priest in charge of the  parish,  congregation,  society, or committee or, in his absence, by one  of the signers of the notice and shall elect  the  customarily  required  officers  to  conduct  the  meeting.  In order to incorporate under this  article the meeting shall adopt the following resolution by  a  majority  of its qualified voters, present and voting, to wit:    WHEREAS, this (congregation, parish, church, society or committee) was  founded  and established, and thereby a permanent trust was created, for  the purpose  and  intent  of  adhering  to,  maintaining  and  promoting  religious  worship  and  teaching  according to the communion, doctrine,  discipline, rite, canon law, traditions and usages of the Orthodox Greek  Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church; and    WHEREAS, such purpose and intent and the trust thereby created can  be  fully  effected  and  safeguarded  only in complete canonical unity with  Orthodox jurisdictions and  in  obedience  to  Orthodox  Greek  Catholic  bishops  acknowledged  and  certified  by  the  Federated Orthodox Greek  Catholic Primary Jurisdictions in America; and    WHEREAS, the signers hereof are the trustees, duly elected as such  at  a  meeting  duly  held  on  the ............. day of ........ , nineteen  hundred ..... , in accordance with  article  fifteen  of  the  religious  corporations law; and    WHEREAS,  by  a  majority  vote  the  said  meeting  has determined to  incorporate under said article as a (parish, society  or  committee)  of  the  Orthodox Greek Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church under the name of  ............................. (here give the  corporate  name  by  which  such church, society or committee is to be known); and    WHEREAS, permission and sanction for such incorporation has been given  and  certified  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of said article by  .............................  (here  name  the  appropriate   hierarch,  bishop  or  administrator)  to  whose  jurisdiction  and  authority this  corporation shall adhere,    Therefore it is hereby    RESOLVED,  that  this  (congregation,  parish,  church,   society   or  committee)  shall  become and remain an incorporated (parish, society or  committee) of the aforesaid jurisdiction in  full  unity  of  communion,  faith  and discipline with the Federated Orthodox Greek Catholic Primary  Jurisdictions in America.

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Statutes > New-york > Rco > Article-15 > 293

§ 293. Provisions governing meetings for incorporation and resolutions  to  be  adopted  thereat.  1.  At the meeting for incorporation, held in  pursuance of such notice, qualified  voters  shall  be  those  qualified  under  the  by-laws of such unincorporated church, congregation, parish,  society or committee, or in the absence of  such  by-laws,  the  persons  qualified  to  vote  in parish meetings in accordance with the rules and  regulations or general usages of that jurisdiction of the Orthodox Greek  Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church to which the proposed corporation  is  to adhere.    2. The meeting shall be called to order by the priest in charge of the  parish,  congregation,  society, or committee or, in his absence, by one  of the signers of the notice and shall elect  the  customarily  required  officers  to  conduct  the  meeting.  In order to incorporate under this  article the meeting shall adopt the following resolution by  a  majority  of its qualified voters, present and voting, to wit:    WHEREAS, this (congregation, parish, church, society or committee) was  founded  and established, and thereby a permanent trust was created, for  the purpose  and  intent  of  adhering  to,  maintaining  and  promoting  religious  worship  and  teaching  according to the communion, doctrine,  discipline, rite, canon law, traditions and usages of the Orthodox Greek  Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church; and    WHEREAS, such purpose and intent and the trust thereby created can  be  fully  effected  and  safeguarded  only in complete canonical unity with  Orthodox jurisdictions and  in  obedience  to  Orthodox  Greek  Catholic  bishops  acknowledged  and  certified  by  the  Federated Orthodox Greek  Catholic Primary Jurisdictions in America; and    WHEREAS, the signers hereof are the trustees, duly elected as such  at  a  meeting  duly  held  on  the ............. day of ........ , nineteen  hundred ..... , in accordance with  article  fifteen  of  the  religious  corporations law; and    WHEREAS,  by  a  majority  vote  the  said  meeting  has determined to  incorporate under said article as a (parish, society  or  committee)  of  the  Orthodox Greek Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church under the name of  ............................. (here give the  corporate  name  by  which  such church, society or committee is to be known); and    WHEREAS, permission and sanction for such incorporation has been given  and  certified  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of said article by  .............................  (here  name  the  appropriate   hierarch,  bishop  or  administrator)  to  whose  jurisdiction  and  authority this  corporation shall adhere,    Therefore it is hereby    RESOLVED,  that  this  (congregation,  parish,  church,   society   or  committee)  shall  become and remain an incorporated (parish, society or  committee) of the aforesaid jurisdiction in  full  unity  of  communion,  faith  and discipline with the Federated Orthodox Greek Catholic Primary  Jurisdictions in America.

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Statutes > New-york > Rco > Article-15 > 293

§ 293. Provisions governing meetings for incorporation and resolutions  to  be  adopted  thereat.  1.  At the meeting for incorporation, held in  pursuance of such notice, qualified  voters  shall  be  those  qualified  under  the  by-laws of such unincorporated church, congregation, parish,  society or committee, or in the absence of  such  by-laws,  the  persons  qualified  to  vote  in parish meetings in accordance with the rules and  regulations or general usages of that jurisdiction of the Orthodox Greek  Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church to which the proposed corporation  is  to adhere.    2. The meeting shall be called to order by the priest in charge of the  parish,  congregation,  society, or committee or, in his absence, by one  of the signers of the notice and shall elect  the  customarily  required  officers  to  conduct  the  meeting.  In order to incorporate under this  article the meeting shall adopt the following resolution by  a  majority  of its qualified voters, present and voting, to wit:    WHEREAS, this (congregation, parish, church, society or committee) was  founded  and established, and thereby a permanent trust was created, for  the purpose  and  intent  of  adhering  to,  maintaining  and  promoting  religious  worship  and  teaching  according to the communion, doctrine,  discipline, rite, canon law, traditions and usages of the Orthodox Greek  Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church; and    WHEREAS, such purpose and intent and the trust thereby created can  be  fully  effected  and  safeguarded  only in complete canonical unity with  Orthodox jurisdictions and  in  obedience  to  Orthodox  Greek  Catholic  bishops  acknowledged  and  certified  by  the  Federated Orthodox Greek  Catholic Primary Jurisdictions in America; and    WHEREAS, the signers hereof are the trustees, duly elected as such  at  a  meeting  duly  held  on  the ............. day of ........ , nineteen  hundred ..... , in accordance with  article  fifteen  of  the  religious  corporations law; and    WHEREAS,  by  a  majority  vote  the  said  meeting  has determined to  incorporate under said article as a (parish, society  or  committee)  of  the  Orthodox Greek Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church under the name of  ............................. (here give the  corporate  name  by  which  such church, society or committee is to be known); and    WHEREAS, permission and sanction for such incorporation has been given  and  certified  in  accordance  with  the  provisions of said article by  .............................  (here  name  the  appropriate   hierarch,  bishop  or  administrator)  to  whose  jurisdiction  and  authority this  corporation shall adhere,    Therefore it is hereby    RESOLVED,  that  this  (congregation,  parish,  church,   society   or  committee)  shall  become and remain an incorporated (parish, society or  committee) of the aforesaid jurisdiction in  full  unity  of  communion,  faith  and discipline with the Federated Orthodox Greek Catholic Primary  Jurisdictions in America.