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§  24.  Government  of  churches  incorporated prior to January first,  eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Any provision of this  chapter  shall  not  be  deemed to apply to any church incorporated under any general or  special law, prior to January first, eighteen hundred and  twenty-eight,  if  such  provision  is inconsistent with or in derogation of any of the  rights and privileges of such corporation as they existed under the  law  by  or  pursuant  to  which  such  corporation  was  formed, unless such  corporation subsequent to such date, shall have lawfully  reincorporated  under a law enacted since the first day of January, eighteen hundred and  twenty-eight,  or  unless  the  trustees  of  such corporation shall, by  resolution, determine that the provisions of this  chapter  applying  to  churches  of  the  same  denomination  and to the trustees thereof shall  apply to such church, and unless such resolution shall be  submitted  to  the  next  ensuing  annual  meeting  of  such  church, and ratified by a  majority of the  votes  of  the  qualified  voters  present  and  voting  thereon.  Notice  of the adoption of such resolution and of the proposed  submission thereof for ratification, shall be given with the  notice  of  such  annual  meeting, and in addition thereto, mailed to each member of  such church corporation at his last known post-office address, at  least  two  weeks  prior  to such annual meeting, and published once a week for  two successive weeks immediately preceding such meeting in a  newspaper,  if  any,  published  in the city, village or town in which the principal  place of worship of such corporation is  located,  and  otherwise  in  a  newspaper  published  in  an  adjoining  town.  If such resolution is so  ratified, the trustees of such church shall cause a certificate  setting  forth  a  copy of such resolution, its adoption by the board of trustees  and its due ratification by the members of such corporation, to be filed  in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal place of  worship of such corporation is located. Such county  clerk  shall  cause  such  certificate  to  be  recorded in the book in which certificates of  incorporation of religious corporations are  recorded  in  pursuance  of  law.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-york > Rco > Article-2 > 24

§  24.  Government  of  churches  incorporated prior to January first,  eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Any provision of this  chapter  shall  not  be  deemed to apply to any church incorporated under any general or  special law, prior to January first, eighteen hundred and  twenty-eight,  if  such  provision  is inconsistent with or in derogation of any of the  rights and privileges of such corporation as they existed under the  law  by  or  pursuant  to  which  such  corporation  was  formed, unless such  corporation subsequent to such date, shall have lawfully  reincorporated  under a law enacted since the first day of January, eighteen hundred and  twenty-eight,  or  unless  the  trustees  of  such corporation shall, by  resolution, determine that the provisions of this  chapter  applying  to  churches  of  the  same  denomination  and to the trustees thereof shall  apply to such church, and unless such resolution shall be  submitted  to  the  next  ensuing  annual  meeting  of  such  church, and ratified by a  majority of the  votes  of  the  qualified  voters  present  and  voting  thereon.  Notice  of the adoption of such resolution and of the proposed  submission thereof for ratification, shall be given with the  notice  of  such  annual  meeting, and in addition thereto, mailed to each member of  such church corporation at his last known post-office address, at  least  two  weeks  prior  to such annual meeting, and published once a week for  two successive weeks immediately preceding such meeting in a  newspaper,  if  any,  published  in the city, village or town in which the principal  place of worship of such corporation is  located,  and  otherwise  in  a  newspaper  published  in  an  adjoining  town.  If such resolution is so  ratified, the trustees of such church shall cause a certificate  setting  forth  a  copy of such resolution, its adoption by the board of trustees  and its due ratification by the members of such corporation, to be filed  in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal place of  worship of such corporation is located. Such county  clerk  shall  cause  such  certificate  to  be  recorded in the book in which certificates of  incorporation of religious corporations are  recorded  in  pursuance  of  law.

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > New-york > Rco > Article-2 > 24

§  24.  Government  of  churches  incorporated prior to January first,  eighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Any provision of this  chapter  shall  not  be  deemed to apply to any church incorporated under any general or  special law, prior to January first, eighteen hundred and  twenty-eight,  if  such  provision  is inconsistent with or in derogation of any of the  rights and privileges of such corporation as they existed under the  law  by  or  pursuant  to  which  such  corporation  was  formed, unless such  corporation subsequent to such date, shall have lawfully  reincorporated  under a law enacted since the first day of January, eighteen hundred and  twenty-eight,  or  unless  the  trustees  of  such corporation shall, by  resolution, determine that the provisions of this  chapter  applying  to  churches  of  the  same  denomination  and to the trustees thereof shall  apply to such church, and unless such resolution shall be  submitted  to  the  next  ensuing  annual  meeting  of  such  church, and ratified by a  majority of the  votes  of  the  qualified  voters  present  and  voting  thereon.  Notice  of the adoption of such resolution and of the proposed  submission thereof for ratification, shall be given with the  notice  of  such  annual  meeting, and in addition thereto, mailed to each member of  such church corporation at his last known post-office address, at  least  two  weeks  prior  to such annual meeting, and published once a week for  two successive weeks immediately preceding such meeting in a  newspaper,  if  any,  published  in the city, village or town in which the principal  place of worship of such corporation is  located,  and  otherwise  in  a  newspaper  published  in  an  adjoining  town.  If such resolution is so  ratified, the trustees of such church shall cause a certificate  setting  forth  a  copy of such resolution, its adoption by the board of trustees  and its due ratification by the members of such corporation, to be filed  in the office of the clerk of the county in which the principal place of  worship of such corporation is located. Such county  clerk  shall  cause  such  certificate  to  be  recorded in the book in which certificates of  incorporation of religious corporations are  recorded  in  pursuance  of  law.