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§  50-ff.  Annual  and  special  corporate  meetings.  1.  The  annual  corporate meeting of every church  or  congregation  incorporated  under  this  article  shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws,  or if no time and place is so fixed, then at a  time  and  place  to  be  fixed  by its trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an  annual meeting; or if not otherwise fixed, such annual corporate meeting  shall be  held  on  the  date  said  certificate  of  incorporation  was  executed,  unless  the same fall due on a Sunday or legal holiday in any  year, in which case said annual corporate meeting shall be held the  day  following.    2. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by the  trustees  thereof,  on  their  own  motion,  and  shall be called on the  written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church.    3. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual  corporate meeting, and the names of any trustees whose successors are to  be elected thereat, and if a special meeting,  of  the  business  to  be  transacted  thereat,  to be publicly read by the minister of such church  or any of the trustees thereof at a regular meeting of  the  church  for  public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such  meeting.    4.  The annual corporate meeting shall be governed with respect to its  organization and election of laymen trustees, clerk of  the  corporation  and  qualifications of voters (except with respect to age qualifications  of voters as provided in section four-a) by the same provisions  as  set  forth in this article for the incorporation of said church, except, that  the duly ordained and regularly appointed rector or vicar shall preside,  or  if  there  be  a  vacancy  in  such office, one of the wardens shall  preside, the  congregation  in  such  case  voting  by  ballot  for  its  presiding officer.    5. The same provisions shall apply to a special corporate meeting.    6.  At  the  annual  corporate  meeting the trustees shall cause to be  prepared and read thereat a budget  giving  the  approximate  amount  of  money  needed  for the maintenance of worship, the administration of the  temporal affairs of the church and for the care  of  the  property,  and  such  other  regular  and  special  items  as  shall  be  brought to the  attention of the meeting, which budget shall be  discussed  and  decided  upon,  ratified  or  amended  by the said meeting by majority vote, with  ample provision made to raise such funds by whatever usages  the  church  shall elect.

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§  50-ff.  Annual  and  special  corporate  meetings.  1.  The  annual  corporate meeting of every church  or  congregation  incorporated  under  this  article  shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws,  or if no time and place is so fixed, then at a  time  and  place  to  be  fixed  by its trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an  annual meeting; or if not otherwise fixed, such annual corporate meeting  shall be  held  on  the  date  said  certificate  of  incorporation  was  executed,  unless  the same fall due on a Sunday or legal holiday in any  year, in which case said annual corporate meeting shall be held the  day  following.    2. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by the  trustees  thereof,  on  their  own  motion,  and  shall be called on the  written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church.    3. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual  corporate meeting, and the names of any trustees whose successors are to  be elected thereat, and if a special meeting,  of  the  business  to  be  transacted  thereat,  to be publicly read by the minister of such church  or any of the trustees thereof at a regular meeting of  the  church  for  public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such  meeting.    4.  The annual corporate meeting shall be governed with respect to its  organization and election of laymen trustees, clerk of  the  corporation  and  qualifications of voters (except with respect to age qualifications  of voters as provided in section four-a) by the same provisions  as  set  forth in this article for the incorporation of said church, except, that  the duly ordained and regularly appointed rector or vicar shall preside,  or  if  there  be  a  vacancy  in  such office, one of the wardens shall  preside, the  congregation  in  such  case  voting  by  ballot  for  its  presiding officer.    5. The same provisions shall apply to a special corporate meeting.    6.  At  the  annual  corporate  meeting the trustees shall cause to be  prepared and read thereat a budget  giving  the  approximate  amount  of  money  needed  for the maintenance of worship, the administration of the  temporal affairs of the church and for the care  of  the  property,  and  such  other  regular  and  special  items  as  shall  be  brought to the  attention of the meeting, which budget shall be  discussed  and  decided  upon,  ratified  or  amended  by the said meeting by majority vote, with  ample provision made to raise such funds by whatever usages  the  church  shall elect.

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Statutes > New-york > Rco > Article-3-b > 50-ff

§  50-ff.  Annual  and  special  corporate  meetings.  1.  The  annual  corporate meeting of every church  or  congregation  incorporated  under  this  article  shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws,  or if no time and place is so fixed, then at a  time  and  place  to  be  fixed  by its trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an  annual meeting; or if not otherwise fixed, such annual corporate meeting  shall be  held  on  the  date  said  certificate  of  incorporation  was  executed,  unless  the same fall due on a Sunday or legal holiday in any  year, in which case said annual corporate meeting shall be held the  day  following.    2. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by the  trustees  thereof,  on  their  own  motion,  and  shall be called on the  written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church.    3. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of its annual  corporate meeting, and the names of any trustees whose successors are to  be elected thereat, and if a special meeting,  of  the  business  to  be  transacted  thereat,  to be publicly read by the minister of such church  or any of the trustees thereof at a regular meeting of  the  church  for  public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such  meeting.    4.  The annual corporate meeting shall be governed with respect to its  organization and election of laymen trustees, clerk of  the  corporation  and  qualifications of voters (except with respect to age qualifications  of voters as provided in section four-a) by the same provisions  as  set  forth in this article for the incorporation of said church, except, that  the duly ordained and regularly appointed rector or vicar shall preside,  or  if  there  be  a  vacancy  in  such office, one of the wardens shall  preside, the  congregation  in  such  case  voting  by  ballot  for  its  presiding officer.    5. The same provisions shall apply to a special corporate meeting.    6.  At  the  annual  corporate  meeting the trustees shall cause to be  prepared and read thereat a budget  giving  the  approximate  amount  of  money  needed  for the maintenance of worship, the administration of the  temporal affairs of the church and for the care  of  the  property,  and  such  other  regular  and  special  items  as  shall  be  brought to the  attention of the meeting, which budget shall be  discussed  and  decided  upon,  ratified  or  amended  by the said meeting by majority vote, with  ample provision made to raise such funds by whatever usages  the  church  shall elect.