Title 16, Title 16: CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS

16:13-13. Sections inapplicable to Reformed churches The provisions of sections 16:1-1, 16:1-2, 16:1-9, 16:1-13, 16:1-14, 16:1-15 and 16:1-16 of this title shall not be construed to extend to or affect the Reformed churches of this state.

16:13-14. Extinct church or religious society; vesting of property; reversionary interests All real and personal property belonging to or held in trust for any Reformed church in America or any Reformed religious society in America that has or shall become extinct shall vest in a…

16:13-15. Extinct church or religious society defined; dissolution; transfer of property Any Reformed church in America or Reformed religious society in America, in this State, which has ceased or failed to maintain religious worship or services, or to use its property for religi…

16:13-16. Action for dissolution Such an action may be brought by any member or officer of such classis having ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the same, when duly authorized by the classis. If necessary or proper so to do, for any of the causes mentioned in section 16:13-15 of t…

16:13-17. Management or sale of property by classis Such classis may manage, sell or otherwise freely dispose of such property and apply the proceeds of any sale, in such manner as to it may seem best for religious uses and purposes within the territory over which it has ecclesia…

16:13-2. Powers; execution of deeds Such trustees shall have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this title, except that no deed or instrument of conveyance of real estate shall be good and effectual unless it is sealed with the common seal and signed by a majority of …

16:13-3. Succession of trustees; tenure; decision of disputes Every minister, elder or deacon shall continue in office as such trustee until another person shall be duly elected, appointed or called in his stead, according to the manner, usages and customs of the Reformed Church.…

16:13-4. President; corporate meetings The president of such corporation shall be the person who is, according to the usage and custom of the Reformed Church, ordinarily to preside at the meeting of the ministers, elders and deacons of such congregation. He may convene the corpor…

16:13-5. Minutes; seal; records The corporation may, from time to time, appoint a fit person belonging to such congregation, who shall keep the minutes, and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation, in a book to be kept for that purpose, have custody of the commo…

16:13-6. Access to corporate records Every person of the congregation who regularly contributes to the support of the gospel in the congregation, shall have free access to all the papers, deeds, writings, minutes, documents and books, of or belonging to the corporation.

16:13-7. Corporate action by majority vote; right to vote The proceedings, orders and acts of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, shall be valid and effectual. No member shall be allowed to vote on any matter which immediately affects himse…

16:13-8. Renunciation of charter upon incorporation under this chapter The trustees of any Reformed congregation, by whatever name incorporated, may renounce or forego the charter or act by which they were incorporated and their name, by writing under their hands and seals and re…

16:13-9. Division of congregations and property Where two or more Reformed congregations, which have been united into one corporation, shall disunite by renouncing or foregoing their former incorporation, and each or any of them shall incorporate under this chapter, the real and …