Title 16, Title 16: CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS

16:3-3. Certificate; contents; recording The chairman and clerk of the meeting shall make, sign and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take the acknowledgment and proof of deeds in this state, a certificate in writing, setting forth: a. That the meeting was called and o…

16:3-4. Powers; sale of property subject to approval of members; by-laws Every such incorporated board of trustees elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have power to: Have perpetual succession by its corporate name; Sue and be sued; Adopt and use a comm…

16:3-5. Trustees; filling vacancies; election The enrolled members of any such church, who are twenty-one years of age, may assemble at a duly called regular or special meeting, and may at such meeting fill any vacancies in the board of trustees or elect new ones, by the same vot…

16:3-6. Reincorporation under this chapter Any church of Christ, Scientist, which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the manual of the mother church and incorporated under the provisions of any general, special or private act of this state, may inco…

16:3-7. Changes; title; number of trustees Any such corporation may, at a regular or special meeting of its enrolled members, duly called for the purpose, change its corporate title or the number of its trustees, by a two-thirds vote of those present, who are twenty-one years of …

16:3-8. Right to consolidate Any church of Christ, Scientist, in this state, which is a branch of, and which is organized in accordance with the provisions of the manual of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, may unite and consolidate, under the condi…

16:3-9. Consolidation; agreement Such consolidation may be effected in the following manner: A written agreement, setting forth the corporate title of the new church, the number of trustees of the new church, the date for holding the first annual election of trustees, and fixing …