Title 16, Title 16: CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS

16:11-16. Annual reports; statements The minutes of the proceedings of the board of trustees and of all annual and special business meetings of the congregation, and a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the treasurer, shall at least annually, and as much oftener as ma…

16:11-17. Records; trustees or members may examine Subject to reasonable regulations, any member of the board of trustees or congregation shall, upon application to the secretary or treasurer, be entitled to inspect and examine any of the policies of insurance, securities, books,…

16:11-18. Incorporation of presbytery; powers Any presbytery in this State of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, convened at a stated meeting in accordance with its usages, may, for the purpose of incorporation, elect, by ballot, from its members, 5 m…

16:11-19. Trustees; succession; election; tenure The members of any presbytery, incorporated under section 16:11-18 of this title, may, at a stated meeting, elect by ballot, in the manner directed for the election of the first trustees, any trustee or trustees in place of those o…

16:11-2. Certificate of incorporation; contents; acknowledgment; recording Such board of trustees shall make, sign and seal a certificate of incorporation as soon as possible after the first election, setting forth: a. The location of the usual place of meeting for public worship…

16:11-20. President Such corporation may elect annually one of its own members to be president. He shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation in a book kept for that purpose, and shall have custody of the common seal and the papers, deeds…

16:11-21. Reincorporation under other provisions; resolution; certificate recorded Any presbytery incorporated under this article, that shall desire to avail itself of any other statutory provisions relating to or providing for the incorporation of presbyteries in this state, may…

16:11-22. Trustees; change of number and tenure; provisions for election of officers; resolution; certificate recorded Any presbytery incorporated under this article may, by a resolution approved by its board of trustees and by the presbytery, change the number of trustees to be …

16:11-23. Property of dissolved church; disposition of property and proceeds When any presbytery in this State connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America heretofore has dissolved or hereafter dissolves any particular local church subject to the …

16:11-24. Certified copy receivable in evidence A copy of any certificate required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state by any provision of this chapter, duly certified under the hand and official seal of the secretary of state, shall be received in evidence in any…

16:11-3. Powers; sale, conveyance or mortgage; authorization by members The congregation may, at any annual business meeting or at a special business meeting duly called for that purpose, adopt by-laws for the management of the temporal affairs of the congregation and the electio…

16:11-4. Certain powers subject to authority of session or spiritual officers In the exercise of any power necessary to the proper care of the property held for the uses of the congregation, such corporation shall be subject to such authority over the worship of the congregation,…

16:11-5. Voters; qualifications; list of The persons entitled to vote at any annual or special business meeting of any congregation connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America shall be those members of the congregation who are 21 years of age and…

16:11-6. Succession of trustees of church having incorporated board L.1905, c. 137, s. 3, p. 252 (C.S. p. 4342, s. 79), being section three of an act entitled "An act concerning the election and incorporation of the trustees and the management of the temporal affairs of Christian…

16:11-7. Trustees; change of number Any Christian congregation connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, having an incorporated board of trustees, may change the number of such trustees in the following manner: Written notice of the proposed c…

16:11-8. Meetings of trustees; president to convene The president of the board of trustees may convene the board as occasion may require, and shall convene it on a written request signed by two members of the board.

16:11-9. Secretary; minutes and seal The secretary of the board of trustees shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of the board in a book to be provided for that purpose, and shall have custody of the common seal of the board. He shall deliver the book of minutes and common se…

16:12-1 Incorporation; meeting. 16:12-1. Any congregation or parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this State, duly organized in accordance with the constitution and canons of such church, may incorporate in the following manner: A meeting shall be called by notice, design…

16:12-10 Annual parish election. 16:12-10. The annual election of any such parish shall be held on such day as may be designated in its certificate of incorporation, if consistent with the constitution, canons or laws of such church. Notice of the time and place of the annual ele…

16:12-11 Election of officers; tenure. 16:12-11. At each annual election of any such parish incorporated after March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and one, one warden shall be elected to hold office for two years, or until a successor is chosen, and one-third of the total …

16:12-12 Warden or vestrymember; filling vacancy. 16:12-12. In the event of a vacancy in the office of warden or vestrymember caused by the failure of any candidate to receive a majority of the votes cast, the vacancy shall be filled at a special meeting of the parish, called for…

16:12-13 Special parish meetings. 16:12-13. Special meetings of the parish for any of the purposes provided in this article may be called by the rector at any time, or if there be no rector, by the wardens, upon the same notice as prescribed in R.S.16:12-10. The notice shall spec…

16:12-14 Changes; procedure. 16:12-14. Any parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church, however incorporated, may change its corporate title, the number of its vestrymembers, the terms of office of its wardens and vestrymembers, or the date of its annual meeting. Such changes shall…

16:12-15 Consolidation of parishes. 16:12-15. Two or more incorporated parishes of such church may consolidate and become one parish in the following manner: A meeting of the vestry of each parish may be called by the rector or wardens upon one week's notice to each member. If ea…

16:12-16. Property of extinct parish If and when the convention of said church which has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over a parish shall determine that regular church services are no longer maintained by such parish, or that the parish no longer elects wardens and a vestry in acc…

16:12-17. "Parish" as meaning "congregation" The word "parish" when used in this chapter shall be construed to be equivalent to "congregation" whenever necessary to carry out the object and intent of the chapter.

16:12-18. Incorporation When any diocese now or hereafter created in this State under and by virtue of the authority of the general convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America shall desire to incorporate, the convention of the diocese may, at any…

16:12-19. Powers; holding property in trust Such corporation shall have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this title, except the power stated in paragraph "i" of said section. All the estate and property of such diocese shall be vested in and managed by such corporat…

16:12-2 Certificate; execution, filing, recording. 16:12-2. A certificate shall be executed, under the hands and seals of the chairperson and secretary of the meeting and acknowledged or proved in the same manner as deeds of real estate, setting forth: a. That the meeting was cal…

16:12-20. Trustees; certificate of incorporation; filing; powers The corporation may appoint or elect as trustees, in such manner as may be determined, not less that five discreet persons, who are members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and citizens of this state, residing wi…

16:12-21. Management of funds; property in trust Such trustees shall have the management and care of any fund already existing, or which may hereafter be contributed, acquired or received, and any accumulations thereof, for the support of the episcopate of the diocese, and the ap…

16:12-22. Statement of proceedings and account; removal of trustee; filling vacancy Such trustees shall present to each regular diocesan convention a statement of their proceedings, exhibiting the condition of the fund, together with an account of their receipts and disbursements…

16:12-23. Division of property on division of diocese When any diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America within the state of New Jersey, has been or shall be divided into two or more dioceses, the body of trustees holding in trust or having contro…

16:12-24. Change of corporate names; filing certificate The incorporated convention of any diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church may, by resolution at any regular meeting thereof, change the corporate name of the diocese or the corporate name of any or all boards of trustees…

16:12-25. Effect of change on property rights and liabilities After such change of name such corporations shall respectively hold, convey and administer, under and by their new name, all the property, estates, trusts, rights, privileges and franchises which they had under their f…

16:12-26. Establishment of trust fund The Diocesan Convention of any Diocese of the Protestant Episcopal Church within the State of New Jersey may, by canon or by-law, establish a common trust fund for the purpose of furnishing investments to itself and to any trustees, incorpora…

16:12-27. Investment in trust fund Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law of this State in any way limiting the right of said trustees, parishes, congregations, societies, chapels or missions as fiduciaries or otherwise, to invest funds held by them, it shall be lawful f…

16:12-28. Name of fund; management; incorporation; powers of corporation Said common trust fund, shall be designated as the Diocesan Investment Trust of the Diocese of (name of Diocese) and shall be under the management and control of trustees who shall be elected as provided by …

16:12-29. Authority to retain investments The corporation is authorized to retain in its absolute discretion and for such period as to the said trustees shall seem advisable any and all investments and other properties which may be entrusted to it by any of the said trustees, par…

16:12-3. Powers Any parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church, duly incorporated hereunder or under any other law or charter or letters patent, notwithstanding any restriction contained in its charter, letters patent, act of incorporation, or certificate of organization, shall ha…

16:12-30. Reinvestments; securities in which funds may be invested The corporation is also authorized to change investments and properties and to invest and reinvest all or any part of the fund in such securities, investments, or other property as to the said trustees shall seem …

16:12-31. Dividends The corporation shall pay ratably among the holders of shares or interests then outstanding, annually, or, in the discretion of said trustees, more frequently, dividends which shall approximately equal in each fiscal year, the net income of the trust, after es…

16:12-4 Consent by bishop, committee required for certain transactions. 16:12-4. No sale, conveyance or mortgage of any real estate other than burial lots in churchyards or cemeteries, and no lease for a longer term than one year shall be made by such corporation without the prev…

16:12-5. By-laws By-laws made by any such corporation shall be consistent with law and with the constitution and laws of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

16:12-6 Members and officers. 16:12-6. The rector shall be a member and the presiding officer of every such corporation, but if there be no rector, the wardens and vestrymembers shall constitute the corporation, and one of the wardens shall be elected the presiding officer. A cle…

16:12-7 Rector; filling vacancy. 16:12-7. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of rector, in any manner whatsoever, the wardens and vestrymembers, two-thirds of them concurring in the choice, may, subject to the constitution and canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in th…