Title RCO, Religious Corporations

§ 208. Consolidation. Any two or more religious corporations of the\nJewish faith, incorporated under or by general or special laws, may\nenter into an agreement for the consolidation or merger of such\ncorporations, setting forth the terms and conditions of consolidation,\nthe …

§ 209. Effect of consolidation. The consolidated or merged corporation\nshall possess all the powers of the constituent corporations and shall\nhave the power and be subject to the duties and obligations of a\ncongregation of the Jewish faith formed for like purposes under the\n…

§ 21. Corporations for acquiring camp-meeting grounds for the Reformed\nMethodist denomination. The visiting elder of a visiting elder's\ndistrict, erected by an annual conference of the Reformed Methodist\ndenomination, and three members or more in good and regular standing of\…

§ 21-a. Corporations for acquiring lands for parsonage or camp-meeting\npurposes for the Free Methodist denomination. The district elder and a\nmajority of the stewards residing in the district elder's district,\nelected by an annual conference of the Free Methodist Church\ndeno…

§ 210. Incorporation of church connected with supreme council of\nIndependent Associated Spiritualists. A meeting for incorporating or\nreincorporating a church in connection with the supreme council of the\nIndependent Associated Spiritualists, Incorporated, shall be held in\np…

§ 211. Incorporation of church in connection with Spiritual Science\nMother Church, Inc. A meeting for incorporating or reincorporating a\nchurch in connection with Spiritual Science Mother Church, Inc., shall\nbe held in pursuance of the preceding provisions of this article. Su…

§ 22. Establishing and maintaining a home for aged poor. An\nincorporated church or congregation in this state, either by itself or\nin conjunction with other incorporated churches or congregations, shall\nhave power to establish and maintain by its or their trustees or other\no…

§ 220. Joint meeting for the purposes of incorporation. Two or more\nunincorporated churches, which separately agree on a plan of union and\ndetermine to meet together for the purpose of being incorporated as a\nunion church, may be incorporated as a union church in pursuance of…

§ 221. Government of incorporated union churches. Any union church or\nsociety having a common place of worship or holding property belonging\njointly to the several societies composing the same, but the sole right\nof occupancy of which is reserved to each of them in proportion…

§ 225. Application of this article. This article applies only to\nchurches, societies, districts, conferences, and such other authorized\nreligious organizations of the Free Methodist Church of North America as\nare or shall be situated in the state of New York.\n

§ 225-a. Organization of a free Methodist church. It shall be lawful\nfor any number of persons, not less than six, with the consent of the\ndistrict superintendent of the district in which the proposed church is\nto be located, to organize a free Methodist church and to procure…

§ 225-b. Meeting for incorporation. 1. Notice of a meeting for the\npurpose of incorporating an unincorporated free Methodist church shall\nbe in writing and shall state in substance, that a meeting of such\nunincorporated church will be held at its usual place of worship at a\n…

§ 225-c. Certificate of incorporation. 1. The presiding officer of\nsuch a meeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat\nshall be appointed by such meeting to execute and acknowledge, before\nany person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, a certifica…

§ 225-d. Amendment of articles of incorporation. 1. It shall be lawful\nfor any incorporated church coming under the provisions of this article,\nby a two-thirds vote of the members present and voting at a regularly\ncalled society meeting, to alter or amend its articles of inco…

§ 225-e. Effect upon existing corporations. Every free Methodist\nchurch heretofore incorporated in the state of New York shall, three\nmonths after this article takes effect, automatically come under its\nprovisions, unless in the meantime it shall elect by a two-thirds vote\no…

§ 225-f. Annual election of trustees. 1. Trustees of an incorporated\nfree Methodist church shall be elected at the annual society meeting\nheld within three months prior to the session of the annual conference\nto which the society belongs. Notice of such meeting shall be publi…

§ 225-g. Changing number of trustees. An incorporated church may, at\nits annual meeting where trustees are elected, by vote change the number\nof its trustees to three, six or nine by adding more trustees, one-third\nof which shall be elected for three years, one-third for two …

§ 225-h. Vacancies in board of trustees. If any trustee of such\nincorporated church declines to act, resigns or dies; or, having been a\nmember of such church, ceases to be a member; or removes beyond the\nbounds of the circuit in which he is elected, his office shall be vacant…

§ 225-i. Trustee meetings. 1. Meetings of the trustees of an\nincorporated free Methodist church shall be called by giving at least\nforty-eight hours' notice thereof personally or by mail to all the\ntrustees, and such notice may be given by the pastor, the secretary of\nthe bo…

§ 225-j. Powers of incorporated societies. 1. An incorporated free\nMethodist church may, under restrictions hereinafter provided, sell,\nmortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber its real estate, but not\nfor current expenses.\n 2. Said corporation shall at all times permit…

§ 225-k. Powers and duties of the trustees. 1. The trustees shall have\nthe custody of all the temporalities and property, real and personal,\nbelonging to the corporation and of the revenues therefrom, and shall\nadminister the same in accordance with the discipline, rules and …

§ 225-l. Conveyance of property. Whenever it may become necessary or\nadvisable to mortgage or dispose of any church property, the trustees\nmay mortgage or sell and convey the same by first securing the authority\nof the society for such sale or mortgage and the approval of the…

§ 225-m. Property of extinct churches. 1. Any incorporated annual\nconference or other governing body of the free Methodist church may\ndecide that a church society in connection with it or over which it has\necclesiastical jurisdiction, has become extinct, if it has failed for\…

§ 225-n. Corporations for acquiring property for special religious\npurposes.\n 1. An annual conference, a district quarterly conference, a circuit\nconsisting of two or more organized churches or any other regularly\norganized free Methodist body may incorporate for the purpose…

§ 225-o. Saving clause. Article ten of this chapter is not applicable\nto corporations of the free Methodist church incorporated under the\nprovisions of this article.\n

§ 23. Powers of churches created by special laws. If a church be\nincorporated by special law, it and its trustees shall have, in addition\nto the powers conferred on it by such law, all the powers and privileges\nconferred on incorporated churches and the trustees thereof respe…

§ 24. Government of churches incorporated prior to January first,\neighteen hundred and twenty-eight. Any provision of this chapter shall\nnot be deemed to apply to any church incorporated under any general or\nspecial law, prior to January first, eighteen hundred and twenty-eig…

§ 25. Pastoral relation. No provision of this chapter authorizes the\ncalling, settlement, dismissal or removal of a minister, or the fixing\nor changing of his salary, and a meeting of a church corporation for any\nsuch purpose shall be called, held, moderated, conducted, gover…

§ 26. Worship. No provision of this chapter authorizes the fixing or\nchanging of the times, nature or order of public or social or other\nworship of any church, in any other manner or by any other authority\nthan in the manner and by the authority provided in the laws,\nregulat…

§ 260. Laws repealed. Of the laws enumerated in the schedule hereto\nannexed, that portion specified in the last column is hereby repealed.\n

§ 261. When to take effect. This chapter shall take effect\nimmediately.\n

* § 262. This article applies only to a Spiritualist church in\nconnection with the General Assembly of Spiritualists.\n * NB Enacted without section heading.\n

§ 263. Incorporation of unincorporated Spiritualist churches and\nsystem of incorporation and government. A meeting for the purpose of\nincorporating an unincorporated Spiritualist church in connection with\nthe General Assembly of Spiritualists must be called and held in\npursu…

* § 264. At the meeting for incorporation, held in pursuance to such\nnotice, the qualified voters unless otherwise decided as hereinafter\nprovided shall all be persons of full age who have worshipped with such\nchurch, and have regularly contributed to its support according to…

§ 265. The certificate of incorporation. If the meeting shall decide\nthat such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding\nofficer of such meeting and the two inspectors of election shall execute\na certificate setting forth the name of the proposed corporat…

§ 266. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. The annual\ncorporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall\nbe held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and\nplace be so fixed then at a time and place to be first fixed by its\nt…

§ 267. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications\nof voters. At every corporate meeting of a church incorporated under\nthis article all persons who for one year next preceding such meeting\nhave worshipped with such church and have regularly contributed to …

§ 268. Election and salary of ministers. The ministerial and clerical\nattendants of any such church shall be called, elected and removed and\ntheir salaries fixed as such corporation in its by-laws shall provide,\nbut no such church shall call, or elect any such person to perfo…

§ 269. Duties of ministers, et cetera. Ministers and clerical\nattendants shall perform such duties as the by-laws shall direct in\naccordance with the rules and regulations of the General Assembly of\nSpiritualists.\n

§ 27. Reservation as to Baptist churches, churches of the United\nChurch of Christ and Congregational Christian churches. Sections\ntwenty-five and twenty-six are not applicable to a Baptist church, a\nchurch of the United Church of Christ, a Congregational Christian church\nor …

§ 270. Reincorporation of present incorporated Spiritualist churches.\nAny Spiritualist church heretofore incorporated may reincorporate under\nthe provisions of this article by filing in the county clerk's office of\nthe county in which its principal place of worship is located…

* § 271. Any church incorporating or reincorporating under this\narticle shall be subject to the rules and regulations of the General\nAssembly of Spiritualists relating to affiliated churches.\n * NB Enacted without section heading.\n

* § 272. The word church as used herein shall mean any church or\nsociety organized for the purpose of worshipping as Spiritualists as a\nreligion.\n * NB Enacted without section heading.\n

§ 273. Application of article. This article applies only to churches\nof the Nazarene in connection with the general assembly of the church of\nthe Nazarene.\n

§ 274. Incorporation. An unincorporated church of the Nazarene may\nbecome incorporated as a church, by executing, acknowledging and filing\na certificate of incorporation, stating the corporate name by which such\nchurch shall be known, and the county, town, city or village whe…

§ 275. Government. The district superintendent of the district to\nwhich any incorporated church of the Nazarene belongs, and his successor\nin office, shall be by virtue of his office, a trustee of said church;\nand the laymen, members of such church who signed said certificate…

§ 276. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches of the\nNazarene. Any church of the Nazarene heretofore incorporated may\nreincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the\ncounty clerk's office in the county in which its principal place of\nworship is…

§ 277. Rules and regulations. Any church incorporated or\nreincorporated under this article, shall be subject to the rules and\nregulations of the general assembly of the church of the Nazarene.\n

§ 278. Corporations for acquiring camp meeting grounds for camp\nmeeting purposes. The district superintendent and the members of the\ncamp meeting board duly elected by a district assembly of the Church of\nthe Nazarene may become incorporated for the purposes of acquiring,\nma…

§ 279. Incorporation of advisory board of a district of the Church of\nthe Nazarene. 1. The district superintendent and the members of the\nadvisory board duly elected by a district assembly of the Church of the\nNazarene may incorporate for the purpose of advancing the developm…