Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-05-20
No. IIO1 AN ACT

No. 40 AN ACT
In relation TO Conveyances and Devises OF
Property, for Religious purposes.
SECTION l. Be it enacted BY the General
Assembly Of the State Of Ohio, That no grant.
conveyance. devise. or lease of personal or
real estate TO, nor any trust ofsuch personal or
real estate. for the benefit Of any person nd
his successor or successors, in any eccleSias-
teal office, shall vest any estate or interest in
such person. or in his successor; and no such
grsnt, conveyance. devise, or lease to. or for
any such person by the designation of any
such Office, shall vest any estate or interest in
any successor of such person: Provided. that
this section shall not be deemed to admit the
validity of any such grant, conveyance, de-
vis, or lease heretofore made
SEC. j. No future grant, conveyance, de-
wise. or lease of any real estate cOnsecrated.
dedicated. or appropriated, or intended to be
c0nsecrated. dedicated, or appropriated to the
purposes Ofreligious worship, or for the use of
any congregation or society. or a cemetery Coz
nected Herewith, shall vest any right, title or
interest in aay person or persDns TO whom
such grant, conveyance, devise or lease may
be made, unless the same shall be made to
corporation organized according to the pro
visions of the ''act to provide for the creation
and regu 'atiOH of Incorporated companies in
the State Of Ohio" passed May /, 1859. or TO
some other corporation organized according to
some other Inv Of the State Of Ohio
SIC 3. Any real estate, OF the description
named in the second section of this act, and
which has been heretofore granted. devised.
or demised to any person or persons in any
ecclesiastical office, or orders, or by the de
signation Of such nffice. or orders. or otherwise
shall be deemed to be held in trust for the
benefit Of the congregation or society using
the same. and shall. unless previously con-
veyed TO a corporation. as provided in section
two of this act, upon the death ofthe person
or persons in whom the legal title shall be
vesie at the time Of the passage of this act,
vest in the religious corporation formed by the
congregation or religious society occupying
and enjoying such real estate as aforesaid -
Provided. such a corporation, organized ac-
cording TO the laws of this State shall be in ex
istence at the time of the decease of the person
holding the title thereto.
SEC. 4. If such congregation shall not be
incorporated as aforesaid, then and in that
case, the title Of such real estate shall vest in
tee State of Ohio. in thesame manner and with
the same effect aS il the person holding the
same had died in,eslate. without heirs capa-
ole ofinheriting such real e'tats.
SFc. 5. Whanaver title to any real estate
sllitlA vest IN Lne Otdle oi Oftub uutci sstc pro-
visions Ofthis act, it shall be the duty of the
Governor of the State, and he Is hereby author
lied, upon being satisfied that the congrega-
tion or society which had used. occupied, or
enjoyed such real estate, for the purposes afore-
said. prior to the death Of the person or per
sons on whose drcease the title thereto vested
in the State, has been duly Incorporated. un-
der and according to the provisions Of any
law of the State Of Ohio which may then be in
force for the incorporation Of religious socie-
ties, and upon the production t. him OF cer-
titled copy Of the record of the certificate Of in
corporation, by the recorder of the county in
whose office the said certificate shall be filed.
to convey such real estate. and all the right.
title and interest of the State. therein and
thereto, to said corporation. which shall there
upon be vested with all the right, title and in
terest which shall have become vested in the
State by virtue OF the provisi ms Of this act
SEc. 6. This act shall take effect on the
passage thereof.
n. H. VAN WORRIES,
Speaker Of the House Of Representatives.
THOMAS Fl. FORD.
President Of the Senate.