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AN ACT to amend section ninety 800 of title four
ID OF chapter thirty-four go Of the General
Statutes of Minnesota, being section two hundred
and thirtv-one (231) of chapter thirty-four (3D
of General Statutes one thousand eight hundred
and seventy eight ass, as amended by chapter
eighteen II s. of the General Laws OF one thousand
eight hundred and eghty-one QSS1, extra SEES
sion, relating to religious corporations.
Be enacted by theLegisature of the State of Min
nesOta.
Section l. That section ninety (9O) of title four
"a of chapter thrty-four (34 of the General Stat
uteS, relating to religious corporations being section
two hundred and thifty-one t23D of chapter thirty
four (3=D oe General Statutes one thousand eight
hundred and seventy eight QS7S),'' as amended by
chapter eighteen Il Sl of the General Laws of one
thousand sight hundred and eighty-oue (ISSI), ex-
ira session, approved November third (Sdl,
thousand eight hundred and eighty-one uSSll, be.
and the same is hereby, amended by inserting the
words which place must be within the diocese to
which such bishop belongs, after the words ito be
located" and before the words ''and the said
bishop, where they in the seventeenth Il 7th)
line of section ID OF said chapter eighteen (1S
of the printed volume of said extra session laws of
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one SD;
also by inserting the words n the diocese of such
denomination IN which any such corporation is
located, after the words of such denomination"
and before the words together WITH" where
they occur IN the fortieth 40h line Of
said section one ~ In said chapter eighteen Il 81
of said printed extra session laws of one thousand
eight hundred and eighty one (1SSD; also by add
| ing at end of said section as follows:
SHOULD any diocese dioceses, now or hereafter
created, of any religious denomination wishiu
which any such corporation belonging to such de-
nomination is or may hereafter be located, he at
any time subdivded according TO the rules and
| practice of such denomination, and more
| new diocesss be formed thsrefrom. from parts
thereof, the bishop and vicar general OF any such
diocese and their successors in Office, SHALL az
appointed and instituted, by virtue of their
respective offices forthwith be and become mem-
| bers Of any such corporation CORPORATIONS To-
Gated in such diocese with all the rights, du-
| ties, privileges, powers and obligations of such
m"mbers as herein, or in the articles OF incorpora
tioa provided, and the bishop and vicar-genera OF
the diocese in which such corporation or corpora
tons were located prior to such subdivision shall
| thenceforth cease to be members of any such
| porauo1 so located within such new diocese; and
all the provisions of this section shall apply
to any such new diocese, and to any such corpora
ton corporations therein located, with the
force and effect to corporations or hereafter
| located in any diocese now existing.
| Religious corporations for taking, holding
ceivng and disposing of any real or personal prop
erty for the use or benefit of any diocese now or
| hereafter existing of any religious denomination
within this State, and for administering the tenn
poralites of such diocese and for the further pur
| poses and with the powers hereinafter specified
| may be created and organized in the manner and
with powers, privileges and franchises follows:
| The bishop of any such diocese wherein any such
corporation is to be located shall associate with
him the vicar general and chancellor of such do
ceSe, and they, majority of them shall select
| designate and associate with them two % other
| persons who shall be members of such religious
denomination and residents of such diocese, and tho
said five ~ persons, upon adopting and signing in
|
| incorporation by them duly acknowledged. recting
the fact of the association and selection of such
| two (2) persons by said bishop. vicar general and
chancellor as aforesaid, and containing the name,
general purpose and place of location of such
poraton, and having one OF said articles recorded
in the office of the register Of deeds for the county
within which place of location of any such corpor.
ton is situated and the other filed in the office OF
the Secretary of State of this state and their sue
! cessors, shall thereupon be and become a body
corporate, with power to take, hold, receive or dis
| pose OF any real or personal property for the
and benetit of such diocese, ard for the use and
| benefit of the religious denomination thu tein Gre
| atng such diocese and to administer the tempor-
2es of such diocese, and TO establish and conduct
schools, seIninarieS, colleges or any benevolent,
charitable religious or missionary work, or society
OF such religious denomination within such diocese,
together with the powers and privileges in this act
enumerated, and all the rights, powers and privi-
leges of other religious corporations constituted
under this chapter; and shall be capable of suing
and being sued, holding, purchasing and receiving
title by devise, gift. grant or other conveyance Of
and two any property real or personal, with power
to mortgage, sell and convoy The same or any part
! thereof, ard may adopt and establish bylaws and
| make all rules and regulations necessary expe-
dent for the rauagementof its affairs in accord
| ance with law. The persons who may hold the OFF,
ces respectively of bishop, vicar general. and chan
| celloF Of such religious denomination within and
for such diocese and their successors in Office for
ever shall by virtue OF their respective Offices each
| of them, always be members Of such corporation,
and no person who subscribes to such articles as
bishop, vcar-general or chancellor, and no success
sor in office of any suca person, shall continue to
| be 4 member OF any such corporation after he or
| they shall have ceased to hold such Office respec.
| lively. The two (2l persons selected by said
bishop, vicar general and chancellor and the per-
sous who may be chosen their successors as here
matter provided, shall constitute the other menu
berS of said corporation, and the two persons so
| selected and designated in such arti-
| cles Of incorporation, shall remain
| members thereof for the term of two %
years from the date of such articles and unt their
successors chosen III their places respectively,
and the term OF office OF such two ~ persons and
| their successors shall be two ~ years from the
| time of their appointment and until their
respective successors are chosen in their place and
| shall have accepted such Office.
| The successors respectively of such two ~ per-
sons so selected by said bishop, vicar general and
chancellor, and so signing such articles of moor
poratiou corDorators, shall always be chosen by
sad other three corporaCors, viz: by the bishop.
vicar general and chancellor, by any two ~ OF
| them, and said three ~ last named corporators
| shall have power at any time, whenever vacancy
shall occur in said membership, to said corpora
tors so seleced, and as often any such vacancy
shall for any occur whether by expiration of
the time of holding, by resignation death, other
wise, to I'LL any such vacancy; every such appoint
men to be IN writing and entered of record in the
minutes of the corporation, such appointees to be
members of such religious denomination and resi-
dents OF the diocese in which the corporation is To-
Gated. Any corporator so selected may at any time
member of such corporation, such resignation and
| acceptance thereof to be always entered on tbs
minutes of said corporation.
Should there be at any time vacancy in the Office
of bishop OF said diocese. or should there be for
any reason at any time a person other than the
| bishop appointed in his stead, to administer
the spiritual and temporal of said diocese therefor
or during the time of such vacancy such suspen-
SION 81 the authority of the bishop, the administra-
tor OF said diocese such other person as may be
appointed according to the rules Of said denomina-
10 preside over and administer the spiritual and
temporal affairs of said diocese SHALL while he ID
such administrator or appointee. be member 0e