The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-10-28
A METHODIST FRATERNITY.
SCOPE or 4 UNION INCORPORATED
BY THE LEGISLATURE.


The Promotion of Fraternal Spirit and
the Interests of Methodism the Purposes
of the New Organization.
At the recent session of the general
assembly an act was adopted incorpo-
rating the New Haven Evangelization
union OF the Methodist Episcopal
church, The incorporators are Gram
dali j. North, c, P. Masden, II. H. Bene-
dict, N, A, Fullerton, A. ID. Vail, John
Morse, A, B. Smith,. H. Hand, L. w.
Moody, Frank Mansfield, Frank A. SEQ
Held, Andrew Morehead, C. u. Stoddard,
r. Il. Cooper, E. B. Bement, James
Whites, w. Tolles, S. w. McEwen, u.
Ure, c. II. Ford, E. II. Parmelee. C, w.
iulse, w. M. Carr William Roberts,
j. III. Slocum, d. N. Griffin, C. H. Mum
son, w. X. Mix, w. McNicholl, A. N.
Farnham, G. Il. Brown, N. Edwards,
Charles Beers. John Mackrille. II. Muel-
Ter, Martin Guldener, and J, j. Kraft.
These gentlemen constitute the body
polite and corporate known as the
New Haven Evangelical church and by
thatname shall have perpetual succession
and possess the general powers confer
red on religious corporations in this
state.
The purposes of this organization shall
be the cultivation of perpetual spirit
among the congregations of the Metho-
dist Episcopal churches of the city of
New Haven and vicinity, and the promo
ton of all the interests of Methodism
In said city and vicinity, especially in
the planting Of new Sunday schools
churches and missions in localities in or
near SAID city where the wants of the
population require them, and the CIV
ing of financial aid to needy churches of
the Methodist Episcopal denomination
IN the city of New Haven or vicinity.
The management and disposition of
the atfairs and property of the union
shall be vested in a board of managers
consisting of the officers of the union
and the pastors of the several Metho-
dist Episcopal churches in the city of
New Haven and its environs, of two
members of each of said churches to be
elected annually by the quarterly con-
ference at its fourth quarterly session,
ana OF fifteen additional members to be
elected annually by the board of man
ayers, The term Of service of all mem
bers of the board of managers shall be-
gin at the close of the annual session
OF the New York East conference and
continue until their successors are elect
ed. The board of manag gers shall have
power to make bylaws, rules and regu-
ations for the promotion Of the objects
of the union, for the safe-keepng of it's
property, and for filing all vacancies
in the list of officers and the board of
managers.
The corporation shall have power to
take by purchase, gift, devise, bequest
or otherwise, and to hold such real and
personal property as may be needfu
or convenient to carry out the purposes
of this organization and to sell or con-
vey for a valuable consideration and to
dispose of by gift or donation in each
case, free and discharged of all trusts,
the aforesaid real and personal proper
ty. 1t shall also have power to take
and hold and manage in trust such
real and personal estate as may be Civ
en- to it for the purpose aforesaid ae-
cording to the direction of the donors
and it may accumulate a fund, the in
come of which shall be applied to the
said purposes. The real estate of the
corporation shall not be sold and con-
veyed as a gift or incumbered, nor
shall any mortgage or Judgment be sold
assigned, satisfied or the lien thereof
released without the authority of the
members of the corporation being first
given therefor, which authority shall be
evidenced by the majority of the votes
of a quorum of the members at any
regular meeting or at a special meeting
called by written or printed notice set
ting forth the object of the meeting,
which notice may be served by address,
ing the same to the members through
the mail.