Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1917-04-12
CONNECTICUT spIRIruALusrs
Acts Incorporating the WiIlimanti,
and State Associations.

The text of the act incorporating the
First Spiritualist Society of Will
mantle, passed in the house. wednes-
day, follows:
Section 1. Dwight A. Lyman. Annie
H Tingley. Hepsey C. Boden. Fred l..
Yeomans, Bert E. Hatch, George Hath,
Robert F. Stanton. Abbit NJ. Lyman.
Hepsie C. Boden, Ervfe B. Edkarton,
Julia A. Bill, Carrie l. Bill, Mary A.
Hatch. Adelaide E. Cole and Sarah
Hooker, with such other persons ac
may hereafter be associated with them.
and their successors, are constituted
a body polite and corporate by the
name of The First Spiritualist So
ciety of Willimantic, to be located in
the cit yof Willimantic; for the pur-
uose of uniting the spiritualists of Will
limantic and vicinity for mutual aid
and cooperation in the benevolent ed
ucatInal and religious enterprises
gerr1ane to the phenomena, science
philosophy and religion of spiritualism.
Section 2. The officers of said So
ciety shall be a president. vice presi-
dent, secretary. treasurer and three
trustees, who shall be held on the third
Thursday IN April in each year. and
shall hold their office for one year from
the date of their election and until
their successors are elected and Quail.
fled.
Section 3. Said society may make
and alter bylaws for the admission
government, supervision or expulsion
of its members. to define the duties of
it's officers. to regulate and provide for
the managementment, safe-keeping
and protection of its property and
funds and for the general direction of
its affairs.
Section T. Said society may ac-
quire, by purchase, lease, gift or de-
wise. to sell. convey. lease, mortgage
or otherwise dispose of the same.
Section B. On the acceptance of this
act by the First Spiritualist Society of
Wil1imantic, a voluntary association,
at meeting of said voluntary society
called for the purpose, by a majority
vote of the members present at such
meeting, all the real estate, personal
property, money in banks or in the
hands of its treasurer or other officers,
and other property belonging to the
said voluntary society, shall vest in
and become the property of said cor
poration and the trustees Of said vol
untary society are authorized to con-
vey the title of the church property on
Bank street in Willin1antic, owned by
said society. by a warantee deed, and
thereafter said voluntary society shall
cease to exist and be merged in the
society hereby Incorporated, and on
the acceptance of this act all mem
bers of said voluntary society shall be-
come members of the society hereby in
corporated without further action.
Section 6. Said corporation is au-
thorized to ordain and install ministers
of the spiritualist faith for the pur-
pose of teaching the religion, philiSi-
ply and phenomena of spiritualism,
and may issue licenses for one year or
more to public speakers, psychics- and
mediums under such regulations as
may be esta bIished by the bylaws of
the society
Section 4 The church property
owned by said corporation and occu
pied by il for religious purposes and
Worship shall be exempt from taxa
ton provided any income derived from
its rental shall be used exclusively for
the religious. benevolent and educa-
tionaI purposes of the society, so long
as the society shall continue to use il
for q place of religious worship
The act Incorporating the Conrecti-