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NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-2 - Powers of state association

16:17-2. Powers of state association  The trustees of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, or their successors, shall have power to: a. Have perpetual succession by its corporate name; b. Sue and be sued; c. Adopt and use a common seal and alter the same; d. Grant all charters of Spiritualist churches, societies and congregations and to revoke them for good cause; e. Adopt a constitution and make by-laws; f. Make laws governing individual societies, churches and congregations, and to prescribe the qualifications of ordained, licentiate and assistant ministers and the method by which candidates for the ministry shall be examined touching their qualifications; g. Maintain colleges, seminaries and other schools for educating and preparing persons for the ministry; and h. Purchase, acquire, receive, have and hold any real and personal property, legacies, donations and moneys in trust for the use of the corporation, and to sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-3 - Incorporation; meeting called; notice

16:17-3. Incorporation; meeting called; notice  Any Spiritualist society, church or congregation in this state, referred to in this article as "church" , which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, by-laws and rules of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, an auxiliary of the National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America, incorporated as a religious society under the laws of the District of Columbia, may incorporate in the following manner: A meeting shall be called by written notice signed by at least seven duly enrolled members of the church in good standing, who are of full age and have contributed regularly and have submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists and the National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America. The notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and that it is called for the purpose of incorporating the church, selecting the corporate name therefor and electing the trustees thereof. The notice shall have the approval of the president or vice president, the treasurer and secretary of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists indorsed thereon, and shall be publicly read at each regular service of the church two successive Sundays next preceding the meeting.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-4 - Meeting; qualifications of voters and officers; matters decided; trustees

16:17-4. Meeting; qualifications of voters and officers; matters decided; trustees  The members of the church having met at the time and place appointed, the meeting shall be called to order by one of the signers of the notice. Only duly enrolled members of such church in good and regular standing and of full age shall be entitled to vote or act as officers at such meeting and seven qualified voters shall constitute a quorum. All questions shall be decided by a majority of those present. A chairman, clerk and two inspectors of election shall be elected from the qualified voters present. The clerk and the inspectors of election shall be the judges of the qualifications of the voters and shall receive the ballots cast. The meeting shall decide whether the church shall be incorporated and if the decision is in favor of incorporation, shall decide further: a. The corporate title which shall include the words "Spiritualist Church" or "Society of Spiritualists" , prefixed by "First" , "Second" or other numerical designation, and followed by the name of the municipality where it shall be located. b. The date for holding the annual election of trustees; c. The number of trustees which shall be either three, six or nine. The meeting shall elect, by ballot, from the individuals qualified to vote, the number of trustees decided upon, which shall be divided into three classes, to serve for one, two and three years, respectively, or until their successors are elected and take office. At the conclusion of the term of office of these trustees, their successors shall be elected for the term of three years.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-5 - Certificate; contents; approval of state association; filing and recording

16:17-5. Certificate; contents; approval of state association; filing and recording  The chairman and clerk of the meeting shall make, sign and acknowledge before any person authorized to take the acknowledgment and proof of deeds in this state, a certificate in writing, setting forth: a. That said meeting was called and organized in accordance with the provisions of this article; b. The name assumed as the corporate title; c. The number of trustees; and d. The names of the individuals elected as trustees with the term of office of each. The approval of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, signed by the president or vice president, the treasurer and secretary thereof, and sealed with its corporate seal, shall be appended to such certificate, without which approval such certificate shall not be entitled to record. The chairman and clerk shall transmit the certificate to the clerk of the county in which such board is elected, who shall file and record the same forthwith, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided by section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-6 - Powers of trustees; constitution and by-laws

16:17-6. Powers of trustees; constitution and by-laws  For such incorporated church the trustees elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have power to: Have perpetual succession by its corporate name; Sue and be sued; Adopt and use a common seal and alter the same; Purchase, acquire, receive, have and hold any lands, tenements, hereditaments, legacies, donations, moneys, goods and chattels in trust for the use of the enrolled members of such church, and to sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof; provided, that no such sale, conveyance, mortgage or lease of any real property held in trust as aforesaid shall be made unless previously authorized by two-thirds of the votes cast at a regular or special meeting of its enrolled members in good and regular standing and of full age, duly called for that purpose. Every church incorporated according to the provisions of this chapter shall have power to adopt a constitution and make such by-laws as are not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States of America or of this State, or with the provisions of the constitution, by-laws and rules of the said New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 149, s. 16, eff. March 19, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-7 - Trustees; vacancies

16:17-7. Trustees; vacancies  The enrolled members of any such church who are of the full age of twenty-one years may assemble at a duly called regular or special meeting, and when so assembled may fill any vacancies or elect new trustees by a majority vote of those present.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-8 - Changes; corporate title; number of trustees

16:17-8. Changes; corporate title; number of trustees  Any church incorporated under this article may, at any regular or special meeting of its enrolled members duly called for that purpose, change its corporate title or the number of its trustees by a two-thirds vote of those present. A certificate of the change shall be executed by the chairman and clerk of the meeting in the same manner as provided for the execution of the certificate of incorporation, and shall be immediately filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the church is located, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided by section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the change shall take effect.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-9 - Officers; tenure; duties

16:17-9. Officers; tenure; duties  The officers of the church shall be the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as the by-laws provide. They shall be elected by the trustees and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualify. The duties of the officers shall be as follows: a. The president shall convene and preside at the meetings of the church, and with the secretary and treasurer execute all contracts. b. The vice president shall serve in the place of the president in case of his absence, sickness, death, resignation, refusal to act or moving out of the limits of the church. c. The secretary shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings in a book kept for that purpose, and shall have custody of the common seal and of the papers, deeds, writings, documents and books of or relating to the church, which shall at all times be accessible to any member of the church, and which shall be delivered to the successor in office upon his death, resignation, removal or expiration of office. d. The treasurer shall have charge of the moneys of the church and shall keep an accurate account of disbursements thereof, and at each annual election of officers shall render to the church a statement in writing of the receipts and disbursements of the corporation during the preceding year. Upon the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the office of treasurer or the election of a new one, all books, accounts, vouchers and documents in the hands of the treasurer belonging to the church shall be delivered to the successor in office.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-10 - Ministers

16:17-10. Ministers  The ordained, licentiate and associate ministers of the church shall be called, elected and removed and their salaries be fixed as the church shall provide in its by-laws. Such minister shall be regularly commissioned by the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists according to its rules, after examination of his character and qualifications by its committee regularly appointed. No such church shall retain any minister who has been suspended or removed by the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists. No ordained, licentiate or associate minister shall be eligible to serve as an officer or trustee of the church.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-11 - Church subject to state association

16:17-11. Church subject to state association  Any church organized under the provisions of this article shall be subject to the constitution, by-laws and rules of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:17-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:17-12 - Spiritualist churches; reincorporation

16:17-12. Spiritualist churches; reincorporation  Any church which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, by-laws and regulations of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, and however incorporated in this state, may incorporate under this article upon taking the proceedings prescribed in sections 16:17-3 and 16:17-4 of this title, in the same manner as if it had not previously been incorporated, but where the trustees of the congregation of the church are incorporated under article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), such congregation shall have first decided by a two-thirds vote of those present at a regular or special meeting, duly called for that purpose, that the new corporation when duly organized under this article shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal estate of the old corporation, in like manner and to the same extent as the old corporation, subject to all its debts and liabilities. The certificate of the new corporation shall set forth that the meeting was duly called and also a copy of the resolution passed at such meeting. Thereupon the former corporation shall be dissolved and the new corporation shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal estate of the former corporation in like manner and to the same extent as the former corporation, subject to all its debts and liabilities.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-1 - General law applicable

16:19-1. General law applicable  The provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), with all its penalties, privileges and advantages shall be applicable to associations in this state known as: a. Young Men's Christian Associations; b. Young Women's Christian Associations; c. Young Men's Hebrew Associations; d. Young Women's Hebrew Associations; and e. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-2 - Incorporation

16:19-2. Incorporation  Any association enumerated in section 16:19-1 of this Title may, by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the association, held in their regular place of meeting and called by them upon ten days' notice in writing set up at such place in plain view, adopt a name, constitution and by-laws, elect a board of directors, not to exceed thirty (except that in the case of a Young Men's Christian Association, a Young Men's Hebrew Association, a Young Women's Hebrew Association or a Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association such board may be of any number), and declare themselves incorporated by such name. A copy of the resolution, with the names of the directors, together with a copy of the official seal of the association, certified, under oath, to be correct by the officers of the meeting or meetings at which such resolution was adopted, directors elected and seal adopted, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the association is located, for which service the county clerk shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the Title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the association shall be a corporation, with all the powers conferred by article one, of chapter one, of this Title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.). Amended by L.1939, c. 231, p. 628, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1939; L.1949, c. 12, p. 49, s. 1; L.1953, c. 64, p. 976, s. 1, eff. April 2, 1953.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-3 - Board of trustees; name; terms; certified copy of proceedings filed

16:19-3. Board of trustees; name; terms; certified copy of proceedings filed  The board of directors of any such association may elect 8 or more persons, of whom, when elected by the directors of any Young Men's Christian Association, no more than one-third shall be members of any one religious denomination, who, with the president of the association for the time being, shall constitute a board of trustees of such association, by name of, the trustees of:  a. The Young Men's Christian Association of ...................................... ; or b. The Young Women's Christian Association of ..................................... ; or c. The Young Men's Hebrew Association of ....................................... ; or d. The Young Women's Hebrew Association of ....................................... ; or e. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of ....................................... , as the case may be, the blank to be filled in according to the proper name of the association. The trustees shall hold office for life, or for such term as the constitution or by-laws of the association may provide and until their successors shall be elected by the board of directors.  A certified copy of the proceedings of any such election by the board of directors, and the written acceptance of such offices by the persons so elected, signed by their names and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds in this State, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the association is located, who shall forthwith record the same, for which service the county clerk shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the Title, Fees and Costs. Thereupon such trustees shall be a corporation by the name as aforesaid.  Amended by L.1953, c. 63, p. 974, s. 1; L.1956, c. 151, p. 619, s. 1, eff. Sept. 10, 1956.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-4 - Powers of board of trustees

16:19-4. Powers of board of trustees  The board of trustees shall, by their corporate name, have power to: a. Make and use a common seal, and alter or renew the same; b. Sue and be sued; c. Make by-laws and rules, consistent with law, for the management of its business and affairs, the convening or holding of its meetings, and the election or appointment, powers, duties and removal of its officers and agents, and to alter, amend or repeal the same; and d. Acquire by purchase, gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise, and to hold any real or personal property for the uses of the association; and, with the consent of the board of directors, to sell, grant, assign, mortgage and dispose of the same or any part thereof.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-5 - Trustees; filling vacancies

16:19-5. Trustees; filling vacancies  When a vacancy shall occur in such board of trustees, by reason of the death or resignation of any trustee or his removal from the limits of the association, the same shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining trustees. Nominations for trustees to fill any such vacancy shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the constitution or by-laws of the association or, if there are no such provisions, then by the board of trustees of the association. When such election is held by the remaining trustees of any Young Men's Christian Association, they shall elect to such vacancy a person who is a member in good standing of a Protestant Evangelical church. In the case of any Young Men's Christian Association no more than one-third of the members of the board of trustees, not including the president of the association, shall be members of any one religious denomination. Amended by L.1953, c. 63, p. 975, s. 2; L.1956, c. 151, p. 620, s. 2, eff. Sept. 10, 1956.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-6 - President; powers and duties

16:19-6. President; powers and duties  The trustees shall elect at their first meeting one of their number to be the president of the board of trustees. The president may convene the board as occasion may require, preside at the meetings thereof, and may execute, for and in the name of the board of trustees, all contracts, deeds, leases, mortgages or other instruments required to be executed by the board. In case of his absence, sickness, death, resignation or removal from the limits of the association, the board of trustees shall elect one of their number to fill the office of president for the time being, who shall occupy the same until the disability of the president is removed or until the election of his successor.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-7 - Secretary, treasurer and other officers

16:19-7. Secretary, treasurer and other officers  The board of trustees shall elect or appoint as soon after their election as practicable, from their number, a secretary and treasurer, and may also appoint such other officers or agents as such board may, from time to time, deem expedient. The proceedings, orders and acts of a majority of the trustees for the time being, but not of a less number, shall be valid and effectual.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-8 - Property and income; application

16:19-8. Property and income; application  The board of trustees shall devote the real and personal property held by them, and the income thereof, only to the purposes of the association, and so long as the board of directors shall so expend the same, the board of trustees shall pay over to the board of directors the income of the real and personal property of the association. In the discharge of the duties of the board of trustees it may constitute the finance committee of the board of directors, its agents for the repair, renting and collecting of the rents of the property of the association, or of the property held by the board of trustees for the use of the association.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:19-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:19-9 - Property of association formed under this chapter

16:19-9. Property of association formed under this chapter  Any such association availing itself of the benefits of this chapter, and having at that time any real or personal property, shall convey and assign the same to the board of trustees constituted under this chapter, to be held by such board for the uses of the association in the same manner and with the same powers and duties in regard thereto as provided in section 16:19-4 of this title.