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NY Rel Corps L § 262 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 262 - Enacted Without Section Heading.

* §  262.  This  article  applies  only  to  a  Spiritualist church in   connection with the General Assembly of Spiritualists.* NB Enacted without section heading.
NY Rel Corps L § 263 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 263 - Incorporation of Unincorporated Spiritualist Churches and System of Incorporation and Government.

§  263.  Incorporation  of  unincorporated  Spiritualist  churches and   system of incorporation and government. A meeting  for  the  purpose  of   incorporating  an  unincorporated Spiritualist church in connection with   the General Assembly  of  Spiritualists  must  be  called  and  held  in   pursuance of the provisions of this article:1.  The  notice and call of such meeting shall be in writing and shall   state in substance, that a meeting of such unincorporated church will be   held at its usual place of worship at a specified day and hour  for  the   purpose of incorporating such church and designating trustees thereof.2. The notice must be signed at least by seven persons of full age who   are  then  members  in  good  and  regular  standing  of  such church by   admission into full membership therewith, in accordance with  the  rules   and  regulations of such church, and who have in good faith expressed in   open meeting their belief in the tenets of faith adopted by the  General   Assembly of Spiritualists.3.  The  notice must have endorsed thereon the approval of the body of   the  General  Assembly  of  Spiritualists  governing  the  admission  of   churches.4.  A  copy of such notice with the approval endorsed thereon shall be   publicly read at a regular meeting of  such  unincorporated  church  for   public  worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding the   meeting by any person qualified to sign such notice.
NY Rel Corps L § 264 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 264 - .

* §  264.  At the meeting for incorporation, held in pursuance to such   notice, the qualified voters unless  otherwise  decided  as  hereinafter   provided  shall all be persons of full age who have worshipped with such   church, and have regularly contributed to its support according  to  its   usages,  for  at  least one year or since it was formed, and who have in   good faith in open meeting expressed their belief in the tenets of faith   adopted by the General Assembly of Spiritualists. At  such  meeting  the   presence  of  a  majority  of  such  qualified voters, at least seven in   number, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and  all  matters  or   questions  shall be decided by a majority of the qualified voters voting   thereon. The meeting shall be called to order by a person  delegated  so   to  do  by the president of the General Assembly of Spiritualists. There   shall be elected at such meeting, from the qualified voters then present   a presiding officer, a clerk to keep the records of the  proceedings  of   the  meeting and two inspectors of election to receive the ballots cast.   The presiding officer and the inspectors shall decide the result of  the   ballots   cast   on   any  matter,  and  shall  be  the  judges  of  the   qualifications of the voters. If the  meeting  shall  decide  that  such   unincorporated  church shall become incorporated, the meeting shall also   decide upon the name of the proposed  corporation,  the  number  of  the   trustees  thereof,  which shall be three, six or nine, and the date, not   more than fifteen months thereafter, on which the first annual  election   of the trustees thereof shall be held; and it may, by a two-thirds vote,   decide  that  all  members of the unincorporated church, of full age, in   good and regular standing, who have worshipped with such church but  who   have  not  contributed  to  the financial support thereof, shall also be   qualified voters at such meeting. Such meeting shall thereupon elect  by   ballot  from  the  persons  qualified  to vote thereat, of the number of   trustees so decided on who shall hold  office  until  the  first  annual   election  of  trustees  thereafter, one-third of such number of trustees   who shall hold office until  the  second  annual  election  of  trustees   thereafter,  and  one-third  of  such  number of trustees who shall hold   office until the third annual election of trustees thereafter, or  until   the  respective  successors  of  such  trustees  shall  be elected. Such   meeting shall  also  elect  by  ballot  a  clerk  or  secretary  of  the   corporation,  who  shall  hold  his  office  until the close of the next   annual meeting.* NB Enacted without section heading.
NY Rel Corps L § 265 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 265 - The Certificate of Incorporation.

§  265.  The certificate of incorporation. If the meeting shall decide   that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the presiding   officer of such meeting and the two inspectors of election shall execute   a certificate setting forth the name of the  proposed  corporation,  the   number  of  trustees  thereof,  the  names  of  the  persons  elected as   trustees, the terms of office for which they were respectively  elected,   and  the county or town, city or village in which its principal place of   worship is, or is intended to be located. The name  of  such  church  as   adopted shall bear the words "in connection with the General Assembly of   Spiritualists."  On  the filing and recording of such certificate, after   it shall have been acknowledged or proved as hereinbefore provided,  the   persons  qualified  to  vote at such meeting and those persons who shall   thereafter, from time to time  be  qualified  voters  at  the  corporate   meetings  thereof,  shall  be  a  corporation by the name stated in such   certificate, and the persons therein stated to be  elected  trustees  of   such  church  shall be the trustees thereof for the terms for which they   were respectively elected and until their respective successors shall be   elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 266 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 266 - Time, Place and Notice of Corporate Meetings.

§  266.  Time,  place  and  notice  of  corporate meetings. The annual   corporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article  shall   be  held  at  the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and   place be so fixed then at a time and place to  be  first  fixed  by  its   trustees,  but  to  be  changed  only  by  a by-law adopted at an annual   meeting. A special corporate meeting shall be called  by  the  board  of   trustees  thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on the written   request of at least seven qualified voters of such church.  The trustees   shall cause notice of  the  time  and  place  of  its  annual  corporate   meeting,  and  of  the  names of any trustees whose successors are to be   elected thereat, and if  a  special  meeting,  of  the  business  to  be   transacted thereat, to be publicly read by the presiding officer of such   church  or  any  trustees thereof at a regular meeting of the church for   public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding such   meeting.
NY Rel Corps L § 267 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 267 - Organization and Conduct of Corporate Meetings; Qualifications of Voters.

§  267. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications   of voters. At every corporate meeting of  a  church  incorporated  under   this  article  all  persons who for one year next preceding such meeting   have worshipped with such church and have regularly contributed  to  its   financial  support,  according to its usages, shall be qualified voters;   but, if so decided, by a two-thirds vote at the original meeting  or  at   any  annual  corporate meeting thereof, after notice of such meeting all   members of such church and in good and regular standing, by admission to   membership therewith, who have worshipped with such church for one  year   next  preceding  the meeting at which they vote, may also be admitted as   qualified voters at corporate meetings. At such corporate meetings,  the   presence  of  at  least seven persons qualified to vote thereat shall be   necessary to constitute a quorum; and all matters or questions shall  be   decided  by  a  majority  of the qualified voters voting thereon, except   that by-laws can only be adopted or amended by a  two-thirds  vote.  The   clerk  or  secretary of the corporation shall call the meeting to order;   and under his supervision the qualified voters then present shall choose   a presiding officer and  two  inspectors  of  election  to  receive  the   ballots  cast.    The  presiding  officer and the inspectors of election   shall declare the result of the ballots cast on any matter and shall  be   the judges of the qualifications of the voters. At such annual corporate   meeting,  successors to those trustees whose terms of office then expire   shall be elected by ballot from the qualified  voters,  for  a  term  of   three  years  thereafter, and until their successors shall be elected. A   clerk or secretary of the corporation shall be elected  by  ballot,  who   shall  hold office until the close of the next annual meeting, and until   his successor shall be elected.
NY Rel Corps L § 268 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 268 - Election and Salary of Ministers.

§  268. Election and salary of ministers. The ministerial and clerical   attendants of any such church shall be called, elected and  removed  and   their  salaries  fixed as such corporation in its by-laws shall provide,   but no such church shall call, or elect any such person to  perform  any   of  the  duties  of  minister  or  clerical  attendant  who has not been   regularly commissioned so to act by the General Assembly of Spritualists   according to  its  rules,  after  examination  into  the  character  and   qualifications of such person by its committees regularly appointed, nor   shall  any  such  church  retain  any person as its minister or clerical   attendant after it has been regularly notified that such person has been   suspended or removed according to  the  rules  and  regulations  of  the   General Assembly of Spiritualists covering such matters.
NY Rel Corps L § 269 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 269 - Duties of Ministers, Et Cetera.

§  269.  Duties  of  ministers,  et  cetera.  Ministers  and  clerical   attendants shall perform such duties as  the  by-laws  shall  direct  in   accordance  with  the  rules  and regulations of the General Assembly of   Spiritualists.
NY Rel Corps L § 270 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 270 - Reincorporation of Present Incorporated Spiritualist Churches.

§  270. Reincorporation of present incorporated Spiritualist churches.   Any Spiritualist church heretofore incorporated may reincorporate  under   the provisions of this article by filing in the county clerk's office of   the  county  in  which  its  principal  place  of  worship is located, a   certificate that at a special meeting held pursuant to the provisions of   section two hundred and sixty-six of this article, that such church  had   by  two-thirds  vote  of the members present and qualified to vote, duly   voted to reincorporate under the  provisions  hereof.  Such  certificate   shall  be signed by the presiding officer and two inspectors of election   acting thereat and shall be acknowledged, and shall bear the indorsement   and consent of  the  body  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Spiritualists   governing   admission  of  churches.  The  name  of  such  church  shall   thereafter have affixed  the  words  "in  connection  with  the  General   Assembly of Spiritualists."
NY Rel Corps L § 271 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 271 - .

* §  271.  Any  church  incorporating  or  reincorporating  under this   article shall be subject to the rules and  regulations  of  the  General   Assembly of Spiritualists relating to affiliated churches.* NB Enacted without section heading.
NY Rel Corps L § 272 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 13 - Spiritualist Churches. 272 - Enacted Without Section Heading.

* §  272.  The  word  church  as  used herein shall mean any church or   society organized for the purpose of worshipping as Spiritualists  as  a   religion.* NB Enacted without section heading.
NY Rel Corps L § 273 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 14 - Churches of the Nazarene 273 - Application of Article.

§  273.  Application of article. This article applies only to churches   of the Nazarene in connection with the general assembly of the church of   the Nazarene.
NY Rel Corps L § 274 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 14 - Churches of the Nazarene 274 - Incorporation.

§  274.  Incorporation.  An  unincorporated church of the Nazarene may   become incorporated as a church, by executing, acknowledging and  filing   a certificate of incorporation, stating the corporate name by which such   church  shall  be known, and the county, town, city or village where its   principal place of worship is or is intended to be located.A certificate of  incorporation  of  unincorporated  churches  of  the   Nazarene,   shall   be   executed   and  acknowledged  by  the  district   superintendent of the district in which its principal place  of  worship   is located, or in case of his absence or inability to act, by one of the   general  superintendents  of  the  church  of the Nazarene of the United   States, and by the laymen, members of such church, who shall be selected   as the first trustees thereof by said official.In filing the said certificate, said church shall be a corporation  by   the name stated in the certificate.
NY Rel Corps L § 275 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 14 - Churches of the Nazarene 275 - Government.

§  275.  Government.  The  district  superintendent of the district to   which any incorporated church of the Nazarene belongs, and his successor   in office, shall be by virtue of his office, a trustee of  said  church;   and  the  laymen,  members of such church who signed said certificate of   incorporation shall together constitute  the  first  board  of  trustees   thereof.  The  term of office of the laymen trustees of the incorporated   church of the Nazarene, shall be one year; the number of laymen trustees   shall be three, six or nine. Whenever the  office  of  any  such  laymen   trustees  shall  become  vacant  by  expiration  of  term  of  office or   otherwise, his successor shall be elected by a majority vote of the duly   qualified members of said church. No act or proceedings of the  trustees   of  any  incorporated church shall be valid, without the sanction of the   district superintendent of the district to which such church belongs, or   in case of his absence or inability to act, without the sanction of  one   of  the  general  superintendents  of  the church of the Nazarene of the   United States.
NY Rel Corps L § 276 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 14 - Churches of the Nazarene 276 - Reincorporation of Present Incorporated Churches of the Nazarene.

§  276.  Reincorporation  of  present  incorporated  churches  of  the   Nazarene.  Any  church  of  the  Nazarene  heretofore  incorporated  may   reincorporate  under  the  provisions  of this article, by filing in the   county clerk's office in the county in  which  its  principal  place  of   worship is located, a certificate, signed by the district superintendent   of  the  district in which its principal place of worship is located, or   in case of his absence or inability  to  act,  by  one  of  the  general   superintendents  of the church of the Nazarene of the United States, and   by all the trustees in office  at  the  time  of  such  reincorporation,   setting  forth that they desire to reincorporate under the provisions of   this act, the corporate name by which such church shall  be  known,  and   the  county,  town, city or village where its principal place of worship   is or is intended to be located; the number and the names of the  laymen   trustees  who  are  to hold office until the next annual meeting of said   corporation. Immediately upon the filing of such certificate, the  board   of trustees of said church, shall consist of the district superintendent   of  the district in which the principal place of worship is located, and   the laymen trustees selected as above provided, and the  office  of  the   trustees  of  said  church heretofore appointed or selected shall become   vacant and cease to exist.
NY Rel Corps L § 277 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 14 - Churches of the Nazarene 277 - Rules and Regulations.

§   277.   Rules   and   regulations.   Any   church  incorporated  or   reincorporated under this article, shall be subject  to  the  rules  and   regulations of the general assembly of the church of the Nazarene.
NY Rel Corps L § 278 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 14 - Churches of the Nazarene 278 - Corporations for Acquiring Camp Meeting Grounds for Camp Meeting Purposes.

§  278.  Corporations  for  acquiring  camp  meeting  grounds for camp   meeting purposes. The district superintendent and  the  members  of  the   camp  meeting board duly elected by a district assembly of the Church of   the Nazarene may become incorporated  for  the  purposes  of  acquiring,   maintaining  and improving real property to be used as a camp ground for   camp  meeting  purposes,  by  executing,  acknowledging  and  filing   a   certificate  stating the name and object of the corporation, the name of   such district assembly and of such district, the names and residences of   the signers thereof, the number of trustees of such  corporation,  which   shall be three, or some multiple of three, not more than twenty-one, the   names  of  such  trustees,  designating one-third to hold office for one   year, one-third to hold office for  two  years  and  one-third  to  hold   office  for  three  years.  On  filing  such  a certificate the district   superintendent and the members of such camp meeting  board  shall  be  a   corporation  by  the  name  and  for the purposes therein stated and the   trustees therein named shall be the first trustees thereof.A person holding property in trust for camp meeting purposes or  other   religious purposes for the Church of the Nazarene may convey the same to   a  corporation  organized  for  the  purpose  of acquiring such property   within the district in which the property is situated.Meetings held under the direction of such a corporation  upon  grounds   owned  by it shall be deemed religious meetings within the provisions of   the law relating to disturbance of religious meetings.
NY Rel Corps L § 279 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 14 - Churches of the Nazarene 279 - Incorporation of Advisory Board of a District of the Church of the Nazarene.

§  279. Incorporation of advisory board of a district of the Church of   the Nazarene. 1. The district superintendent  and  the  members  of  the   advisory  board duly elected by a district assembly of the Church of the   Nazarene may incorporate for the purpose of advancing the development of   the Churches of Nazarene in such district.2. The certificate of incorporation shall  state  the  object  of  the   corporation,  the  name  of such district assembly and of such district,   the names and residences of the signers thereof, the number of  trustees   which  shall  be not less than three or more than five, designating them   to hold office for one year. On executing, acknowledging and filing such   certificate the advisory board of such district shall be  a  corporation   and the trustees therein stated shall be the first trustees thereof.3.  Such  corporation  may  acquire property for churches, parsonages,   missions,  Sunday  schools,  denominational   educational   institutions   (subject  to  the  consent of the university of New York), residences of   church workers, dispensaries of medicine for  the  poor,  rescue  homes,   homes  for  the  aged  or  for needy and orphan children, subject to the   consent  of  the  state  board  of  social  welfare,  and  property  for   cemeteries,  camp  grounds  or  for  other  religious  purposes.  Such a   corporation shall have power to establish, maintain and  manage  by  its   trustees  or other officers such institutions as a part of its religious   purpose, and may take and  hold  by  conveyance,  donation,  bequest  or   devise  real  and  personal property for such purposes, and may purchase   and may erect suitable buildings therefor. Any such corporation may take   and hold any grant, donation, bequest or  devise  of  real  or  personal   property heretofore or hereafter made upon trust, and apply the same, or   the  income  thereof,  under  the  direction  of  its  trustees or other   officers. Such trustees or other officers shall have power  to  mortgage   or  sell  and convey any property under the care, when directed so to do   by the corporation that elected them, having first obtained leave of the   supreme or county court therefor pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this   chapter;  provided  that  in  all  cases  the  proceeds  of such sale or   mortgage shall be used either for  the  payment  of  debts  or  for  the   purchase  or improvement of property for the same uses and deeded to the   same corporation; or if not used, shall be held subject to the order  of   the annual assembly of the district.
NY Rel Corps L § 290 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RCO - Religious Corporations Article 15 290 - Application of Article.

§  290.  Application  of  article.  1.  This  article  applies  to all   churches, congregations, societies, parishes, committees and other local   organizations governed by jurisdictions, bishoprics, dioceses,  missions   of  any  Orthodox Patriarchate, Synod or national church of the Orthodox   Greek Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church, recognized  by  the  apostolic   historic  Orthodox  Patriarchates of Constantinople, Antioch, Moscow and   Serbia (Jugoslavia), respectively, through their four  primary  Orthodox   Greek  Catholic  jurisdictions  in  America as specified in subdivisions   three and four of section fifteen of this chapter; also to any churches,   parishes,  congregations,  societies  or  committees  of  the  Christian   Orthodox  Catholic Churches of the Eastern Confession which are included   under article five-a of said chapter and in  general  to  all  churches,   parishes,  congregations,  committees or religious organizations founded   or established with the intent and for the purpose of  adhering  to  and   maintaining  the apostolic and historic communion, doctrine, discipline,   canon law, tradition, worship and unity of the Eastern Confession  known   as the Orthodox Greek Catholic (Eastern Orthodox) Church.2.  This  article  does not apply to the following churches, which are   autogenic, to  wit:  American  Catholic  Church,  Old  Catholic  Church,   Western Orthodox Church, Orthodox Old Catholic Church, American Catholic   Orthodox  Church,  Apostolic  Episcopal  Church, Holy Orthodox Church in   America, American Patriarchal Orthodox Church, African  Orthodox  Church   or  any other organization, church, society or establishment by whatever   name,  title  or  description  designated,  whose   names,   titles   or   descriptions allude, relate or refer to the said Orthodox Greek Catholic   (Eastern  Orthodox)  Church  but which are not recognized or accepted by   said apostolic and historic Orthodox Greek Catholic Patriarchates.