reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-15 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-15 - Special meetings of congregation

16:11-15. Special meetings of congregation  Every special business meeting of any such congregation shall be held at its usual place of meeting for public worship and may be called at any time by the board of trustees or by not less than 1/4 of the members of the congregation entitled to vote thereat, upon written notice of the time, place and object thereof. The notice shall be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship, at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting mentioned in the notice. The business of such special meeting shall be limited to the object mentioned in the notice. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation upon the power of the session of the church, or of any other spiritual officers, to call a congregational meeting at any time for any purpose authorized by the constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 5.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-16 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-16 - Annual reports; statements

16:11-16. Annual reports; statements  The minutes of the proceedings of the board of trustees and of all annual and special business meetings of the congregation, and a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the treasurer, shall at least annually, and as much oftener as may be required by the session of the church, be submitted to such session for review, for incorporation in its records, and for report to the higher judicatories of the church, according to the provisions of the constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 6.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-17 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-17 - Records; trustees or members may examine

16:11-17. Records; trustees or members may examine  Subject to reasonable regulations, any member of the board of trustees or congregation shall, upon application to the secretary or treasurer, be entitled to inspect and examine any of the policies of insurance, securities, books, papers and documents in the custody of either of such officers and to copy the same or make extracts therefrom.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-18 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-18 - Incorporation of presbytery; powers

16:11-18. Incorporation of presbytery; powers  Any presbytery in this State of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, convened at a stated meeting in accordance with its usages, may, for the purpose of incorporation, elect, by ballot, from its members, 5 ministers and 5 ruling elders to be trustees of the same. Such trustees shall adopt a name, shall certify such name under their hands and seals, and forthwith transmit such certificate to the Secretary of State, who shall forthwith record the same. Thereupon such trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name stated in such certificate, with the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this Title, except that of paragraph "i" of said section. Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 7.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-19 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-19 - Trustees; succession; election; tenure

16:11-19. Trustees; succession; election; tenure  The members of any presbytery, incorporated under section 16:11-18 of this title, may, at a stated meeting, elect by ballot, in the manner directed for the election of the first trustees, any trustee or trustees in place of those or any of those before elected. Such renewal shall not be less than one year after his or their election into office, unless it shall be to fill a vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any trustee or his moving out of the limits of such presbytery.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-20 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-20 - President

16:11-20. President  Such corporation may elect annually one of its own members to be president. He shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation in a book kept for that purpose, and shall have custody of the common seal and the papers, deeds, writings, documents and books of or relating to such corporation. He shall convene the corporation as occasion may require. In case of his absence for any cause, the office of president shall devolve on the senior trustee for the time being, who shall occupy the same until the return of the president or the election of another.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-21 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-21 - Reincorporation under other provisions; resolution; certificate recorded

16:11-21. Reincorporation under other provisions; resolution; certificate recorded  Any presbytery incorporated under this article, that shall desire to avail itself of any other statutory provisions relating to or providing for the incorporation of presbyteries in this state, may do so by a resolution of the board of trustees of such presbytery. The president of such board of trustees shall make, under his hand and sealed with the seal of such presbytery, a certificate of such resolution and of the changes in organization or powers intended to be accomplished thereby, and of the acts, the provisions of which it is intended to take advantage, and shall have it recorded in the office of the secretary of state, for which service the secretary of state shall be entitled to receive the fees provided by section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-22 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-22 - Trustees; change of number and tenure; provisions for election of officers; resolution; certificate recorded

16:11-22. Trustees; change of number and tenure; provisions for election of officers; resolution; certificate recorded  Any presbytery incorporated under this article may, by a resolution approved by its board of trustees and by the presbytery, change the number of trustees to be thereafter elected and their respective terms of office, and make such provisions for the election of a president, a secretary and a treasurer of the board of trustees as may be deemed advisable by such board of trustees and presbytery. A copy of such resolution, certified under the hand and seal of the president and secretary of the board of trustees and of the stated clerk of the presbytery, shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state, for which service the secretary of state shall be entitled to receive the fees provided by section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-23 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-23 - Property of dissolved church; disposition of property and proceeds

16:11-23. Property of dissolved church; disposition of property and proceeds  When any presbytery in this State connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America heretofore has dissolved or hereafter dissolves any particular local church subject to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of such presbytery, pursuant to the constitution, laws, usages or customs of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, all the real and personal property of the particular local church and of the congregation connected therewith, whether held by an incorporated board of trustees or otherwise, shall thereupon vest in the trustees of such presbytery, provided the trustees are incorporated, in the same manner as the property was vested in the board of trustees or persons or body holding the same in trust for the particular local church and congregation. The trustees of the presbytery may, under the direction of the presbytery, manage, sell, or otherwise freely dispose of the same, and shall apply the proceeds thereof in such manner as to the presbytery may seem best for religious uses and purposes within the territory over which the presbytery shall have ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Any sale or conveyance of such property made by such trustees shall be as good and effectual as if made by the board of trustees, persons or body formerly holding the same, and shall vest in the grantee all the right, title and interest in and to such property theretofore vested in the church and its trustees, or in the congregation connected therewith, or in the persons or body holding the same in trust for the particular local church and congregation. Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 8.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:11-24 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:11-24 - Certified copy receivable in evidence

16:11-24. Certified copy receivable in evidence  A copy of any certificate required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state by any provision of this chapter, duly certified under the hand and official seal of the secretary of state, shall be received in evidence in any court.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-1 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-1 - Incorporation; meeting.

16:12-1 Incorporation; meeting.  16:12-1. Any congregation or parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church in this State, duly organized in accordance with the constitution and canons of such church, may incorporate in the following manner: A meeting shall be called by notice, designating the time and place of such meeting and the object for which it is called, signed by the minister, if there be one, and five members of full age, and read during public service at the usual place of worship, on the two successive Sundays next preceding. At such meeting only those persons who are qualified in accordance with the constitution and canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese in which the parish is located shall be entitled to vote or act as officers. Five qualified voters shall constitute a quorum, and all questions shall be decided by a majority vote of those present. The minister shall preside at the meeting, but if the minister is absent, or if there be no minister in charge of the congregation, another person shall be chosen to act as chairperson. The presiding officer shall be the judge of the qualification of voters, shall receive the votes and declare the result. A secretary shall be chosen to record the proceedings. The meeting shall determine by ballot whether the congregation shall become incorporated, and if so determined, the meeting shall determine further: a. The corporate title, which shall be in the form as follows: "The Rector, Wardens and Vestry of ...... Church in ............"; b. The date of the annual meeting, which shall not be inconsistent with the constitution, canons or laws of such church; and c. The number of vestrymembers, which shall be three, six, nine, or 12. The meeting shall then elect, by ballot, two wardens, one to hold office until the first annual meeting, and the other to hold office until the second annual meeting thereafter. The number of vestrymembers determined upon shall be elected in like manner, one-third to hold office until the first annual meeting, one-third until the second annual meeting, and one-third until the third annual meeting thereafter. amended 1961, c.114, s.1; 2017, c.151, s.1
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-2 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-2 - Certificate; execution, filing, recording.

16:12-2 Certificate; execution, filing, recording.  16:12-2. A certificate shall be executed, under the hands and seals of the chairperson and secretary of the meeting and acknowledged or proved in the same manner as deeds of real estate, setting forth: a. That the meeting was called and organized as provided in R.S.16:12-1; b. The name assumed as the corporate title; c. The day fixed for the annual meeting; d. The number of vestrymembers; and e. The names of the persons elected as wardens and vestrymembers and their terms of office. The certificate shall be filed and recorded forthwith in the office of the clerk of the county in which the parish is located, whereupon such wardens and vestrymembers, together with the rector, shall be a corporation, and shall constitute the trustees and the vestry of the parish. amended 2017, c.151, s.2.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-3 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-3 - Powers

16:12-3. Powers  Any parish of the Protestant Episcopal Church, duly incorporated hereunder or under any other law or charter or letters patent, notwithstanding any restriction contained in its charter, letters patent, act of incorporation, or certificate of organization, shall have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this title except as hereinafter specifically provided.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-4 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-4 - Consent by bishop, committee required for certain transactions.

16:12-4 Consent by bishop, committee required for certain transactions.  16:12-4. No sale, conveyance or mortgage of any real estate other than burial lots in churchyards or cemeteries, and no lease for a longer term than one year shall be made by such corporation without the previous written consent of the bishop and a majority of the standing committee of the diocese within which the corporation is located, or in case of a vacancy in the office of bishop, or of the bishop's absence from the diocese, then of a majority of the standing committee. Such consent shall be acknowledged or proved and recorded with the deed, lease, mortgage or instrument of conveyance. Without such consent the sale, conveyance, mortgage or lease shall be void. amended 2017, c.151, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-5 - By-laws

16:12-5. By-laws  By-laws made by any such corporation shall be consistent with law and with the constitution and laws of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-6 - Members and officers.

16:12-6 Members and officers.  16:12-6. The rector shall be a member and the presiding officer of every such corporation, but if there be no rector, the wardens and vestrymembers shall constitute the corporation, and one of the wardens shall be elected the presiding officer. A clerk or secretary, who shall be one of the vestrymembers, and a treasurer shall be elected annually by the vestry, in such manner and subject to such restrictions as may be provided by the by-laws. amended 2017, c.151, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-7 - Rector; filling vacancy.

16:12-7 Rector; filling vacancy.  16:12-7. When a vacancy shall occur in the office of rector, in any manner whatsoever, the wardens and vestrymembers, two-thirds of them concurring in the choice, may, subject to the constitution and canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, and of the diocese in which the parish is located, choose some fit person, duly qualified, to be rector of the parish. amended 2017, c.151, s.5.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-8 - Meetings of vestry

16:12-8. Meetings of vestry  Meetings of the vestry shall be called on at least twenty-four hours' notice by: a. The rector at any time; b. The wardens, if there is no rector, or if the rector is absent from the diocese for three calendar months, or is incapable of acting, or if the rector has refused to call the meeting within one week after the receipt of a request signed by a majority of the members of the vestry; or c. A majority of the members of the vestry, in case of failure of the wardens to call such meeting within one week after the receipt of such request.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-9 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-9 - Vestry; quorum.

16:12-9 Vestry; quorum.  16:12-9. To constitute a quorum of the vestry there must be present either: a. The rector, one of the wardens and a majority of the vestrymembers; or b. The rector, both wardens and one less than a majority of the vestrymembers; or c. The rector and two-thirds of the vestrymembers; or d. If the rector is absent from the diocese, or is incapable of acting, and shall have been so absent or incapable for more than three calendar months, or if the meeting is called by the rector and the rector is absent therefrom, or if the meeting is called by the wardens or vestrymembers and the rector is absent therefrom, one warden and a majority of the vestrymembers, or both wardens and one less than a majority of the vestrymembers. If there is a rector called to or settled in the parish, no action shall be taken in the rector's absence, relating to or affecting the personal or exclusive rights of the rector, or the alienation of the capital or principal of any investments held by the corporation, or the sale of its real estate, or the encumbrance thereof, except as may be necessary for ordinary repairs. amended 2017, c.151, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-10 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-10 - Annual parish election.

16:12-10 Annual parish election.  16:12-10. The annual election of any such parish shall be held on such day as may be designated in its certificate of incorporation, if consistent with the constitution, canons or laws of such church. Notice of the time and place of the annual election shall be given by advertisement set up in open view at the door of the church or usual place of worship, 10 days prior to the election and shall also be read by the rector or officiating minister on the two Sundays next preceding the election, in time of public service. The rector shall preside, with the right to vote, or if the rector is absent or if no rector is settled in the parish, the meeting shall choose one of the wardens, or if neither of the wardens is present, one of the vestrymembers, or if no vestrymember is present, then some duly qualified voter to act as chairperson. The secretary of the vestry, or in the secretary's absence a person appointed by the chairperson, shall enter the proceedings in the minute book of the vestry, and shall sign the same together with the chairperson. The qualifications for voters, and for such officers as may be elected by the meeting, shall be as provided from time to time by the constitution and canons of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the diocese in which the parish is located; provided, however, that, at any annual parish meeting held for the election of wardens or vestrymembers, a by-law may be adopted providing that no wardens or vestrymembers who have been duly elected at any parish meeting may succeed themselves, which by-law shall remain in full force and effect until repealed at a subsequent annual parish meeting. The chairperson shall be the judge of the qualifications of the voters, shall receive the votes and declare the result. The election shall be by ballot, and the polls shall remain open for one-half hour, and for such longer time as may be required to receive the ballots of the persons present and ready to vote. Three persons shall constitute a quorum. In case of failure to elect on the first ballot the required number of wardens or vestrymembers to be elected at the meeting, one or more further ballots shall be taken in the same manner. amended 1949, c.212; 1961, c.114, s.2; 2017, c.151, s.7.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-11 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-11 - Election of officers; tenure.

16:12-11 Election of officers; tenure.  16:12-11. At each annual election of any such parish incorporated after March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and one, one warden shall be elected to hold office for two years, or until a successor is chosen, and one-third of the total number of vestrymembers shall be elected to hold office for three years, or until their successors are chosen, and of any such parish incorporated prior to March twentieth, one thousand nine hundred and one, both wardens and all the vestrymembers may be elected to hold office for one year, or until their successors are chosen, or one warden shall be elected to hold office for two years or until a successor is chosen and one-third of the total number of vestrymembers shall be elected to hold office for three years, or until their successors are chosen, notwithstanding any provisions in the charters or certificates of incorporation of any such parishes, congregations, societies or churches. amended 2017, c.151, s.8.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-12 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-12 - Warden or vestrymember; filling vacancy.

16:12-12 Warden or vestrymember; filling vacancy.  16:12-12. In the event of a vacancy in the office of warden or vestrymember caused by the failure of any candidate to receive a majority of the votes cast, the vacancy shall be filled at a special meeting of the parish, called forthwith and conducted as hereinafter provided. In the event of a vacancy caused by the death, resignation, removal, incapacity, refusal or neglect for six months of any duly elected warden or vestrymember to serve in such capacity, the vacancy may be filled by the vestry until the next annual meeting. amended 2017, c.151, s.9.
NJ Rev Stat § 16:12-13 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious|Section 16:12-13 - Special parish meetings.

16:12-13 Special parish meetings.  16:12-13. Special meetings of the parish for any of the purposes provided in this article may be called by the rector at any time, or if there be no rector, by the wardens, upon the same notice as prescribed in R.S.16:12-10. The notice shall specify the object for which the meeting is called, and no vote shall be taken upon any question not specified in the notice. Special meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as the meetings for the annual election, but the votes may be counted and declared forthwith upon any question except the election of wardens and vestrymembers. amended 2017, c.151, s.10.