reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: AGENTS › 13 §2484. Commissions (REPEALED)

§2484. Commissions
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: AGENTS › 13 §2485. Requisites; issuance; renewals (REPEALED)

§2485. Requisites; issuance; renewals
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: AGENTS › 13 §2486. Termination of appointment (REPEALED)

§2486. Termination of appointment
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: AGENTS › 13 §2487. Revocation or suspension of license (REPEALED)

§2487. Revocation or suspension of license
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 5: FOREIGN OR ALIEN SOCIETIES › 13 §2521. Admission (REPEALED)

§2521. Admission
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 5: FOREIGN OR ALIEN SOCIETIES › 13 §2522. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license (REPEALED)

§2522. Suspension, revocation or refusal of license
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 6: CERTIFICATES › 13 §2561. Issuance; representations; assessments (REPEALED)

§2561. Issuance; representations; assessments
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 6: CERTIFICATES › 13 §2562. Provisions, standard and prohibited (REPEALED)

§2562. Provisions, standard and prohibited
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 6: CERTIFICATES › 13 §2563. Accident and health and disability certificates; filing and approval (REPEALED)

§2563. Accident and health and disability certificates; filing and approval
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 6: CERTIFICATES › 13 §2564. Change of beneficiary; funeral benefits; lack of beneficiary (REPEALED)

§2564. Change of beneficiary; funeral benefits; lack of beneficiary
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 7: BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS › 13 §2601. Type of benefits (REPEALED)

§2601. Type of benefits
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 7: BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS › 13 §2602. Payment of benefits other than insurance (REPEALED)

§2602. Payment of benefits other than insurance
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 7: BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS › 13 §2603. Application of benefits (REPEALED)

§2603. Application of benefits
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 7: BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS › 13 §2604. Benefits on lives of children (REPEALED)

§2604. Benefits on lives of children
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP). PL 1969, c. 433, §14 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 590, §18 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 7: BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS › 13 §2605. Nonforfeiture; surrender values; loans; options (REPEALED)

§2605. Nonforfeiture; surrender values; loans; options
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 7: BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS › 13 §2606. Benefits not attachable (REPEALED)

§2606. Benefits not attachable
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1967, c. 412, §1 (AMD). PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 7: BENEFITS AND PAYMENTS › 13 §2607. No personal liability (REPEALED)

§2607. No personal liability
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 8: EXAMINATIONS › 13 §2641. Domestic companies (REPEALED)

§2641. Domestic companies
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 8: EXAMINATIONS › 13 §2642. Foreign and alien societies (REPEALED)

§2642. Foreign and alien societies
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 89: FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES › Subchapter 8: EXAMINATIONS › 13 §2643. No adverse publicity pending examination (REPEALED)

§2643. No adverse publicity pending examination
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 132, §11 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 1: MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATION › 13 §2691. Warrant for calling meetings

§2691. Warrant for calling meetings
When any 5 or a majority of the proprietors of lands or wharves held in common desire a meeting of the proprietors for the purpose of forming a corporation or for any other purpose, they may make written application signed by them or their agents to any justice of the peace residing in the county in which the lands or wharves are situated. The justice of the peace shall thereupon issue his warrant calling a meeting at the time and place and for the purposes distinctly stated in the application, directed to one of the proprietors, requiring him to give notice thereof.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §8 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A40 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 736, §8 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 1: MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATION › 13 §2692. Notice

§2692. Notice
If the lands lie in one or more incorporated towns, a notice in writing shall be posted in some public place in each, and published in one of the newspapers of general circulation in the county where any part of them lies, 14 days before the meeting; or the meeting may be warned by posting written notifications in some public place in each town where any proprietor resides, 14 days before the time appointed therefor.   [PL 1987, c. 667, §7 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1987, c. 667, §7 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 1: MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATION › 13 §2693. Business specified in warrant; votes counted

§2693. Business specified in warrant; votes counted
No business shall be acted upon at any meeting unless distinctly expressed in the warrant therefor. The proprietors' votes shall be counted according to the interest of each in the common lands, if known, and in that way the moderator shall make certain all doubtful votes. They may pass bylaws as to the management, improvement, division and disposal of their lands or wharves, subject to the approval of the county commissioners of the county where the lands lie, and may annex penalties to the breach of them, not exceeding $3 for one offense, to be disposed of as they direct.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 1: MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATION › 13 §2694. Raising and assessment of moneys; publication

§2694. Raising and assessment of moneys; publication
At any legal meeting, the proprietors may raise money for bringing forward, completing the settlement of, managing or improving said lands, or for their common good, and assess the same according to their interests in the lands. The treasurer, collector or committee shall publish such assessment in the same manner as a meeting of the proprietors is notified.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 1: MEETINGS AND ORGANIZATION › 13 §2695. Management of property; proxies

§2695. Management of property; proxies
A majority of proprietors present at any legal meeting may order, manage, improve, divide or dispose of their lands as they choose; and may vote in person or by attorney appointed in writing.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 2: OFFICERS › 13 §2731. Officers; future meetings

§2731. Officers; future meetings
At such meeting, such proprietors as assembled in person or by attorney may organize into a corporation, if not already so organized, choose a moderator, clerk, treasurer, assessors, collector of taxes, committees and other needful officers; and may by vote decide upon the manner of calling and notifying future meetings.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 2: OFFICERS › 13 §2732. Officers sworn

§2732. Officers sworn
The clerk, treasurer, assessors and collector shall be sworn by the moderator or a dedimus justice, and the clerk shall record the votes passed at all meetings.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §9 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A41 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 736, §9 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 2: OFFICERS › 13 §2733. Treasurer's powers and duties

§2733. Treasurer's powers and duties
The treasurer may sue for and collect all debts due to the proprietors and shall render his account of all moneys received and paid; and he shall hold his office during their pleasure.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 3: RECORDS › 13 §2771. Deposit with town clerk

§2771. Deposit with town clerk
After a final division of their common property, the proprietors shall cause their records to be deposited in the office of the clerk of the town in which some part of such land lies. He may record votes and certify copies of such records as the proprietors' clerk might have done. The last clerk chosen shall continue in office until the records are so deposited.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS › 13 §2811. Prosecution and defense of actions

§2811. Prosecution and defense of actions
The proprietors may prosecute and defend civil actions by their agent, and the certificate of the proprietors' clerk is evidence of such agency.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS › 13 §2812. Assessment collected by forced sale

§2812. Assessment collected by forced sale
If any proprietor neglects to pay his assessment to the treasurer, collector or committee for 6 months, if he resides in the State, otherwise for 12 months, then the committee may, from time to time, sell at auction so much of his right in the common lands as is sufficient to pay his tax and the reasonable charges of sale, after notice thereof posted as provided and published in 2 of the newspapers before named, 5 weeks successively next before the time of sale; and may give deeds thereof in fee to the purchaser.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS › 13 §2813. Right of redemption

§2813. Right of redemption
The proprietor of the right so sold may redeem it within a year by paying to the committee the sum for which it was sold, with $12 for each hundred produced by such sale, and in that proportion for a greater or less sum.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 91: PROPRIETORS OF LANDS AND WHARVES › Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS › 13 §2814. Continuation for 10 years after final division

§2814. Continuation for 10 years after final division
A final division shall not dissolve the corporation until 10 years thereafter; but the last proprietors in common and their heirs shall continue in their corporate capacity for the collection and payment of all debts due to or owing by the corporation; and may call and hold meetings, and vote assessments to pay their debts and all other charges necessary for closing their business.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2861. Meeting to form parish

§2861. Meeting to form parish
Any person of age 18 or older, desirous of becoming an incorporated parish or religious society, may apply to a notary public, who shall issue his warrant to one of them, directing him to notify the other applicants to meet at some proper place expressed in the warrant. He shall give notice of the meeting 7 days at least before holding the same, by posting a notification thereof on the outer door of the meetinghouse or place of public worship of the society, if any, otherwise at such place as the notary appoints.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §42 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 433, §15 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 598, §12 (AMD). PL 1981, c. 456, §A42 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2861-A. Bylaws; disposal of assets

§2861-A. Bylaws; disposal of assets
The bylaws of a corporation organized under this chapter after the effective date of this section must provide for the disposal of the corporation's assets.   [PL 1995, c. 300, §2 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1995, c. 300, §2 (NEW).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2862. Organization; name

§2862. Organization; name
Persons assembled under section 2861 may choose a clerk and other needful parish officers, and shall thereupon be a corporation, bear the name which they assume and have all the powers of parishes and religious societies.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2863. Property and bylaws

§2863. Property and bylaws
Every parish may take by gift or purchase any real or personal estate, until the clear annual income thereof amounts to $3,000; convey the same and establish bylaws not repugnant to law.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2864. Insurance; losses

§2864. Insurance; losses
A parish in the actual occupancy of a church, meetinghouse or other building used for religious purposes may insure it against loss by fire. In case of such loss, the company insuring it shall not deny the occupancy of the parish, its legal existence or its right to maintain an action on the policy. The money so recovered shall be held by the parish in trust for repairing or restoring the building, and shall be so applied.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2865. Admission to parish

§2865. Admission to parish
A person of either sex, of age 18 years or older, may become a member of a parish or religious society by vote thereof at a legal meeting.   [PL 1971, c. 598, §12 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 433, §16 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 598, §13 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2866. Persons deemed members; dissolution

§2866. Persons deemed members; dissolution
Any person described in section 2865, residing in a local parish holding funds derived from this State or Massachusetts, shall be deemed a member of it until he dissolves the connection. Such person having resided in such parish one year, after he has arrived at majority, without either giving written notice to its clerk of his consent to be a member thereof, or paying a tax or subscription according to the mode that said parish has adopted to raise money, shall be deemed to have thereby dissolved his connection therewith. Said connection shall remain dissolved, and said person shall not be taxable until he renews the connection by giving written notice to its clerk of his consent to be a member of said parish. Any person residing in a local parish may become a member of such parish not deriving funds from the State, by giving written notice to its clerk of his intention to do so within one year after he is of age or removes thereto.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION › 13 §2867. No compulsion; withdrawals

§2867. No compulsion; withdrawals
No person described in section 2866 shall be a member of a parish or religious society without his consent. Any person may dissolve his connection therewith by leaving with its clerk a certificate of his intention to do so, and all his liability for future expenses shall thereby cease; but he may be taxed for money previously raised, except in case of removal from a local parish.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 2: MEETINGS › 13 §2901. Call and notice; clerk

§2901. Call and notice; clerk
The annual or other meetings of an incorporated parish may be called by its assessors or clerk to be held at the time when, and place in the town where, they are usually held. The members of such parish shall be notified of such meeting as prescribed in section 2861 or in the manner agreed on by its vote. At such meeting, they may choose a clerk who shall be sworn, 2 or more assessors, a collector, treasurer, standing committee and all other needful officers. The assessors shall manage the prudential concerns of the parish, when no other persons are appointed for that purpose, and shall be sworn.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 2: MEETINGS › 13 §2902. Moderator

§2902. Moderator
The moderator of any meeting shall preserve order, manage the business and administer the oath to the clerk and assessors.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 2: MEETINGS › 13 §2903. Request of members for meeting

§2903. Request of members for meeting
When 5 members of any parish in writing request the assessors to call a meeting, or to insert any particular article in the warrant therefor, they shall do so.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 2: MEETINGS › 13 §2904. Refusal of assessors

§2904. Refusal of assessors
If the assessors unreasonably refuse, any justice of the peace on like application may issue his warrant to one of the applicants, who shall notify such meeting as prescribed in section 2861 or as agreed on by parish vote.   [PL 1987, c. 736, §10 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A43 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 736, §10 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 2: MEETINGS › 13 §2905. No meeting for 3 years

§2905. No meeting for 3 years
When there has been no meeting of an incorporated parish or society for 3 years, a meeting may be called as provided in section 3110.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 2: MEETINGS › 13 §2906. Qualification of voters

§2906. Qualification of voters
No person described in section 2866 shall vote in meetings of any territorial parish who is not a contributor to its support.   [PL 1977, c. 255, §2 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 255, §2 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 3: FINANCES › 13 §2941. Authority to raise money

§2941. Authority to raise money
Every parish, at a legal meeting, may raise money for the support of the public ministry of religion, for building, repairing or removing houses of public worship and for other necessary parish charges.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 3: FINANCES › 13 §2942. Assessment on pews

§2942. Assessment on pews
When a house of public worship belongs to a parish, or it and the fee of the land on which it stands is vested in trustees for the use of a parish, such parish may assess any money raised wholly or partly, on the pews or seats, whether owned by members of such parish or religious society or not; and the owners may be present and vote in raising such money.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 3: FINANCES › 13 §2943. Payment of tax by sale of pews

§2943. Payment of tax by sale of pews
When taxes on pews and seats remain unpaid for 6 months after their assessment, the treasurer shall sell them at auction, first posting notice thereof at the principal outer door of such house of worship, 3 weeks before the time of sale, stating the numbers, if any, of the pews or seats and the amount of tax on each; and shall execute and deliver a deed thereof to the purchaser, and pay to the owner the overplus, after deducting the amount of tax and incidental charges.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 3: FINANCES › 13 §2944. Notice of nonoccupancy by pew owner; rights

§2944. Notice of nonoccupancy by pew owner; rights
Whenever a parish or church raises its current expenses by assessment on its pews, any pew owner who shall not occupy his pew, either by himself or family, or rent the same, may give a written notice to the clerk of the parish or church, or to the parish committee or assessors, of his intention not to occupy said pew for one year following the next annual meeting of said parish or church, in which case said pew owner shall not be liable for any tax assessed on said pew during said year, neither shall he act and vote at said annual meeting unless he retains a pew for the occupancy of himself and family, and the parish or church may let said pew during said year and appropriate the rent to the current expenses of the parish or church, and said parish or church shall not sell said pew for taxes assessed during that year.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › 13 §2981. Territorial parishes continued (REPEALED)

§2981. Territorial parishes continued
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1977, c. 255, §3 (RP).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › 13 §2982. Officers as corporations; organization and powers

§2982. Officers as corporations; organization and powers
The church wardens of Episcopal churches, the stewards or trustees of the United Methodist church and the deacons of all other Protestant churches are so far corporations as to take, in succession, all grants and gifts of real and personal estate made to their churches or to them and their successors. If the ministers, elders or vestrymen are joined with them in such grants or gifts, the 2 classes of officers shall be corporations for that purpose. For the purpose of organizing any such corporation, one or more members of said corporation may call a meeting thereof by a notice posted upon the outer door of the meetinghouse or place of public worship of their parish or society at least 7 days before the time of holding such meeting; or, if there is no such meetinghouse or place of public worship, by a notice posted in 2 public and conspicuous places in the town wherein said parish or society is located. At such meeting the corporation may organize, adopt a corporate name and elect such officers as its bylaws shall prescribe. Said corporations are authorized to take by gift, purchase, bequest, demise or otherwise, real and personal property for religious purposes, and may make such contracts in relation to such estate, its improvements, disposal, investment or reinvestment, as they may be authorized under the rules of their church or instructed by the church for which they hold estate in trust to make, which contracts may be enforced by or against them as in other cases. No disposal of such estate shall be made, inconsistent with the terms of the grant by which it is held. Trustees of the local United Methodist churches are created a corporation with all the rights and privileges of corporations, subject to the restrictions contained in the book of discipline of the United Methodist church.   [PL 1975, c. 244 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 20, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1975, c. 244 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › 13 §2983. Ministers and officers of religious societies; powers

§2983. Ministers and officers of religious societies; powers
The ministers of a parish or religious society and the deacons, elders, trustees, stewards and other presiding officers of a religious society or church, having by its usages no settled minister, may take, in succession, any estate granted to the minister and his successors, or for the use of the ministry or poor of the church; and may prosecute and defend all civil actions respecting it; but they shall not so take, while the clear annual income of prior grants is $3,000.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › 13 §2984. Conveyance of land

§2984. Conveyance of land
No conveyance of an estate as set forth in section 2983 by a minister shall be valid longer than he is in the ministry; or by such deacons or other officers, longer than they are in office, if made by them without consent of the church or by church wardens without the consent of the vestry.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › 13 §2985. Records open to inspection

§2985. Records open to inspection
The records of a parish shall be open to the inspection of its members and to clerks of other parishes. Each clerk shall furnish attested copies thereof, on request, for a reasonable compensation.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES › Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › 13 §2986. Trustees of Society of Friends to hold grants as corporations

§2986. Trustees of Society of Friends to hold grants as corporations
The trustees of each monthly meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, are so far corporations as to take and hold, in succession, all grants and gifts of real, personal or mixed estate made to said meetings or to them, for the use of their monthly meetings, the preparative meetings constituting them or the poor thereof; to take and hold all grants and gifts of real, personal and mixed estate made to said monthly meetings or the trustees thereof for the use of quarterly meetings of said Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, for their use or the use of the poor thereof. Said trustees shall hold, manage and convey all such estate according to the terms and conditions on which it was granted or given. They may sue in their names as such trustees for any right, title or interest to which said meetings or their trustees are entitled.
The annual income therefrom, to any one meeting, for the uses specified shall not exceed $5,000. These powers may be enlarged, restrained or repealed by the Legislature.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3021. Incorporation

§3021. Incorporation
Any independent local church now existing, or that may hereafter be organized in the State, may be incorporated according to this section and sections 3022 to 3028.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3022. Notice of meeting

§3022. Notice of meeting
When 3 or more members of the church who are voters according to section 3023 shall apply in writing to any notary public in the county for the purpose of incorporating the church, the notary shall issue his warrant addressed to one of the applicants, stating the time, place and purposes of the meeting and directing him to notify the members of the church by posting a certified copy of the warrant in a conspicuous place near the main entrance to the usual place of meeting of the church and in one other public and conspicuous place in the same town, for 7 days, at least, prior to the meeting.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §44 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A44 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3023. Qualification of voters; organization

§3023. Qualification of voters; organization
The resident members of such church 18 years of age and upward shall be voters at such meeting and in all meetings of the corporation. Such voters, assembled at the time and place notified, shall elect a moderator to preside over said meeting. They shall then, by ballot, proceed to vote upon the question whether the church will become incorporated. If 2/3 of the ballots cast shall be in favor of the church becoming incorporated, it shall thereupon become a body corporate with all the powers, rights and duties incident to corporations, with the right to take by gift, purchase, devise or bequest such personal and real property as may be useful for carrying on its local work, and may dispose of the same at pleasure, have perpetual succession, a corporate seal and change the same at pleasure.   [PL 1971, c. 598, §14 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 433, §17 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 598, §14 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3024. Election of officers

§3024. Election of officers
The resident members shall, by ballot, elect a clerk, treasurer, a board of trustees of not less than 3 members who are voters and such other officers as they may deem necessary.   [PL 1973, c. 49, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1965, c. 159 (AMD). PL 1973, c. 49, §1 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3025. Filing of certificate; change of name; filing duty of the Secretary of State

§3025. Filing of certificate; change of name; filing duty of the Secretary of State
1.  Certificate.
The clerk, treasurer and a majority of the board of trustees of every independent local church incorporated under sections 3021 to 3024 shall prepare, sign, date and deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation, in the format approved by the Secretary of State, setting forth the name of the church, the town or city where the church is located and the number and names of the members of its board of trustees. A filing fee of $5 must accompany the certificate.
[PL 2003, c. 523, §9 (NEW).]
2.  Change of certificate.
The name of any incorporated church or any other provision in the certificate of incorporation filed under subsection 1 may be changed by vote in a legal meeting duly called for this purpose. The clerk or other duly authorized officer of the corporation shall prepare, sign, date and deliver for filing with the Secretary of State a certificate, in the format approved by the Secretary of State, setting forth the name of the church, the town or city where the church is located, the date and the nature of the change and a statement that a majority of the members or trustees authorized the change. A filing fee of $5 must accompany the certificate.
[PL 2003, c. 523, §9 (NEW).]
3.  Filing certificate.
If a certificate delivered for filing with the Secretary of State pursuant to this section satisfies the requirements of this chapter, the Secretary of State shall file the certificate. The date of filing is the date of receipt by the Secretary of State. After filing any certificate under this chapter, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgement of the date of filing.
[PL 2003, c. 523, §9 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 49, §2 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 696, §158 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 523, §9 (RPR).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3026. Duties of officers; notice of meetings

§3026. Duties of officers; notice of meetings
An independent local church by its bylaws may prescribe the duties of the several officers and the manner of executing the same. When no provision is made by any vote or bylaw of the church for calling meetings, they shall be called by the board of trustees by posting notices of the time, place and purposes of said meeting, in the same manner and for the same time as is prescribed in section 3022. Meetings shall in the same manner, be called by said board, upon the written request of at least 6 members of the church qualified to vote.   [PL 1973, c. 49, §3 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1973, c. 49, §3 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3027. Church supporters may participate

§3027. Church supporters may participate
An independent local church may by its bylaws extend to all persons not members of the church, who are 18 years of age and upward and who regularly contribute toward the expenses of the church, the right to attend and participate in the annual and special meetings of the church when action is to be taken relative to the use and appropriation of funds towards which they have contributed or toward which they have pledged contributions, and meetings called for the purpose of obtaining or dismissing a pastor.   [PL 1971, c. 598, §15 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1969, c. 433, §18 (AMD). PL 1971, c. 598, §15 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3028. Conveyance of trust property to church

§3028. Conveyance of trust property to church
The deacons of such church or any other person or persons holding real or personal estate in trust for the use of such church may convey such property to such incorporated church, and said church shall hold the same subject to the uses and trust under which it was held by such deacons and other person or persons.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES › 13 §3029. Parish may convey property to church

§3029. Parish may convey property to church
Any parish or religious society connected with the church, which becomes incorporated, may at a meeting duly warned and called for such purpose by a 2/3 vote authorize one or more persons in its name and behalf to convey to such church any real or personal estate which it may hold for the use of such church, and such church shall thereafter hold such property to the same uses and trusts as when held by such parish or society.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 3: PROTECTION OF PROPERTY › 13 §3061. Sale of property wasting for lack of custody

§3061. Sale of property wasting for lack of custody
Where any property in the State, dedicated and ordained for pious uses, has no proper or legal custodian, so that it is becoming wasted and the utility thereof is lost, upon the application of any person or patriotic or religious society interested in having such property preserved and applied to the uses for which it was originally intended, or for some public or patriotic purpose, the Attorney General shall file a complaint seeking equitable relief, in the nature of an information, against such property and all persons interested therein, praying for the appointment of trustees to care for such property and for the proper application and disposal thereof, and the court may order such notice as seems proper, and may appoint receivers or trustees therefor, and upon final decree, may order the care, custody, sale, application or disposal of such property as will best serve the purposes for which it was originally intended, or some public or patriotic purpose. The court may convey or transfer such property to any religious or patriotic body, to be held and applied for the purposes of such trust as the court may declare, and it shall have power to treat, care for and dispose of the same in furtherance of such pious, public or patriotic uses as may seem best suited to the case and situation.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 3: PROTECTION OF PROPERTY › 13 §3062. Transfer of certain trust funds (REPEALED)

§3062. Transfer of certain trust funds
(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2001, c. 550, §C2 (RP). PL 2001, c. 550, §C29 (AFF).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3101. Parish may become owner of pews; proceedings

§3101. Parish may become owner of pews; proceedings
When it is deemed expedient by any organized parish or incorporated church to become the owner of the pews in any meetinghouse used by it as a place of regular worship, a meeting of the owners and occupants thereof may be called, as provided in section 2903, and a majority of such pew owners and occupants may vote to convey the pews by them owned or occupied to such parish or incorporated church. If the owners or occupants of any of the pews in such meetinghouse are unknown to the assessors they shall give notice, additional to that provided, by publishing the call for such meeting in some newspaper published in the county where such meetinghouse is located at least 7 days before the time appointed for such meeting.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3102. Dissenting pew owners; proceedings

§3102. Dissenting pew owners; proceedings
Any owner or occupant of a pew in such meetinghouse who expresses his dissent from such vote in writing to the clerk of the parish or incorporated church within one month from the time of holding such meeting shall have his pew appraised, as provided in section 3105, and the appraised value shall be tendered to him in satisfaction of his claim for compensation and he shall then deliver a deed of such pew to the parish or incorporated church. If such dissent is not so expressed, such pew shall be forever forfeited to the parish or incorporated church.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3103. Incorporation

§3103. Incorporation
Any persons, for the purpose of erecting a meetinghouse, or the majority in interest of the owners of a meetinghouse, not a parish, may incorporate themselves as parishes may, and choose all officers and do all other acts that a parish may lawfully do.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3104. Repairs; disposal; notice of meeting

§3104. Repairs; disposal; notice of meeting
A majority of the pew owners or proprietors of a meetinghouse, present at a legal meeting called for that purpose, may repair, remodel or sell and convey their house or the land used with it, or remove or rebuild it. Any meeting relating thereto may be called as provided in section 3107, or by publishing the warrant in a newspaper printed in the county, at least 14 days before the meeting.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3105. Conduct of alteration or sale

§3105. Conduct of alteration or sale
Before such alteration or sale is made, an appraisal of the relative value of the pews shall be made by 3 discreet persons, under oath, to be elected by ballot at a legal meeting of said owners or proprietors. If a sale of said house and land is made, it may be private or public, as such meeting determines, and the proceeds shall be applied to pay the expenses of said sale and the debts and just claims against the property. The balance shall be paid to the pew owners or proprietors in proportion to their interests by the appraisal. If the meetinghouse is altered or rebuilt, the appraisers, after the work is completed, shall assign pews to the former pew holders to conform as nearly as practicable to those previously held by them. The other pews may be sold to defray the expenses of the repairs and alterations or be otherwise disposed of as the proprietors or pew owners determine. They may choose officers, raise and assess taxes on the pews, collect them for making such repairs and alterations, do all things that a parish may do, and appoint some suitable agent or agents to make such sale and conveyance or repairs and alterations, and a treasurer or trustees to receive and distribute the proceeds of sale in manner provided.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3106. Dissenting proprietors; value of interest; limitation and forfeiture

§3106. Dissenting proprietors; value of interest; limitation and forfeiture
When it is decided to repair, remodel or rebuild a meetinghouse, any owner or proprietor dissenting from the action of the majority and declining to take an interest in the house as altered may demand and receive of such majority the appraised value of his interest after deducting his proportion of debts against the property, to be recovered in a civil action; which shall not be commenced until 30 days after such demand, nor after the lapse of a year after notice is posted for 3 successive weeks on the meetinghouse door and some other conspicuous place in its precinct, stating the persons to whom the money is to be paid, the amount payable to each and the time limited for payment. If said sums are not demanded within said time, they are forfeited to the majority for parish uses. This section does not apply to any case where the repairs decided upon are only such as are necessary to keep such meetinghouse in a tenantable condition.
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3107. Owners may incorporate

§3107. Owners may incorporate
The owners of a meetinghouse or building for public worship and the pew owners may be incorporated, when any 3 or more of them apply therefor to a notary public, who shall issue his warrant to one of them, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, and directing him to notify the owners by posting a certified copy of it for 14 days on the principal outer door of the building and in one or more public places in the same town.   [PL 1981, c. 456, Pt. A, §45 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1981, c. 456, §A45 (AMD).
2023 Maine Revised Statutes › TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS › Part 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL › Chapter 93: RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES › Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES › 13 §3108. -- proceedings

§3108. -- proceedings
When assembled as provided for in section 3107, the owners of the building and pew owners may choose a moderator and clerk, who shall perform the usual duties of such officers. Thereupon said owners shall be a corporation and be known by such name as they adopt, and they may agree on the mode of calling future meetings.