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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-5 - Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop

16:15-5. Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop
The proceedings, orders and acts of a majority of all the members of such corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the sanction of the bishop, or in his absence, the vicar-general, or in case of a vacancy in that office, the administrator of the diocese for the time being, shall be valid and effectual.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-6 - Reincorporation after failure of succession; property

16:15-6. Reincorporation after failure of succession; property
If any corporation created under or by virtue of the provisions of this article shall be dissolved by failure to continue the succession of its trustees, it may be revived and the church or congregation reincorporated under this article, in the manner herein prescribed, at any time within six years from the date of such dissolution. Thereupon all the real and personal property belonging to the dissolved corporation at the time of its dissolution shall vest in the new corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-7 - Reincorporation of religious associations

16:15-7. Reincorporation of religious associations
Any religious association incorporated under or by virtue of any law of this state may organize under this article. Upon filing a certificate according to section 16:15-1 of this title, together with a certificate signed by the trustees of the association, consenting to such organization, all the right, title and interest of the association in any real or personal property and all its franchises and chartered rights shall be vested in the corporation so created, subject to all legal liabilities of the association, and the original incorporation of the association shall be null and void.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-8 - Conduct of affairs; conveyances and mortgages without approval of congregation

16:15-8. Conduct of affairs; conveyances and mortgages without approval of congregation
The rights and customs of any Roman Catholic church corporation, incorporated under the provisions of this title, to conduct its affairs and convey or mortgage its property through a board of trustees shall not be affected by any statute passed prior to May tenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, requiring the reference of such matters to a vote of the congregation, and any conveyance or mortgage made prior to May tenth, one thousand nine hundred and seven, by any such corporation is hereby confirmed and declared to be valid notwithstanding the same has not been submitted to a vote of the congregation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-9 - Incorporation

16:15-9. Incorporation
Any Roman Catholic diocese in this state may incorporate in the following manner:
The Roman Catholic bishop of any such diocese, the vicar-general of such diocese, or during a vacancy in such offices, the administrator of the diocese for the time being, and the chancellor of such diocese, or a majority of them, may elect two priests from the Roman Catholic priesthood of the diocese, and may, with such two priests, execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation, setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a corporation. They shall file and record the certificate in the office of the secretary of state and a copy thereof in the office of the clerk of the county in which such diocese has its principal office, for which services the secretary of state and the county clerk shall be entitled respectively to the fees provided in section 22:4-1 and section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such diocese shall be a corporation by such name or title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-10 - Trustees; tenure; vacancies; succession

16:15-10. Trustees; tenure; vacancies; succession
The bishop, vicar-general, or administrator, as the case may be, and the chancellor of such diocese, together with the two priests elected as aforesaid, shall be the first trustees of such corporation. Such two priests shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are appointed in the manner provided in section 16:15-9 of this title, but shall be trustees only while in good standing, according to the statutes of such diocese and the canons of the Roman Catholic Church, and approved by the bishop, or in his absence by the vicar-general or by such administrator. The office of either of such priests shall become vacant by his removal out of such diocese, or in the discretion and on the direction of the bishop. The successor in office for the time being of such bishop, vicar-general or administrator and such chancellor, respectively, shall, by virtue of his office, be a trustee of such corporation in place of his predecessor.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-11 - Powers of trustees

16:15-11. Powers of trustees
Such first trustees and their successors shall, by such name of incorporation, be able and capable unlimitedly to:
Acquire, purchase, receive, erect, have, hold and use leases, legacies, devises, donations, moneys, goods and chattels of all kinds, church edifices, schoolhouses, college buildings, seminaries, parsonages, sisters' houses, hospitals, orphan asylums, reformatories and all other kinds of religious, ecclesiastical, educational and charitable institutions, and the lands whereon the same are, or may be erected, and cemeteries or burying places and any lands, tenements and hereditaments suitable for any or all of said purposes, in any place or places in any such diocese; and the same or any part thereof, to lease, sell, grant, assign, demise, alien and dispose of;
Sue and be sued;
Adopt and use a common seal, and alter the same;
Have perpetual succession;
Make by-laws and rules not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, for the regulation and management of their affairs, properties and institutions;
Appoint such officers, agents and employees as they may require for the properties, institutions and business of the corporation;
Borrow money from time to time for the purposes of the corporation, and to give bonds and mortgages therefor on any part or parts of its properties;
Aid and assist such of the parishes in said diocese, or any of the institutions in such parishes, as said corporation may deem fit;
Aid and assist students pursuing their studies for the priesthood, and to aid and assist in the maintenance of the priesthood of such diocese, in accordance with the statutes of the diocese and the canons of the Roman Catholic Church;
Have the general management, direction and control of all the civil and temporal affairs of such diocese;
Exercise any corporate powers necessary and proper to the carrying out of the above-enumerated powers, and to the carrying out of the purposes of such corporation and its institutions.
Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 146, s. 13, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-12 - President and treasurer

16:15-12. President and treasurer
The bishop of such diocese shall, by virtue of his office, be the president and treasurer of the corporation, unless the board of trustees otherwise order unanimously. He shall have custody of the common seal, papers, documents, deeds, writings and books of or relating to the corporation, and may convene the trustees as occasion may require.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-14 - Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop

16:15-14. Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop
The proceedings, orders, acts, contracts or obligations of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the written sanction of the bishop, or in his absence, the vicar-general, or in case of a vacancy in their office, such administrator, shall be valid and effectual.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-16 - Reincorporation under this article

16:15-16. Reincorporation under this article
Any diocesan or other religious organization incorporated under and by virtue of any law of this state, may organize under this article. Upon filing a certificate according to section 16:15-9 of this title, together with a certificate signed by the trustees of such existing association consenting to such organization, all the right, title and interest of such association in any real or personal property, and all its franchises and charter rights, shall be vested in such corporation, subject to all legal disabilities of such association, and the original incorporation of the association shall then be null and void.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15-17 - Incorporations under other statutory provisions unaffected

16:15-17. Incorporations under other statutory provisions unaffected
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with or affect:
a. Any Roman Catholic diocesan corporation incorporated under an act entitled "An act to incorporate associations not for pecuniary profit," approved April twenty-first, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight, or any of the acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto, or which may hereafter be incorporated under Title 15, Corporations and Associations Not for Profit.
b. Any Roman Catholic parochial corporation incorporated under an act entitled "An act to incorporate trustees of religious societies," approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, or any of its supplements, or which may hereafter be incorporated under this title, except that any diocesan corporation organized under this article shall have jurisdiction over such parochial corporations as may be within the diocese, according to the statutes of such diocese and the canons of the Roman Catholic Church. Any such parochial corporation may give, grant, convey and vest the title to any or all of its properties to and in such diocesan corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15A-1 - "Russian Church in America" and "Russian Orthodox Church" defined

16:15A-1. "Russian Church in America" and "Russian Orthodox Church" defined
As used in this chapter, "Russian Church in America" means that group of churches, cathedrals, chapels, congregations, societies, parishes, committees and other religious organizations of the Eastern Confession (Eastern Orthodox or Greek Catholic Church) which were known as (a) Russian American Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church from in or about one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three to in or about one thousand eight hundred and seventy; (b) Diocese of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands of the Russian Orthodox Church from in or about one thousand eight hundred and seventy to in or about one thousand nine hundred and four; (c) Diocese of North America and Alaska of the Russian Orthodox Church from in or about one thousand nine hundred and four to in or about one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four; and (d) Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of North America since in or about one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four and were subject to the jurisdiction of the Most Sacred Synod in Moscow until in or about one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, later the Patriarchate of Moscow but now constitute an autonomous metropolitan district pursuant to resolutions adopted at a general convention (sobor) of said district held at Detroit, Michigan, on or about or between April second to fourth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.
As used in this chapter, a "Russian Orthodox church" is a congregation or parish founded and established for the purpose and with the intent of adhering to, and being subject to the jurisdiction of, the Russian Church in America.
L.1945, c. 139, p. 505, s. 1, eff. April 11, 1945.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15A-2 - Incorporation

16:15A-2. Incorporation
Any unincorporated Russian Orthodox church in this State may incorporate by executing a certificate setting forth the name by which such church shall be known, its principal place of worship, the number of its trustees and the names of the trustees and their terms of office. There shall be attached to such certificate the permission to incorporate signed by the metropolitan archbishop or other primate or hierarch of the Russian Church in America or by a locum tenens acting in his place. Such certificate shall be executed by not less than six lay members of the church and shall be acknowledged or proved in the same manner as deeds of real estate.
The certificate shall be filed and recorded forthwith in the office of the clerk of the county in which the church is or is to be located, whereupon such church shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
L.1945, c. 139, p. 506, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15A-3 - Powers

16:15A-3. Powers
Every Russian Orthodox church incorporated or reincorporated under this chapter shall have all of the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this Title except as hereinafter specifically provided.
L.1945, c. 139, p. 506, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15A-4 - Governing bodies and authorities

16:15A-4. Governing bodies and authorities
Every Russian Orthodox church in this State, whether heretofore or hereafter incorporated, and whether incorporated or reincorporated pursuant to this chapter or any other chapter of this Title, or any general or private law, shall recognize and be and remain subject to the jurisdiction and authority of the general convention (sobor), metropolitan archbishop or other primate or hierarch, the council of bishops, the metropolitan council and other governing bodies and authorities of the Russian Orthodox Church in America, pursuant to the statutes for the government thereof adopted at a general convention (sobor) held in the city of New York on or about or between October fifth to eighth, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-seven, and any amendments thereto and any other statutes or rules heretofore or hereafter adopted by a general convention (sobor) of the Russian Orthodox Church in America and shall in all other respects conform to, maintain and follow the faith, doctrine, ritual, communion, discipline, canon law, traditions and usages of the Eastern Confession (Eastern Orthodox or Greek Catholic Church).
L.1945, c. 139, p. 506, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15A-5 - Trustees; powers

16:15A-5. Trustees; powers
The trustees of every Russian Orthodox church shall have the custody and control of all the temporalities and property, real and personal, belonging to such church and of the revenues therefrom and shall administer the same in accordance with the by-laws of such church, the normal statutes for parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in America approved at a general convention (sobor) thereof held at Cleveland, Ohio, on or about or between November twentieth to twenty-third, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, and any amendments thereto and all other rules, regulations and usages of the Russian Church in America.
L.1945, c. 139, p. 507, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:15A-6 - Reincorporation of Russian Orthodox church

16:15A-6. Reincorporation of Russian Orthodox church
Any heretofore incorporated Russian Orthodox church may reincorporate under the provisions of this chapter by filing in the office of the clerk of the county in which its principal place of worship is located a certificate, signed by the trustees in office at the time of such reincorporation, or a majority of them, stating that they desire to reincorporate under the provisions of this chapter, the corporate name by which such church shall be known, its principal place of worship, the number of its trustees and their names and terms of office. Such certificate shall be acknowledged or proved in the same manner as deeds of real estate. Immediately upon the filing and recording of such certificate all of the right, title and interest of such church in any real or personal property and all of its franchises and charter rights shall be vested in the corporation so created, subject to all legal liabilities of such church, and the original incorporation of such church shall be null and void.
L.1945, c. 139, p. 507, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-1 - Incorporation

16:16-1. Incorporation
Any Ruthenian Catholic church or congregation in this state may incorporate in the following manner:
The Catholic bishop appointed by the Pope of Rome to have supervision over the Ruthenian Catholics of the Greek rite in the United States, together with his secretary or chancellor, and the pastor of such Ruthenian Greek Catholic church or congregation for the time being, or a majority of them, may elect two lay members of such church or congregation, and may with such laymen, sign a certificate, setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a body corporate. They shall transmit the certificate to the clerk of the county in which such church or congregation is located, who shall forthwith file and record the same, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such church or congregation shall be a body corporate by such name or title.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-2 - Reincorporation of religious organizations

16:16-2. Reincorporation of religious organizations
Any religious organization incorporated under and by virtue of any law of this State may organize under the provisions of this article. Its trustees shall pass a resolution (a) declaring it advisable that the corporation reincorporate under the provisions of this article, and (b) calling a meeting of the congregation to take action thereon. Such resolution shall be submitted to the congregation at a meeting to be held at the usual place of meeting for public worship, upon such notice as the by-laws of said organization shall provide, and if there is no such provision, after at least ten days' notice of the time and purpose of the meeting, set up in open view at or near the place of meeting. The resolution shall be read publicly at each regular service of the church on the Sunday next preceding the meeting. If a majority of the congregation shall, at such meeting, approve incorporation under this article, the trustees or a majority of them shall file a certificate in accordance with section 16:16-1 of this Title. Upon filing such certificate, all the right, title and interest of such organization in any real or personal property and all franchises and charter rights, shall be vested in the corporation organized under the provisions of this article, and the original incorporation of such organization shall then be null and void.
Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 147, s. 14.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-4 - Trustees; succession; tenure; vacancies

16:16-4. Trustees; succession; tenure; vacancies
The successor in office for the time being of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic bishop in communion with the Roman See and appointed by the Pope of Rome, the secretary of such United Greek Catholic bishop, or his chancellor, and the pastor, respectively, shall by virtue of their offices be the trustees of such corporation, church or congregation in place of their predecessors. The lay members shall hold office as trustees for one year, and until their successors are elected or appointed. When the office of any such layman shall become vacant in any manner whatsoever, his successor shall be appointed in the manner provided for the selection of the original lay members of the board of trustees. It shall not be necessary, however, to file with the county clerk any certificate of such selection or appointment, but an entry in the minutes of the corporation shall be sufficient.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-7 - Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop

16:16-7. Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop
The proceedings, orders, acts, contracts or obligations of a majority of all the members of the corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the written sanction or approval of the bishop, or in his absence, the vicar general of the bishop, if any there be, duly appointed as such vicar general by the bishop, or in case of a vacancy in the office of bishop, by the administrator acting as bishop, appointed and confirmed by the Pope and recognized by the apostolic delegate in the United States, shall be valid and effectual.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-9 - Incorporation

16:16-9. Incorporation
Any Ruthenian Catholic diocese in this state or of the United States, of the Catholic Greek rite in the United States, may incorporate in the following manner:
Any Catholic bishop appointed by the Pope of Rome to have supervision over Catholics of the Ruthenian Greek rite in the United States, or during a vacancy in such office, the administrator of any such diocese for the time being, the bishop's secretary, and the chancellor of the diocese, or a majority of them, may elect two priests from the Ruthenian Catholic priesthood of the diocese, and may, with such two priests, execute and acknowledge a certificate of incorporation setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and distinguished as a corporation. They shall file and record the certificate in the office of the secretary of state and a copy thereof in the office of the clerk of the county in which such diocesan corporation has its principal office, for which services the secretary of state and county clerk shall be entitled, respectively, to the fees provided in section 22:4-1 and section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the diocese shall be a corporation by the name so taken.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-10 - Powers of trustees

16:16-10. Powers of trustees
The first trustees of such corporation and their successors shall, by such name of incorporation, be able and capable unlimitedly to:
Acquire, purchase, receive, erect, have, hold and use leases, legacies, devises, donations, moneys, goods and chattels of all kinds, church edifices, schools, college buildings, seminaries, parsonages, sisters' houses, hospitals, orphan asylums, reformatories and all other kinds of religious, ecclesiastical, educational and charitable institutions, and the lands whereon the same are or may be erected, and cemeteries or burying places and any lands, tenements and hereditaments suitable for any or all of said purposes in any place or places in any such diocese; and same or any part thereof, to lease, sell, grant, assign, demise, alien and dispose of;
Sue and be sued;
Adopt and use a common seal, and alter the same;
Have perpetual succession;
Make by-laws and rules not inconsistent with the laws of this State, or of the United States, for the regulation and management of their affairs, properties and institutions;
Appoint such officers, agents and employees as they may require for the properties, institutions and business of the corporation;
Borrow money from time to time for the purposes of the corporation, and to give notes, bonds and mortgages therefor on any part or parts of its properties;
Aid and assist such of the parishes in said diocese, or any of the institutions in such parishes, as said corporation may deem fit;
Aid and assist students pursuing their studies for the priesthood, and to aid and assist in the maintenance of the priesthood of such diocese, in accordance with the statutes of the diocese and the canons of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church;
Have the general management, direction and control of all the civil and temporal affairs of such diocese;
Exercise any corporate power necessary and proper to the carrying out of the above enumerated powers, and to the carrying out of the purposes of such corporation and its institutions.
Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 148, s. 15, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-11 - Trustees; succession; tenure; vacancy

16:16-11. Trustees; succession; tenure; vacancy
The persons so executing and acknowledging such certificate shall be the first trustees of the corporation. The successor in office for the time being of the bishop, or the administrator in case of a vacancy in the office of bishop, the secretary, and the chancellor, respectively, shall, by virtue of their offices, be the trustees of such corporation in place of their predecessors. Such two priests shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are appointed, but shall be trustees only while in good standing according to the canons of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church, and approved by the bishop, or in his absence, by his vicar-general, or by the administrator. The office of either priest shall become vacant by his removal out of the diocese, or in the discretion and on the direction of the bishop or administrator.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-12 - President and treasurer

16:16-12. President and treasurer
The bishop or administrator of the diocese shall, by virtue of his office, be the president and treasurer of the corporation, unless the board of trustees otherwise order unanimously. He shall have custody of the common seal, papers, documents, deeds, writings and books of or relating to the corporation, and may convene the trustees of the corporation, as occasion may require.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-14 - Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop

16:16-14. Corporate action by majority of members; sanction of bishop
The proceedings, orders, acts, contracts or obligations of a majority of all the members of such corporation, but not of a less number, upon receiving the written sanction of such bishop, or in his absence, of such vicar-general, or in case of a vacancy in their office, of such administrator, shall be valid and effectual.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:16-16 - Incorporations under general law unaffected

16:16-16. Incorporations under general law unaffected
Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to interfere with or affect any Ruthenian Greek Catholic parochial corporation, incorporated or which may be incorporated under an act entitled "An act to incorporate trustees of religious societies," approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, or any of the supplements thereto, except that any diocesan corporation organized under this article shall have jurisdiction over such parochial corporations as may be within the diocese, according to the statutes of such diocese and the canons of the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Church. Any such parochial corporation may give, grant, convey, and vest the title to any or all its property to and in the diocesan corporation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-1 - Corporation continued; trustees; election; term of office; corporate officers members of board

16:17-1. Corporation continued; trustees; election; term of office; corporate officers members of board
The New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, incorporated under authority of an act entitled "A supplement to an act entitled "An act to incorporate trustee[s] of religious societies,' approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five," approved March eleventh, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-two, is hereby continued and the nine trustees elected under authority of the said act and their successors shall be and continue to be a body corporate. Such trustees shall hold office for one year, or until their successors, elected in like manner as the first trustees, shall be elected for the same term. Such board of trustees shall include the officers of said corporation, who shall be a president, vice president, secretary and treasurer.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-2 - Powers of state association

16:17-2. Powers of state association
The trustees of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, or their successors, shall have power to:
a. Have perpetual succession by its corporate name;
b. Sue and be sued;
c. Adopt and use a common seal and alter the same;
d. Grant all charters of Spiritualist churches, societies and congregations and to revoke them for good cause;
e. Adopt a constitution and make by-laws;
f. Make laws governing individual societies, churches and congregations, and to prescribe the qualifications of ordained, licentiate and assistant ministers and the method by which candidates for the ministry shall be examined touching their qualifications;
g. Maintain colleges, seminaries and other schools for educating and preparing persons for the ministry; and
h. Purchase, acquire, receive, have and hold any real and personal property, legacies, donations and moneys in trust for the use of the corporation, and to sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-3 - Incorporation; meeting called; notice

16:17-3. Incorporation; meeting called; notice
Any Spiritualist society, church or congregation in this state, referred to in this article as "church" , which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, by-laws and rules of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, an auxiliary of the National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America, incorporated as a religious society under the laws of the District of Columbia, may incorporate in the following manner:
A meeting shall be called by written notice signed by at least seven duly enrolled members of the church in good standing, who are of full age and have contributed regularly and have submitted themselves to the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists and the National Spiritualists' Association of the United States of America. The notice shall state the time and place of the meeting and that it is called for the purpose of incorporating the church, selecting the corporate name therefor and electing the trustees thereof. The notice shall have the approval of the president or vice president, the treasurer and secretary of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists indorsed thereon, and shall be publicly read at each regular service of the church two successive Sundays next preceding the meeting.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-4 - Meeting; qualifications of voters and officers; matters decided; trustees

16:17-4. Meeting; qualifications of voters and officers; matters decided; trustees
The members of the church having met at the time and place appointed, the meeting shall be called to order by one of the signers of the notice. Only duly enrolled members of such church in good and regular standing and of full age shall be entitled to vote or act as officers at such meeting and seven qualified voters shall constitute a quorum. All questions shall be decided by a majority of those present. A chairman, clerk and two inspectors of election shall be elected from the qualified voters present. The clerk and the inspectors of election shall be the judges of the qualifications of the voters and shall receive the ballots cast.
The meeting shall decide whether the church shall be incorporated and if the decision is in favor of incorporation, shall decide further:
a. The corporate title which shall include the words "Spiritualist Church" or "Society of Spiritualists" , prefixed by "First" , "Second" or other numerical designation, and followed by the name of the municipality where it shall be located.
b. The date for holding the annual election of trustees;
c. The number of trustees which shall be either three, six or nine.
The meeting shall elect, by ballot, from the individuals qualified to vote, the number of trustees decided upon, which shall be divided into three classes, to serve for one, two and three years, respectively, or until their successors are elected and take office. At the conclusion of the term of office of these trustees, their successors shall be elected for the term of three years.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-5 - Certificate; contents; approval of state association; filing and recording

16:17-5. Certificate; contents; approval of state association; filing and recording
The chairman and clerk of the meeting shall make, sign and acknowledge before any person authorized to take the acknowledgment and proof of deeds in this state, a certificate in writing, setting forth:
a. That said meeting was called and organized in accordance with the provisions of this article;
b. The name assumed as the corporate title;
c. The number of trustees; and
d. The names of the individuals elected as trustees with the term of office of each.
The approval of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, signed by the president or vice president, the treasurer and secretary thereof, and sealed with its corporate seal, shall be appended to such certificate, without which approval such certificate shall not be entitled to record.
The chairman and clerk shall transmit the certificate to the clerk of the county in which such board is elected, who shall file and record the same forthwith, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided by section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-6 - Powers of trustees; constitution and by-laws

16:17-6. Powers of trustees; constitution and by-laws
For such incorporated church the trustees elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have power to:
Have perpetual succession by its corporate name;
Sue and be sued;
Adopt and use a common seal and alter the same;
Purchase, acquire, receive, have and hold any lands, tenements, hereditaments, legacies, donations, moneys, goods and chattels in trust for the use of the enrolled members of such church, and to sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof; provided, that no such sale, conveyance, mortgage or lease of any real property held in trust as aforesaid shall be made unless previously authorized by two-thirds of the votes cast at a regular or special meeting of its enrolled members in good and regular standing and of full age, duly called for that purpose.
Every church incorporated according to the provisions of this chapter shall have power to adopt a constitution and make such by-laws as are not inconsistent with the constitution or laws of the United States of America or of this State, or with the provisions of the constitution, by-laws and rules of the said New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists.
Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 149, s. 16, eff. March 19, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-7 - Trustees; vacancies

16:17-7. Trustees; vacancies
The enrolled members of any such church who are of the full age of twenty-one years may assemble at a duly called regular or special meeting, and when so assembled may fill any vacancies or elect new trustees by a majority vote of those present.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-8 - Changes; corporate title; number of trustees

16:17-8. Changes; corporate title; number of trustees
Any church incorporated under this article may, at any regular or special meeting of its enrolled members duly called for that purpose, change its corporate title or the number of its trustees by a two-thirds vote of those present. A certificate of the change shall be executed by the chairman and clerk of the meeting in the same manner as provided for the execution of the certificate of incorporation, and shall be immediately filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the church is located, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided by section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the change shall take effect.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-9 - Officers; tenure; duties

16:17-9. Officers; tenure; duties
The officers of the church shall be the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as the by-laws provide. They shall be elected by the trustees and shall hold office for one year and until their successors are elected and qualify. The duties of the officers shall be as follows:
a. The president shall convene and preside at the meetings of the church, and with the secretary and treasurer execute all contracts.
b. The vice president shall serve in the place of the president in case of his absence, sickness, death, resignation, refusal to act or moving out of the limits of the church.
c. The secretary shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings in a book kept for that purpose, and shall have custody of the common seal and of the papers, deeds, writings, documents and books of or relating to the church, which shall at all times be accessible to any member of the church, and which shall be delivered to the successor in office upon his death, resignation, removal or expiration of office.
d. The treasurer shall have charge of the moneys of the church and shall keep an accurate account of disbursements thereof, and at each annual election of officers shall render to the church a statement in writing of the receipts and disbursements of the corporation during the preceding year. Upon the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the office of treasurer or the election of a new one, all books, accounts, vouchers and documents in the hands of the treasurer belonging to the church shall be delivered to the successor in office.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-10 - Ministers

16:17-10. Ministers
The ordained, licentiate and associate ministers of the church shall be called, elected and removed and their salaries be fixed as the church shall provide in its by-laws. Such minister shall be regularly commissioned by the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists according to its rules, after examination of his character and qualifications by its committee regularly appointed. No such church shall retain any minister who has been suspended or removed by the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists.
No ordained, licentiate or associate minister shall be eligible to serve as an officer or trustee of the church.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:17-12 - Spiritualist churches; reincorporation

16:17-12. Spiritualist churches; reincorporation
Any church which is a branch of and organized in accordance with the provisions of the constitution, by-laws and regulations of the New Jersey State Association of Spiritualists, and however incorporated in this state, may incorporate under this article upon taking the proceedings prescribed in sections 16:17-3 and 16:17-4 of this title, in the same manner as if it had not previously been incorporated, but where the trustees of the congregation of the church are incorporated under article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), such congregation shall have first decided by a two-thirds vote of those present at a regular or special meeting, duly called for that purpose, that the new corporation when duly organized under this article shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal estate of the old corporation, in like manner and to the same extent as the old corporation, subject to all its debts and liabilities.
The certificate of the new corporation shall set forth that the meeting was duly called and also a copy of the resolution passed at such meeting. Thereupon the former corporation shall be dissolved and the new corporation shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal estate of the former corporation in like manner and to the same extent as the former corporation, subject to all its debts and liabilities.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:19-1 - General law applicable

16:19-1. General law applicable
The provisions of article 1 of chapter 1 of this title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.), with all its penalties, privileges and advantages shall be applicable to associations in this state known as:
a. Young Men's Christian Associations;
b. Young Women's Christian Associations;
c. Young Men's Hebrew Associations;
d. Young Women's Hebrew Associations; and
e. Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Associations.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:19-2 - Incorporation

16:19-2. Incorporation
Any association enumerated in section 16:19-1 of this Title may, by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the association, held in their regular place of meeting and called by them upon ten days' notice in writing set up at such place in plain view, adopt a name, constitution and by-laws, elect a board of directors, not to exceed thirty (except that in the case of a Young Men's Christian Association, a Young Men's Hebrew Association, a Young Women's Hebrew Association or a Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association such board may be of any number), and declare themselves incorporated by such name. A copy of the resolution, with the names of the directors, together with a copy of the official seal of the association, certified, under oath, to be correct by the officers of the meeting or meetings at which such resolution was adopted, directors elected and seal adopted, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the association is located, for which service the county clerk shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the Title Fees and Costs. Thereupon the association shall be a corporation, with all the powers conferred by article one, of chapter one, of this Title (s. 16:1-1 et seq.).
Amended by L.1939, c. 231, p. 628, s. 1, eff. July 18, 1939; L.1949, c. 12, p. 49, s. 1; L.1953, c. 64, p. 976, s. 1, eff. April 2, 1953.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:19-3 - Board of trustees; name; terms; certified copy of proceedings filed

16:19-3. Board of trustees; name; terms; certified copy of proceedings filed
The board of directors of any such association may elect 8 or more persons, of whom, when elected by the directors of any Young Men's Christian Association, no more than one-third shall be members of any one religious denomination, who, with the president of the association for the time being, shall constitute a board of trustees of such association, by name of, the trustees of:
a. The Young Men's Christian Association of ...................................... ; or
b. The Young Women's Christian Association of ..................................... ; or
c. The Young Men's Hebrew Association of ....................................... ; or
d. The Young Women's Hebrew Association of ....................................... ; or
e. The Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association of ....................................... , as the case may be, the blank to be filled in according to the proper name of the association. The trustees shall hold office for life, or for such term as the constitution or by-laws of the association may provide and until their successors shall be elected by the board of directors.
A certified copy of the proceedings of any such election by the board of directors, and the written acceptance of such offices by the persons so elected, signed by their names and acknowledged before an officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds in this State, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the association is located, who shall forthwith record the same, for which service the county clerk shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the Title, Fees and Costs. Thereupon such trustees shall be a corporation by the name as aforesaid.
Amended by L.1953, c. 63, p. 974, s. 1; L.1956, c. 151, p. 619, s. 1, eff. Sept. 10, 1956.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:19-4 - Powers of board of trustees

16:19-4. Powers of board of trustees
The board of trustees shall, by their corporate name, have power to:
a. Make and use a common seal, and alter or renew the same;
b. Sue and be sued;
c. Make by-laws and rules, consistent with law, for the management of its business and affairs, the convening or holding of its meetings, and the election or appointment, powers, duties and removal of its officers and agents, and to alter, amend or repeal the same; and
d. Acquire by purchase, gift, grant, devise, bequest or otherwise, and to hold any real or personal property for the uses of the association; and, with the consent of the board of directors, to sell, grant, assign, mortgage and dispose of the same or any part thereof.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:19-5 - Trustees; filling vacancies

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