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2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:7-5 - Certified copy of minutes of meeting; recording

16:7-5. Certified copy of minutes of meeting; recording
Any action taken by the members at a business meeting shall be duly recorded in the minutes thereof, and a copy of the minutes, certified as a true copy thereof by the secretary of such meeting, shall be filed for recording with the clerk of the county in which such real property is located, who shall record such certified copy in books reserved for the recording of deeds.
L.1971, c. 296, s. 4, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:7-6 - Contents of minutes

16:7-6. Contents of minutes
The minutes shall include a detailed description of the real property in question, a list of the names of the trustees to be succeeded and the fact of the death of each such trustee.
L.1971, c. 296, s. 5, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:8-1 - Certain provisions of title extended to German Reformed churches

16:8-1. Certain provisions of title extended to German Reformed churches
The provisions of this title relating to the incorporation, the rights, privileges and duties of the Reformed, formerly the Reformed Dutch, churches shall be applicable to all German Reformed churches whose minister, elders and deacons, according to the constitution, usages and customs of such churches, have the management of the temporalities of such churches in like manner as the minister, elders and deacons of said Reformed churches.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-1 - The United Methodist Church; power to assume and use name; existing rights, powers, etc., not affected

16:10A-1. The United Methodist Church; power to assume and use name; existing rights, powers, etc., not affected
Notwithstanding any other general, special or local law, all religious corporations or churches heretofore authorized to use, or known by, the names "The Methodist Church," "The Evangelical United Brethren Church," "Methodist Episcopal Church," "Methodist Protestant Church," or "Methodist Episcopal Church South," and all societies, conferences, boards, associations or other organizations directly connected therewith, are hereby authorized and empowered to assume and use the name "The United Methodist Church."
Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit, change, affect or alter any other existing right, power, property, obligation, liability or duty of any such religious corporation or church.
L.1968, c. 231, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-2 - Incorporation of local churches; resolution; meeting; notice; name; trustees

16:10A-2. Incorporation of local churches; resolution; meeting; notice; name; trustees
When so authorized and directed by the charge conference of any unincorporated local church duly organized in accordance with the Discipline of The United Methodist Church, the board of trustees may incorporate, or if incorporated may reincorporate, such church in the following manner:
a. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by such board of trustees, a meeting of the membership of such church shall be called by notice in writing signed by the president or secretary of such board. Such notice shall state that at a specified date, time and place a meeting will be held for the purpose of incorporating or reincorporating such church, selecting a name therefor and electing trustees thereof. Such notice shall be posted conspicuously at the main entrance of the usual place of worship at least 10 days prior to the date of such meeting, and shall be read at each of the two morning services of worship, at least 1 week apart, preceding the date of such meeting.
b. At such meeting the district superintendent, or by his written designation the pastor, shall preside, and a secretary shall be elected to record the proceedings.
c. If at such meeting the members present and voting shall determine by resolution to incorporate or reincorporate such church, they shall similarly determine the name of the incorporated church and the number of its trustees which shall be three, six or nine. Such member shall elect the number of trustees, decided upon, which trustees shall be not less than 18 years of age, and 2/3 of whom shall be full members of The United Methodist Church. One-third of such trustees shall be elected to hold office until the end of the annual conference year in which elected, 1/3 until the end of the next succeeding annual conference year, and 1/3 until the end of the second succeeding annual conference year.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 1, eff. July 31, 1968. Amended by L.1973, c. 269, s. 1, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-3 - Certificate of incorporation; form and content

16:10A-3. Certificate of incorporation; form and content
Whenever a local church of The United Methodist Church shall have resolved to incorporate or reincorporate at a meeting held for such purpose, as provided by section 1 of this act, the duly elected trustees or appropriate officers elected by such trustees shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate of incorporation setting forth:
a. The place and date of such meeting;
b. The name of the incorporated church and the municipality and county in which it is located;
c. The names and respective periods of office of the trustees elected;
d. A statement that the members of the corporation shall be the members of the charge conference of such church as constituted in accordance with the Discipline of The United Methodist Church;
e. A statement that the corporation shall support the doctrine, and it, and all its property, both real and personal shall be subject to the laws, usages, and ministerial appointments of The United Methodist Church as are now or shall be from time to time established, made, and declared by the lawful authority of The United Methodist Church; and
f. The approval of the district superintendent of that district of the annual conference in which such local church is located.
Upon the filing of such certificate in the office of the clerk of the county in which such local church is located and in the office of the Secretary of State, such local church shall be a corporation by the name stated in such certificate, and the persons therein stated to be the elected trustees of such incorporated local church shall be authorized to serve for the terms for which they were elected and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 2, eff. July 31, 1968. Amended by L.1973, c. 269, s. 2, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-4 - Incorporation of society, conference, board, association or other organization connected with church

16:10A-4. Incorporation of society, conference, board, association or other organization connected with church
Any society, conference, board, association or other organization connected with The United Methodist Church may incorporate, or if incorporated may reincorporate, in the following manner:
a. At least 10 days notice shall be given to the members stating that at a specified date, time and place a meeting will be held for the purpose of incorporating or reincorporating such organization, selecting a name therefor and electing trustees thereof to serve as directors of the corporation. Such notice shall be in writing and signed by at least 6 of such members.
b. If at such meeting the members present and voting shall determine by resolution to incorporate or reincorporate such organization, they shall similarly determine the name of the corporation, and the number and terms of office of the trustees. Such members shall elect the number of trustees so determined, and shall provide for the time and place of the annual corporate meeting at which the annual election of trustees will be held.
c. The duly elected trustees of such organization shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate of incorporation setting forth the name of the corporation, the names of the trustees and their terms of office, and such other provisions as adopted by vote of the members at such meeting to govern the business of the corporation. Upon the filing of such certificate in the office of the Secretary of State such organization shall be a corporation by the name stated in such certificate.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 3, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-5 - Alteration or amendment of certificate of incorporation

16:10A-5. Alteration or amendment of certificate of incorporation
Any local church of, or any other organization connected with, The United Methodist Church now or hereafter incorporated may alter or amend its certificate of incorporation in the same manner as provided by this act for the incorporation of a local church or of such other organization; provided, however, that the notice of meeting shall state the alterations or amendments to be considered; and provided further, that no alteration or amendment shall be inconsistent with the provisions of this act or the discipline of The United Methodist Church. Any such alteration or amendment shall become operative when an amended certificate of incorporation has been signed by the president or vice-president and secretary and acknowledged as in the case of deeds to real estate, and filed as provided by this act for an original certificate of incorporation.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 4, eff. July 31, 1968. Amended by L.1973, c. 269, s. 3, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-6 - By-laws

16:10A-6. By-laws
The by-laws of any local church of, or of any other organization connected with, The United Methodist Church shall include the Discipline of The United Methodist Church as from time to time enacted, authorized, and declared by its general conference, and no other by-law shall be adopted inconsistent with the provisions of such Discipline.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 5, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-7 - Powers

16:10A-7. Powers
An incorporated local church of, or other incorporated organization connected with, The United Methodist Church shall have such powers as may be granted to and provided for a religious corporation under the laws of this State.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 6, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-8 - Board of trustees; membership; election; term; vacancy

16:10A-8. Board of trustees; membership; election; term; vacancy
The board of trustees of any local church of The United Methodist Church shall consist of three, six or nine members, as may be provided by the certificate of incorporation, each of whom shall be not less than 18 years of age, and at least 2/3 of whom shall be full members of The United Methodist Church. The members of the board of trustees shall be divided into three classes, each class having an equal number of members, and the terms of office of one class shall expire at the end of each annual conference year.
An election of trustees of a local church of The United Methodist Church shall be held annually at a meeting of the charge conference. Trustees shall be elected by the charge conference unless the charge conference shall have previously ordered that election shall be by the membership of the church. At least 10 days' notice of the time and place of meeting for election of trustees shall be given to the members of the church in writing or from the pulpit or in the weekly bulletin. Such notice shall be given by the pastor or the charge conference or the district superintendent, and shall state the names of those trustees whose successors are to be elected.
Trustees shall be elected to succeed those whose terms expire at the end of the annual conference year in which such meeting is held, and to fill a vacancy or vacancies in any other class which has occurred since the last annual election; provided, however, that a trustee may be elected to succeed himself. The persons elected shall take office at the beginning of the ensuing annual conference year, to serve for a term of 3 years or until their successors have been duly elected and qualified; but any trustee elected to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the term of such vacancy.
Any vacancy in the board of trustees of a local church of The United Methodist Church may be filled until the next annual election by the charge conference of such church at any regular or special meeting.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 7, eff. July 31, 1968. Amended by L.1973, c. 269, s. 4, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-9 - Powers and duties of trustees

16:10A-9. Powers and duties of trustees
The trustees of an incorporated local church of The United Methodist Church shall be the directors of the corporation, and shall have the custody and control of all the temporalities and property belonging to the corporation, and shall administer the same in accordance with the Discipline, rules and usages of The United Methodist Church and with the provisions of law relating thereto. The trustees shall be responsible to the charge conference of such church, and shall annually report in writing to the charge conference upon those items required by the Discipline of The United Methodist Church. The trustees shall not prevent or interfere with the pastor or other duly authorized ministers of The United Methodist Church in the use of the property of such church for religious services or other proper meetings recognized by the Discipline and usage of The United Methodist Church.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 8, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-10 - Merger of two or more local churches

16:10A-10. Merger of two or more local churches
Any 2 or more local churches of The United Methodist Church in this State may resolve to merge and become a single church in accordance with a plan of merger proposed by the charge conference of each of the merging churches. The terms and conditions of such plan shall be stated in a resolution of each such charge conference adopted by a majority vote of the members having a right to vote who are present at a meeting of said members. Such resolution, which shall include the name under which such merger shall take place, shall be submitted to a meeting of the members of each merging church, called by the pastor or the charge conference or the district superintendent, provided that not less than 10 days notice of each meeting and its main purpose shall be given to the members of each church in writing or from the pulpit or in the weekly bulletin.
If a majority of the members of each church having the right to vote, who are present and vote at such meetings, consent thereto, a certificate thereof shall be made, executed and verified by the chairman and secretary of each such meeting, and approved by the district superintendent or superintendents. The certificates as so executed, verified and approved on behalf of each of the merging churches shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county or counties where such churches are located and in the office of the Secretary of State. Thereupon such churches shall be merged, and the merged church shall, by the name so adopted, be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal property, rights, powers, privileges and franchises belonging to each church so merging, subject to all its debts, obligations and liabilities.
Title to the church property of the merging churches shall be held in the trustees of the merged church elected in accordance with the provisions of this act.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 9, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-11 - Real property of local church; sale, transfer or mortgage; procedure and conditions

16:10A-11. Real property of local church; sale, transfer or mortgage; procedure and conditions
Any real property owned by a local church of The United Methodist Church, or in which such local church has an interest, shall be held, used, kept and maintained by such local church subject to the Discipline and usage of The United Methodist Church as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference and by the annual conference within whose bounds such property is located.
Any such real property may be sold, transferred or mortgaged by such local church only in accordance with the following procedure and conditions:
a. Notice of the proposed action, and the date, time and place of a meeting at which it is to be considered, shall be given to the members of such church in writing or from the pulpit or in the weekly bulletin at least 10 days prior to such meeting. Such notice shall be given by the pastor, the charge conference or the district superintendent.
b. A resolution authorizing the proposed action shall be presented to the charge conference of such church. If adopted, such resolution shall be presented for adoption by the members of such church; provided, however, that a vote by the members of the church shall not be required for the sale of property which was conveyed to such church for sale and use of the proceeds for a specific purpose.
c. Such resolution shall authorize and direct the board of trustees of such church to take all necessary steps to carry out the action authorized, and to cause to be executed any written instruments required therefor.
d. The board of trustees, at any regular or special meeting, shall take the action so directed and authorized, and adopt such resolutions as may be necessary or required by law.
e. Written consent to the proposed action by the pastor of such local church and the district superintendent shall be required, and shall be affixed to the instrument of sale, conveyance, transfer or mortgage.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 10, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-12 - Proceeds from sale or mortgage not available for current church expense

16:10A-12. Proceeds from sale or mortgage not available for current church expense
The real estate on which a church building or parsonage of a local church of The United Methodist Church is located shall not be mortgaged or encumbered to provide for the current expense of such church, nor shall the principal of the proceeds of the sale of any such property be so used.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 11, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-13 - Written acknowledged consent to sale or transfer of real property; effect

16:10A-13. Written acknowledged consent to sale or transfer of real property; effect
The written acknowledged consent by the appropriate district superintendent to any sale, conveyance or transfer of real property by a local church of, or by an organization connected with, The United Methodist Church shall constitute a release and discharge of such property from any right, title or interest of The United Methodist Church, and in the case of a mortgage such consent shall constitute a formal recognition of the priority of the mortgage lien, whether or not the deed of conveyance to such local church or organization contained a trust clause in favor of The United Methodist Church.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 12, eff. July 31, 1968.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-14 - Abandonment of local church

16:10A-14. Abandonment of local church
All real and personal property belonging to or held in trust for any local church of The United Methodist Church that has or shall become abandoned shall vest in and become the property of that annual conference of The United Methodist Church in which such local church was located.
A local church of The United Methodist Church shall be regarded as abandoned when its membership is so reduced that it has not sufficient members to fill its offices, and when it has ceased to hold its regular meetings and to keep its relation with any charge having regular connection with an annual conference of The United Methodist Church for a period of 2 consecutive years.
The annual conference of The United Methodist Church in which any such abandoned local church was located may, in pursuance of a resolution by it, sell the property of any such abandoned local church and convey the same to the purchaser by deed in its corporate name.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 13, eff. July 31, 1968. Amended by L.1973, c. 269, s. 5, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:10A-15 - Voters; qualifications; majority vote

16:10A-15. Voters; qualifications; majority vote
To be qualified to vote at a meeting of the charge conference, or at a meeting of the membership of a local church of, or organization connected with, The United Methodist Church, when such meeting is held for the purpose of incorporation, alteration or amendment of the certificate of incorporation, merger, election of trustees, or any action relating to the property of such church or organization, a person shall be a full member of such church or organization who is not less than 18 years of age. The presiding officer of any such meeting shall be the judge of the qualifications of voters, subject to appeal to the vote of the members present whose qualifications are not challenged. Such presiding officer shall receive the votes cast and declare the result of same.
Unless otherwise provided by this act, or by the certificate of incorporation or the bylaws of such local church or organization, elections and approval of actions shall be by a majority vote of the qualified voters present and voting. In elections of trustees a written individual ballot shall be used if so directed by vote of the members present, but cumulative voting shall be prohibited.
L.1968, c. 235, s. 14, eff. July 31, 1968. Amended by L.1973, c. 269, s. 6, eff. Nov. 29, 1973.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-1 - Incorporation; election of trustees; tenure

16:11-1. Incorporation; election of trustees; tenure
Any Christian congregation connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, not having an incorporated board of trustees, may elect and incorporate a board of trustees in the following manner:
Any 7 or more members of the congregation, male or female, 21 years of age, may sign a written notice of a business meeting of the congregation to decide whether trustees shall be elected and incorporated, and to elect such trustees if so decided. The notice shall be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of the usual place of meeting for public worship at least 10 days previous to the date of the meeting mentioned in the notice. If, at such meeting, the congregation shall decide by resolution to elect and incorporate a board of trustees, they shall then by resolution determine the number of trustees to be elected, which number shall be 3 or any multiple of 3, and the name by which the incorporated board shall be known. Thereupon the congregation shall, by a plurality of the votes cast by those of its members, male or female, 21 years of age, who have within the 3 months next preceding contributed toward the support of the gospel in that congregation, elect, from such members, 1/3 of the whole number of trustees to serve until the first succeeding annual business meeting, 1/3 until the second succeeding annual business meeting, and 1/3 until the third succeeding annual business meeting, but a majority of the whole number of trustees shall at all times be members of the church in good and regular standing. At each succeeding annual business meeting of the congregation, successors of the class of trustees whose terms are then expiring shall be elected from such members of the congregation as aforesaid to serve until the third annual business meeting after the election of such successors.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 1.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-2 - Certificate of incorporation; contents; acknowledgment; recording

16:11-2. Certificate of incorporation; contents; acknowledgment; recording
Such board of trustees shall make, sign and seal a certificate of incorporation as soon as possible after the first election, setting forth:
a. The location of the usual place of meeting for public worship of the congregation;
b. The names of the trustees elected at the first election and their respective terms of office; and
c. The name chosen by the congregation by which the board of trustees shall be known.
This certificate shall be acknowledged by each trustee before such officer and in such manner as may be required by law for the acknowledgment of deeds of lands, a certificate of which acknowledgment shall be indorsed in writing on the certificate of incorporation by the officer taking the same. The certificate, so acknowledged, shall then be recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship is located and shall then be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, for which services the county clerk and the secretary of state shall be respectively entitled to the fees provided in section 22:2-19 and section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such board of trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name set forth in such certificate.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-3 - Powers; sale, conveyance or mortgage; authorization by members

16:11-3. Powers; sale, conveyance or mortgage; authorization by members
The congregation may, at any annual business meeting or at a special business meeting duly called for that purpose, adopt by-laws for the management of the temporal affairs of the congregation and the election of trustees, not inconsistent with this article.
Every such incorporated board of trustees may annually elect from their number a president and a secretary and may make and execute such contracts as the congregation by its by-laws or resolutions may from time to time authorize. Such board shall also have all the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this title, except that no sale or conveyance of any real estate held by such trustees, or mortgage upon any real or personal property held by such trustees to secure bonds issued by them shall be made unless previously authorized by two-thirds of the votes cast at a duly called annual or special business meeting of the congregation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-4 - Certain powers subject to authority of session or spiritual officers

16:11-4. Certain powers subject to authority of session or spiritual officers
In the exercise of any power necessary to the proper care of the property held for the uses of the congregation, such corporation shall be subject to such authority over the worship of the congregation, including the musical service, over the times and places of preaching the word of God and of all other religious services, and over the uses to which the church buildings and other properties may be put, as may be committed by the constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to the session of the church or to any other spiritual officers, and shall have no power to make by-laws or exercise any power with respect to matters so committed.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 2.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-5 - Voters; qualifications; list of

16:11-5. Voters; qualifications; list of
The persons entitled to vote at any annual or special business meeting of any congregation connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America shall be those members of the congregation who are 21 years of age and who contribute by regular payments at stated periods to the support and necessary expenses of the congregation in accordance with its rules. There shall be a list of such contributors, which shall be compiled and kept accurate by the treasurer of the board of trustees and a copy of which shall be furnished by him to the session of the church. Such list shall be the authoritative list of voters at every such meeting.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 3.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-6 - Succession of trustees of church having incorporated board

16:11-6. Succession of trustees of church having incorporated board
L.1905, c. 137, s. 3, p. 252 (C.S. p. 4342, s. 79), being section three of an act entitled "An act concerning the election and incorporation of the trustees and the management of the temporal affairs of Christian congregations connected with the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America," approved April twelfth, one thousand nine hundred and five, saved from repeal. [This section provides for the succession of trustees of Presbyterian churches having an incorporated board on January first, one thousand nine hundred and six.]
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-7 - Trustees; change of number

16:11-7. Trustees; change of number
Any Christian congregation connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, having an incorporated board of trustees, may change the number of such trustees in the following manner:
Written notice of the proposed change, authorized by the existing board of trustees or signed by at least 7 members of the congregation entitled to vote on the question, shall be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship, at least 10 days previous to the date of the annual business meeting at which it is intended to take action on the proposed change. At such meeting the congregation shall determine by by-law or resolution the number of trustees of which the board shall thereafter be composed, which number shall be 3 or any multiple of 3.
The congregation shall then elect, by a plurality of the votes cast by the members thereof having the qualifications provided in section 16:11-5 of this Title, the number of trustees so determined, which trustees and their successors shall be apportioned and hold office for the terms and have the qualifications of trustees as provided in section 16:11-1 of this Title. The terms of all trustees theretofore elected shall end as soon as their successors shall be elected, when any such change is made.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 4.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-9 - Secretary; minutes and seal

16:11-9. Secretary; minutes and seal
The secretary of the board of trustees shall keep the minutes of the proceedings of the board in a book to be provided for that purpose, and shall have custody of the common seal of the board. He shall deliver the book of minutes and common seal to his successor in office upon demand.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-10 - Treasurer; election and duties

16:11-10. Treasurer; election and duties
A treasurer may be elected by a plurality of the votes cast by a congregation at its first business meeting for the election of trustees, or at any annual business meeting of the congregation, to serve until the next annual business meeting after his election. He shall be an ex-officio member of the board of trustees and shall:
a. Have charge of moneys of the congregation which are contributed or paid to the board of trustees for congregational uses, and shall keep a correct account of the receipts and disbursements of the same, separate from his private account and under his official title as "treasurer" ;
b. Render a statement in writing of the receipts and disbursements for the preceding year at each annual business meeting of the congregation, and from time to time render such other financial statements as shall be required by the congregation or the board of trustees; and
c. Be the custodian of all policies of insurance and securities of the board of trustees, and all books, papers and documents pertaining to the temporal affairs of the congregation, except the book of minutes of the proceedings of the board of trustees, which shall remain in the custody of the secretary of the board, and shall deliver them and the balance of moneys in his hands as such treasurer to his successor in office on demand.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-11 - Treasurer; election by trustees; duties and powers

16:11-11. Treasurer; election by trustees; duties and powers
If a treasurer is not elected by a congregation at its first business meeting for the election of trustees or at any annual business meeting thereof, such failure shall be construed as a preference by the congregation that the treasurer be elected by the board of trustees. In such case the trustees, at their first meeting thereafter, shall elect one of their own number, or any member of the congregation, treasurer, to serve until the next annual business meeting of the congregation, or, if no treasurer be then elected, until the first meeting of the board of trustees after such annual business meeting. The duties and powers of a treasurer elected by the trustees shall be the same as those of a treasurer elected by the congregation.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-12 - Auditing committee

16:11-12. Auditing committee
An auditing committee consisting of three persons shall be elected at the first business meeting of a congregation for the election of trustees and at each annual business meeting of the congregation. Such committee shall, within ten days previous to the next annual business meeting of the congregation, examine the accounts and vouchers of the treasurer, and report thereon at such meeting.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-13 - Vacancies of trustees or officers; filling

16:11-13. Vacancies of trustees or officers; filling
Whenever a vacancy shall occur in any board of trustees, the remaining trustees shall constitute the board until the vacancy is filled. The vacancy may be filled for the unexpired term either at a special business meeting of the congregation duly called for that purpose or at the next annual business meeting of the congregation. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of president, the trustee of the board, senior in age, shall be president pro tempore, and the board shall elect one of its number to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. A vacancy in the office of secretary or treasurer, or in the auditing committee, shall be filled by the board of trustees electing a person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-14 - Annual meetings of congregation

16:11-14. Annual meetings of congregation
Every annual business meeting of any such congregation shall be held at its usual place of meeting for public worship at such time as the congregation shall by by-law prescribe, or, if there be no such by-law, then at such time as the board of trustees shall by resolution prescribe. In either case the board of trustees shall cause a notice of the annual meeting to be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship, at least ten days previous to the date prescribed for the meeting. If the board of trustees fail to cause the notice to be posted ten days before the date prescribed for the annual meeting by any by-law of the congregation, or, if there be no such by-law and the board of trustees fail to cause the notice to be posted within one year and ten days after any annual business meeting shall have been held, then any seven members of the congregation entitled to vote thereat may sign and cause a notice of such annual meeting to be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship, at least ten days previous to the date of the meeting mentioned in their notice.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-15 - Special meetings of congregation

16:11-15. Special meetings of congregation
Every special business meeting of any such congregation shall be held at its usual place of meeting for public worship and may be called at any time by the board of trustees or by not less than 1/4 of the members of the congregation entitled to vote thereat, upon written notice of the time, place and object thereof. The notice shall be conspicuously posted at the main entrance of the congregation's usual place of meeting for public worship, at least 10 days prior to the date of the meeting mentioned in the notice. The business of such special meeting shall be limited to the object mentioned in the notice. Nothing in this section shall be construed as a limitation upon the power of the session of the church, or of any other spiritual officers, to call a congregational meeting at any time for any purpose authorized by the constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 5.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-16 - Annual reports; statements

16:11-16. Annual reports; statements
The minutes of the proceedings of the board of trustees and of all annual and special business meetings of the congregation, and a statement of the receipts and disbursements of the treasurer, shall at least annually, and as much oftener as may be required by the session of the church, be submitted to such session for review, for incorporation in its records, and for report to the higher judicatories of the church, according to the provisions of the constitution of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 6.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-17 - Records; trustees or members may examine

16:11-17. Records; trustees or members may examine
Subject to reasonable regulations, any member of the board of trustees or congregation shall, upon application to the secretary or treasurer, be entitled to inspect and examine any of the policies of insurance, securities, books, papers and documents in the custody of either of such officers and to copy the same or make extracts therefrom.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-18 - Incorporation of presbytery; powers

16:11-18. Incorporation of presbytery; powers
Any presbytery in this State of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, convened at a stated meeting in accordance with its usages, may, for the purpose of incorporation, elect, by ballot, from its members, 5 ministers and 5 ruling elders to be trustees of the same.
Such trustees shall adopt a name, shall certify such name under their hands and seals, and forthwith transmit such certificate to the Secretary of State, who shall forthwith record the same. Thereupon such trustees and their successors shall be a corporation by the name stated in such certificate, with the powers enumerated in section 16:1-4 of this Title, except that of paragraph "i" of said section.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 7.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-19 - Trustees; succession; election; tenure

16:11-19. Trustees; succession; election; tenure
The members of any presbytery, incorporated under section 16:11-18 of this title, may, at a stated meeting, elect by ballot, in the manner directed for the election of the first trustees, any trustee or trustees in place of those or any of those before elected. Such renewal shall not be less than one year after his or their election into office, unless it shall be to fill a vacancy caused by the death or resignation of any trustee or his moving out of the limits of such presbytery.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-20 - President

16:11-20. President
Such corporation may elect annually one of its own members to be president. He shall keep the minutes and enter the orders, acts and proceedings of the corporation in a book kept for that purpose, and shall have custody of the common seal and the papers, deeds, writings, documents and books of or relating to such corporation. He shall convene the corporation as occasion may require. In case of his absence for any cause, the office of president shall devolve on the senior trustee for the time being, who shall occupy the same until the return of the president or the election of another.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-21 - Reincorporation under other provisions; resolution; certificate recorded

16:11-21. Reincorporation under other provisions; resolution; certificate recorded
Any presbytery incorporated under this article, that shall desire to avail itself of any other statutory provisions relating to or providing for the incorporation of presbyteries in this state, may do so by a resolution of the board of trustees of such presbytery.
The president of such board of trustees shall make, under his hand and sealed with the seal of such presbytery, a certificate of such resolution and of the changes in organization or powers intended to be accomplished thereby, and of the acts, the provisions of which it is intended to take advantage, and shall have it recorded in the office of the secretary of state, for which service the secretary of state shall be entitled to receive the fees provided by section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-22 - Trustees; change of number and tenure; provisions for election of officers; resolution; certificate recorded

16:11-22. Trustees; change of number and tenure; provisions for election of officers; resolution; certificate recorded
Any presbytery incorporated under this article may, by a resolution approved by its board of trustees and by the presbytery, change the number of trustees to be thereafter elected and their respective terms of office, and make such provisions for the election of a president, a secretary and a treasurer of the board of trustees as may be deemed advisable by such board of trustees and presbytery.
A copy of such resolution, certified under the hand and seal of the president and secretary of the board of trustees and of the stated clerk of the presbytery, shall be recorded in the office of the secretary of state, for which service the secretary of state shall be entitled to receive the fees provided by section 22:4-1 of the title Fees and Costs.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-23 - Property of dissolved church; disposition of property and proceeds

16:11-23. Property of dissolved church; disposition of property and proceeds
When any presbytery in this State connected with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America heretofore has dissolved or hereafter dissolves any particular local church subject to the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of such presbytery, pursuant to the constitution, laws, usages or customs of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, all the real and personal property of the particular local church and of the congregation connected therewith, whether held by an incorporated board of trustees or otherwise, shall thereupon vest in the trustees of such presbytery, provided the trustees are incorporated, in the same manner as the property was vested in the board of trustees or persons or body holding the same in trust for the particular local church and congregation.
The trustees of the presbytery may, under the direction of the presbytery, manage, sell, or otherwise freely dispose of the same, and shall apply the proceeds thereof in such manner as to the presbytery may seem best for religious uses and purposes within the territory over which the presbytery shall have ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Any sale or conveyance of such property made by such trustees shall be as good and effectual as if made by the board of trustees, persons or body formerly holding the same, and shall vest in the grantee all the right, title and interest in and to such property theretofore vested in the church and its trustees, or in the congregation connected therewith, or in the persons or body holding the same in trust for the particular local church and congregation.
Amended by L.1964, c. 270, s. 8.
2023 New Jersey Revised Statutes › Title 16 - Corporations and Associations, Religious › Section 16:11-24 - Certified copy receivable in evidence

16:11-24. Certified copy receivable in evidence
A copy of any certificate required to be filed in the office of the secretary of state by any provision of this chapter, duly certified under the hand and official seal of the secretary of state, shall be received in evidence in any court.