Legislation
SECTION 170
Election and salary of ministers
Religious Corporations (RCO) CHAPTER 51, ARTICLE 8
§ 170. Election and salary of ministers. The ministers of any such
church shall be called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed,
only by the vote of a majority of the members of such corporation duly
qualified to vote at elections present and voting at a meeting of such
corporation specially called for that purpose, in the manner
hereinbefore provided for the call of special meetings; and any such
corporation may, by its by-laws, make the call, settlement or removal of
its ministers dependent upon a concurrent vote of the unincorporated
church connected with such corporation; and in that case the concurrence
of a majority of the members of such unincorporated church, present and
voting at a meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be necessary
to the call, settlement or removal of such ministers.
church shall be called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed,
only by the vote of a majority of the members of such corporation duly
qualified to vote at elections present and voting at a meeting of such
corporation specially called for that purpose, in the manner
hereinbefore provided for the call of special meetings; and any such
corporation may, by its by-laws, make the call, settlement or removal of
its ministers dependent upon a concurrent vote of the unincorporated
church connected with such corporation; and in that case the concurrence
of a majority of the members of such unincorporated church, present and
voting at a meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be necessary
to the call, settlement or removal of such ministers.