* § 264. At the meeting for incorporation, held in pursuance to such
notice, the qualified voters unless otherwise decided as hereinafter
provided shall all be persons of full age who have worshipped with such
church, and have regularly contributed to its support according to its
usages, for at least one year or since it was formed, and who have in
good faith in open meeting expressed their belief in the tenets of faith
adopted by the General Assembly of Spiritualists. At such meeting the
presence of a majority of such qualified voters, at least seven in
number, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and all matters or
questions shall be decided by a majority of the qualified voters voting
thereon. The meeting shall be called to order by a person delegated so
to do by the president of the General Assembly of Spiritualists. There
shall be elected at such meeting, from the qualified voters then present
a presiding officer, a clerk to keep the records of the proceedings of
the meeting and two inspectors of election to receive the ballots cast.
The presiding officer and the inspectors shall decide the result of the
ballots cast on any matter, and shall be the judges of the
qualifications of the voters. If the meeting shall decide that such
unincorporated church shall become incorporated, the meeting shall also
decide upon the name of the proposed corporation, the number of the
trustees thereof, which shall be three, six or nine, and the date, not
more than fifteen months thereafter, on which the first annual election
of the trustees thereof shall be held; and it may, by a two-thirds vote,
decide that all members of the unincorporated church, of full age, in
good and regular standing, who have worshipped with such church but who
have not contributed to the financial support thereof, shall also be
qualified voters at such meeting. Such meeting shall thereupon elect by
ballot from the persons qualified to vote thereat, of the number of
trustees so decided on who shall hold office until the first annual
election of trustees thereafter, one-third of such number of trustees
who shall hold office until the second annual election of trustees
thereafter, and one-third of such number of trustees who shall hold
office until the third annual election of trustees thereafter, or until
the respective successors of such trustees shall be elected. Such
meeting shall also elect by ballot a clerk or secretary of the
corporation, who shall hold his office until the close of the next
annual meeting.

* NB Enacted without section heading.