§ 276. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches of the
Nazarene. Any church of the Nazarene heretofore incorporated may
reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the
county clerk's office in the county in which its principal place of
worship is located, a certificate, signed by the district superintendent
of the district in which its principal place of worship is located, or
in case of his absence or inability to act, by one of the general
superintendents of the church of the Nazarene of the United States, and
by all the trustees in office at the time of such reincorporation,
setting forth that they desire to reincorporate under the provisions of
this act, the corporate name by which such church shall be known, and
the county, town, city or village where its principal place of worship
is or is intended to be located; the number and the names of the laymen
trustees who are to hold office until the next annual meeting of said
corporation. Immediately upon the filing of such certificate, the board
of trustees of said church, shall consist of the district superintendent
of the district in which the principal place of worship is located, and
the laymen trustees selected as above provided, and the office of the
trustees of said church heretofore appointed or selected shall become
vacant and cease to exist.