§ 296. Re-incorporation of existing corporations. Any heretofore
incorporated church, congregation, parish, society, or committee, to
which this article is applicable, may re-incorporate under the
provisions of this article by the same procedure hereinbefore set forth
for incorporation substituting, at appropriate places, the word
"re-incorporate" for "incorporate" and filing the certificate of
re-incorporation in the office of the county clerk in the county in
which its principal place of worship or office is located. Immediately
upon the filing of such certificate all the right, title, equity and
interest of such organization or corporation in any estate, real or
personal, together with all franchise and charter rights, shall be
vested in the corporation so created under this article, and the
original corporation shall be null and void.