Legislation
SECTION 304
Certificate of incorporation
Religious Corporations (RCO) CHAPTER 51, ARTICLE 16
§ 304. Certificate of incorporation. The certificate of incorporation
shall contain:
1. The name by which the proposed corporation shall be known.
2. The names and addresses of the officers and trustees elected at the
incorporation meeting, together with the respective terms of said
officers and trustees.
3. The name of the county and the city, town or village in which the
proposed place of worship is or is intended to be located.
4. The purpose and intent for which the corporation is created to be
set forth as follows:
"The purpose and intent of this religious corporation is to promote
the science and promulgate the philosophy and religion of Spiritualism,
as adopted and practiced by the National Spiritualist Association.
This corporation is subject to the constitution and by-laws of the
National Spiritualist Association, a religious body incorporated under
the laws of the District of Columbia, to the extent that they may not be
inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state."
The certificate shall be executed and acknowledged by the duly elected
officers and trustees and, together with the written permission to
incorporate granted by the board of trustees of the National
Spiritualist Association, shall be filed in the office of the county
clerk of the county in which the place of worship is or is intended to
be located. On such filing the church shall be a corporation and the
persons so elected to be officers and trustees shall be such officers
and trustees.
shall contain:
1. The name by which the proposed corporation shall be known.
2. The names and addresses of the officers and trustees elected at the
incorporation meeting, together with the respective terms of said
officers and trustees.
3. The name of the county and the city, town or village in which the
proposed place of worship is or is intended to be located.
4. The purpose and intent for which the corporation is created to be
set forth as follows:
"The purpose and intent of this religious corporation is to promote
the science and promulgate the philosophy and religion of Spiritualism,
as adopted and practiced by the National Spiritualist Association.
This corporation is subject to the constitution and by-laws of the
National Spiritualist Association, a religious body incorporated under
the laws of the District of Columbia, to the extent that they may not be
inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of this state."
The certificate shall be executed and acknowledged by the duly elected
officers and trustees and, together with the written permission to
incorporate granted by the board of trustees of the National
Spiritualist Association, shall be filed in the office of the county
clerk of the county in which the place of worship is or is intended to
be located. On such filing the church shall be a corporation and the
persons so elected to be officers and trustees shall be such officers
and trustees.