Legislation
SECTION 46
Changing the qualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen
Religious Corporations (RCO) CHAPTER 51, ARTICLE 3
§ 46. Changing the qualifications of voters and the qualifications of
wardens and vestrymen. If the vestry of a Protestant Episcopal parish
heretofore incorporated shall by resolution recommend that the
qualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen
be changed to conform in both cases to the requirements of section
forty-three of this chapter, notice of such recommendation shall be
included in the notice of the next annual election of such parish, and
be submitted to the meeting. If such recommendation be ratified by such
meeting the presiding officer thereof and at least two qualified voters
present thereat shall execute and acknowledge a certificate setting
forth such resolution of the vestry, the fact that notice thereof had
been given with the notice of such annual election, and that the meeting
had ratified the same. Such certificate shall be filed in the office of
the clerk of the county in which the original certificate of
incorporation is filed and recorded.
wardens and vestrymen. If the vestry of a Protestant Episcopal parish
heretofore incorporated shall by resolution recommend that the
qualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen
be changed to conform in both cases to the requirements of section
forty-three of this chapter, notice of such recommendation shall be
included in the notice of the next annual election of such parish, and
be submitted to the meeting. If such recommendation be ratified by such
meeting the presiding officer thereof and at least two qualified voters
present thereat shall execute and acknowledge a certificate setting
forth such resolution of the vestry, the fact that notice thereof had
been given with the notice of such annual election, and that the meeting
had ratified the same. Such certificate shall be filed in the office of
the clerk of the county in which the original certificate of
incorporation is filed and recorded.