Section 351. Conveyance of property  


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  • Whenever it may become necessary or
      advisable to mortgage or dispose of any church  property,  the  trustees
      may mortgage or sell and convey the same by first securing the authority
      of  the  society  for  such  sale  or  mortgage  and the approval of the
      archbishop,  or  bishop,  who  is  administrator  of  the   Byelorussian
      Autocephalic  Orthodox  Church  in  America,  and obtaining leave of the
      supreme or county court therefor pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this
      chapter;  provided  that  in  all  cases  the  proceeds  of such sale or
      mortgage shall be used either for  the  payment  of  debts  or  for  the
      purchase  or improvement of property for the same uses and deeded to the
      same corporation; or if not so used, shall be held subject to the  order
      of the diocesan council of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church
      in America which has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over such church.