Section 427. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches  


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  • Any church
      heretofore incorporated may, subject to restrictions and limitations  of
      existing  laws,  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 and  acknowledged  by
      the  district  superintendent of the New York district of the Assemblies
      of God, and signed and acknowledged by all the trustees of  said  church
      in  office  at  the time of such reincorporation, setting forth that the
      said  church  by  majority  vote  desires  to  reincorporate  under  the
      provision of this article, the corporate name by which such church shall
      be known, the county, town, city or village where its principal place of
      worship  is  or is intended to be located and the names and addresses of
      the trustees who are to hold office until the  next  annual  meeting  of
      said  corporation.  Such  certificate shall not be filed unless endorsed
      thereon is  the  written  consent  of  the  New  York  district  of  the
      Assemblies of God.