Section 66. Organization and conduct of corporate meetings; qualifications of voters thereat  


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  • 1. At a corporate meeting of an  incorporated  church  to  which this article is applicable the following persons and no others
      shall be qualified voters, to wit: All persons who are then  members  in
      good  and  regular  standing  of  such  church  by  admission  into full
      communion and membership therewith, in accordance with the  constitution
      of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
        2.  The presence at any corporate meeting of an incorporated church of
      at least six communicant members of  full  age  shall  be  necessary  to
      constitute  a  quorum.  The  action  of  the  meeting upon any matter or
      question shall be decided by a majority of the qualified voters present.
        3. At any corporate meeting of an incorporated church  to  which  this
      article  is  applicable,  the  pastor  of  such  church, the officiating
      minister thereof, or the  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  shall
      preside thereat.
        4.  Nothing  contained  in  this  article  shall prevent the qualified
      voters at any meeting held pursuant to  this  article  from  choosing  a
      person  to  preside at any corporate meeting of any incorporated church,
      other than the person or officer designated in this article  to  preside
      thereat,  and  when  such other person shall be chosen he shall exercise
      all the powers in this article conferred upon the presiding  officer  of
      such meeting.
        5.  The  presiding  officer  of  a corporate meeting shall receive the
      votes, be the judge of the qualifications of  voters,  and  declare  the
      result of the votes cast on any matter. The polls of an annual corporate
      meeting  shall  continue  open  until all qualified voters present shall
      have had a full opportunity to vote.
        6. At each annual corporate meeting successors to those trustees whose
      terms of office then expire shall be elected from the  qualified  voters
      by  ballot  for  a  term  of  three years thereafter. The nomination and
      election of trustees shall be conducted as provided in the  constitution
      of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).