Section 114. Reformed churches in America, changing system of choosing trustees; minister, how chosen  


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  • If the  ministers,  elders  and  deacons  who, at any time, by virtue of their offices, constitute the trustees of
      any  Reformed church in America, or of any true Reformed Dutch church in
      the United States of America, determine that the trustees of such church
      shall thereafter be  elective  in  pursuance  of  article  ten  of  this
      chapter,  and  shall determine whether the number of such trustees shall
      be three, six or nine, and the date of the annual corporate  meeting  of
      the  church,  they  may  sign,  acknowledge  and  cause  to be filed and
      recorded in the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  county  in  which  the
      certificate  of  incorporation  of  such  church is filed or recorded, a
      certificate of such determinations.  Thereafter  the  trustees  of  such
      church  shall  be elective in pursuance of the provisions of article ten
      of this chapter, relating to the election of  trustees  of  incorporated
      churches.  At the next annual corporate meeting after the filing of such
      certificate, one-third of the number of trustees so determined on  shall
      be  elected  to  hold  office  for one year, one-third for two years and
      one-third for three years, and the minister, elders  and  deacons  shall
      cease  to  be  the  trustees  of  such church. At each subsequent annual
      corporate meeting of such church, one-third of the number of trustees so
      determined on shall be elected to hold office for three  years.  If  the
      trustees  of  an  incorporated  Reformed  church in America or of a true
      Dutch Reformed church in the United States of America are  at  any  time
      elective, in pursuance of article ten of this chapter, or otherwise, the
      board  of trustees and the consistory thereof may concurrently determine
      that the minister or ministers, if any, and the elders  and  deacons  of
      such  church  shall  constitute  the  trustees  thereof.    Thereon  the
      president and clerk of the consistory and the president and clerk of the
      board of trustees shall sign and acknowledge and cause to be  filed  and
      recorded  in the office of the clerk of the county in which the original
      certificate of incorporation is filed or recorded, a certificate of such
      determination, stating the names of such ministers, elders and  deacons.
      On  so  filing  and  recording  such certificate, such board of trustees
      shall be dissolved, and  the  minister  or  ministers,  and  elders  and
      deacons  of such church, and their successors in office shall constitute
      the trustees of such church.