Section 131. The meeting for incorporation  


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  • At  the  meeting  for
      incorporation, held in pursuance of such notice, the  qualified  voters,
      until otherwise decided as hereinafter provided, shall be all persons of
      full  age,  who  are  then members, in good and regular standing of such
      church, by admission into full communion  or  membership  therewith.  At
      such  meeting  the  presence  of a majority of such qualified voters, at
      least six in number, shall be necessary to constitute a quorum, and  all
      matters  or  questions  shall  be decided by a majority of the qualified
      voters voting thereon. There shall be elected at said meeting  from  the
      qualified  voters then present, a presiding officer, a clerk to keep the
      record of the proceedings of the meeting and two inspectors of  election
      to  receive  the  ballots cast. The presiding officer and the inspectors
      shall declare the result of the ballots cast on any matter, and shall be
      the judges of the qualifications of voters.  If the meeting shall decide
      that such unincorporated church shall become incorporated,  the  meeting
      shall  also decide upon the name of the proposed corporation, the number
      of the trustees thereof, which shall be  three,  six,  nine,  twelve  or
      eighteen,  and  the  date,  not  more than fifteen months thereafter, on
      which the first annual election of the trustees thereof shall  be  held,
      and  shall decide also whether those who, from the time of the formation
      of  such  church  or  during  the  year  preceding   the   meeting   for
      incorporation,  have  statedly  worshipped  with  such  church  and have
      regularly  contributed  to  the  financial  support  thereof,  shall  be
      qualified  voters  at  such meeting for incorporation, and whether those
      who during the year preceding the subsequent corporate meetings  of  the
      church  shall  have  statedly worshipped with such church and shall have
      regularly  contributed  to  the  financial  support  thereof,  shall  be
      qualified   voters  at  such  corporate  meetings.  Such  meeting  shall
      thereupon elect by ballot from the persons  qualified  to  vote  thereat
      one-third of the number of trustees so decided on, who shall hold office
      until the first annual election of trustees thereafter, and one-third of
      such  number  of  trustees who shall hold office until the second annual
      election of  trustees  thereafter,  and  one-third  of  such  number  of
      trustees  who  shall  hold  office  until  the  third annual election of
      trustees thereafter, or until the respective successors of such trustees
      shall be elected.