Section 170. Election and salary of ministers  


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  • The ministers of any such
      church shall be called, settled or removed  and  their  salaries  fixed,
      only  by  the vote of a majority of the members of such corporation duly
      qualified to vote at elections present and voting at a meeting  of  such
      corporation   specially   called   for   that  purpose,  in  the  manner
      hereinbefore provided for the call of special  meetings;  and  any  such
      corporation may, by its by-laws, make the call, settlement or removal of
      its  ministers  dependent  upon  a concurrent vote of the unincorporated
      church connected with such corporation; and in that case the concurrence
      of a majority of the members of such unincorporated church, present  and
      voting at a meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be necessary
      to the call, settlement or removal of such ministers.