Section 188. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings  


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  • The annual
      corporate meeting of every incorporated church or society to which  this
      article  is  applicable shall be held at the time and place fixed by its
      by-laws. A special corporate meeting of any such church or  society  may
      be called by the board of trustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall
      be  called  on  the  written request of at least ten qualified voters of
      such church or society. The trustees shall cause written notice  of  the
      time  and  place  of  any  corporate  meeting, therein specifying, if an
      annual meeting, the names of any trustees whose  successors  are  to  be
      elected  thereat,  and, if a special meeting, specifying the business to
      be transacted thereat, to be served, either personally or by mail,  upon
      each  qualified  voter  of the church or society entitled to vote at the
      meeting, not less than ten nor more than forty days before the  meeting.
      If mailed, the notice shall be directed to each qualified voter entitled
      to  notice  at  his address as it appears on the books or records of the
      church or society.