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Acts, Void, Lawful, Clerk

From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Acts, Void, Lawful, Clerk (1): The acts of a majority of the members of a corporation, unless done according to law and in conformity with the charter and by-laws of the corporation, are absolutely null and void.319 The only lawful manner by which a congregation can express itself, is by a meeting regularly called and held upon due notice.320 The notice of a meeting should be authorized by the trustees or other authority of the church, and given to all the members. The clerk of the board of trustees, unless authorized to do so, has no authority to sign the name of the members of the board to a notice, and a meeting called in that way is illegal.321

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Notes and References

1. Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago

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• Religion
• Church