Trustees Control
Trustees, Control
From the book The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law, about Trustees, Control (1): A statute passed in 1813 providing that a certificate of incorporation by the bishop, vicar-general, pastor of the church, and two others selected by them and their successors shall be a body corporate, does not constitute the trustees the corporation in place of the congregation so as to make the acts of a majority of the trustees binding on the corporation in the absence of proof of other authority.276 Under the statutes of Louisiana providing for the incorporation of congregations for the purpose of administration and revenues, it was held that the corporation had full control and was responsible to the congregation alone and could not be controled by the clergy. The congregation had the right to elect others in the places of those amoved by reason of their misuse or abuse of their powers.277 And in Massachusetts, under the law for incorporating Catholic parishes, no one but the trustees have any power.278
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Notes and References
- Charles M. Scanlan, The Clergyman’s Hand-book of Law. The Law of Church and Grave (1909), Benziger Brothers, New York, Cincinnati, Chicago
See Also
- Religion
- Church
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