Conn. Gen. Stat. § 38a-599: (Formerly Sec. 38-210). Rights and powers of societies existing on January 1, 1958.

Any incorporated society authorized to transact business in this state on January 1, 1958, may exercise all the rights, powers and privileges prescribed in sections 38a-595 to 38a-626, inclusive, 38a-631 to 38a-640, inclusive, and 38a-800 and in its charter or articles of incorporation as far as consistent with said sections. A domestic society shall not be required to reincorporate.