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N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 10: Acquisition of property by two or more religious corporations for a common parsonage

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  1. Religious Corporations Law
  2. Article 2. General Provisions

§ 10. Acquisition of property by two or more religious corporations

for a common parsonage. Two or more religious corporations may acquire

such real property as may be necessary for use as a parsonage, and the

right, title and interest of each corporation therein shall be in

proportion to its contribution to the cost of such property. The

trustees of each corporation shall, from time to time, appoint one of

their number to be a trustee of such common parsonage property, to hold

office during the pleasure of the appointing trustees or until his

successor be appointed. The trustees so appointed shall have the care

and management of such property and may make such improvements thereupon

as they deem necessary, and determine the proportion of the expense of

the maintenance thereof which each corporation shall bear. If at any

time either of such corporations acquires or desires to acquire for its

own exclusive use as a parsonage other real property, it may, in

pursuance of the provisions of law, relating to the disposition of real

property by religious corporations, sell and convey its interest in such

common parsonage property to any one or more of the other corporations

having an interest therein.

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