N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 225-i: Trustee meetings

§ 225-i. Trustee meetings. 1. Meetings of the trustees of an

incorporated free Methodist church shall be called by giving at least

forty-eight hours' notice thereof personally or by mail to all the

trustees, and such notice may be given by the pastor, the secretary of

the board of trustees or by any two of the trustees, but by the

unanimous consent of the trustees a meeting may be held without previous

notice thereof. The pastor may preside at a trustee meeting and in his

absence the senior trustee in service, or some member, the board of

trustees elects for that purpose, shall be chairman. A majority of the

whole number of trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction

of business at any meeting lawfully convened.

2. The effect of a tie vote creating a deadlock shall be to carry the

question involved (with all pending questions appertaining thereto) over

to the next sitting or meeting of the board. In case of such a deadlock

extending beyond three successive sittings or meetings of the board of

trustees, the whole matter involved shall be settled in a meeting of the

corporate society.