N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 263: Incorporation of unincorporated Spiritualist churches and system of incorporation and government

§ 263. Incorporation of unincorporated Spiritualist churches and

system of incorporation and government. A meeting for the purpose of

incorporating an unincorporated Spiritualist church in connection with

the General Assembly of Spiritualists must be called and held in

pursuance of the provisions of this article:

1. The notice and call of such meeting shall be in writing and shall

state in substance, that a meeting of such unincorporated church will be

held at its usual place of worship at a specified day and hour for the

purpose of incorporating such church and designating trustees thereof.

2. The notice must be signed at least by seven persons of full age who

are then members in good and regular standing of such church by

admission into full membership therewith, in accordance with the rules

and regulations of such church, and who have in good faith expressed in

open meeting their belief in the tenets of faith adopted by the General

Assembly of Spiritualists.

3. The notice must have endorsed thereon the approval of the body of

the General Assembly of Spiritualists governing the admission of

churches.

4. A copy of such notice with the approval endorsed thereon shall be

publicly read at a regular meeting of such unincorporated church for

public worship, on the two successive Sundays immediately preceding the

meeting by any person qualified to sign such notice.