N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 275: Government

§ 275. Government. The district superintendent of the district to

which any incorporated church of the Nazarene belongs, and his successor

in office, shall be by virtue of his office, a trustee of said church;

and the laymen, members of such church who signed said certificate of

incorporation shall together constitute the first board of trustees

thereof. The term of office of the laymen trustees of the incorporated

church of the Nazarene, shall be one year; the number of laymen trustees

shall be three, six or nine. Whenever the office of any such laymen

trustees shall become vacant by expiration of term of office or

otherwise, his successor shall be elected by a majority vote of the duly

qualified members of said church. No act or proceedings of the trustees

of any incorporated church shall be valid, without the sanction of the

district superintendent of the district to which such church belongs, or

in case of his absence or inability to act, without the sanction of one

of the general superintendents of the church of the Nazarene of the

United States.