N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 276: Reincorporation of present incorporated churches of the Nazarene

§ 276. Reincorporation of present incorporated churches of the

Nazarene. Any church of the Nazarene heretofore incorporated may

reincorporate under the provisions of this article, by filing in the

county clerk's office in the county in which its principal place of

worship is located, a certificate, signed by the district superintendent

of the district in which its principal place of worship is located, or

in case of his absence or inability to act, by one of the general

superintendents of the church of the Nazarene of the United States, and

by all the trustees in office at the time of such reincorporation,

setting forth that they desire to reincorporate under the provisions of

this act, the corporate name by which such church shall be known, and

the county, town, city or village where its principal place of worship

is or is intended to be located; the number and the names of the laymen

trustees who are to hold office until the next annual meeting of said

corporation. Immediately upon the filing of such certificate, the board

of trustees of said church, shall consist of the district superintendent

of the district in which the principal place of worship is located, and

the laymen trustees selected as above provided, and the office of the

trustees of said church heretofore appointed or selected shall become

vacant and cease to exist.