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N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 46: Changing the qualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen

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  1. Religious Corporations Law
  2. Article 3. Protestant Episcopal Parishes or Churches

§ 46. Changing the qualifications of voters and the qualifications of

wardens and vestrymen. If the vestry of a Protestant Episcopal parish

heretofore incorporated shall by resolution recommend that the

qualifications of voters and the qualifications of wardens and vestrymen

be changed to conform in both cases to the requirements of section

forty-three of this chapter, notice of such recommendation shall be

included in the notice of the next annual election of such parish, and

be submitted to the meeting. If such recommendation be ratified by such

meeting the presiding officer thereof and at least two qualified voters

present thereat shall execute and acknowledge a certificate setting

forth such resolution of the vestry, the fact that notice thereof had

been given with the notice of such annual election, and that the meeting

had ratified the same. Such certificate shall be filed in the office of

the clerk of the county in which the original certificate of

incorporation is filed and recorded.

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