N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 59: Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and compensation

§ 59. Rector; vicar; ministers; their appointment, removal and

compensation. The rector or vicar or other ministers of any such church,

by whatever title they are called in ecclesiastical language, shall be

called, settled or removed and their salaries fixed, only by the vote of

a majority of the members of such corporation duly qualified to vote at

elections present and voting at a meeting of such corporation

specifically called for that purpose, subject to the consent of the

bishop who is the ecclesiastical administrator of Metropolitan Synod

Apostolic Episcopal Church, given in writing. A rector or vicar or other

minister so called, with the sanction of the bishop in writing, shall be

deemed settled definitely in such church, when he has accepted such call

in writing. Unless there is sufficient cause to terminate the

relationship of such clergyman and such church such relationship shall

be deemed permanent and governed entirely by the rules and usages of the

Apostolic Episcopal Church, subject to the bishop and metropolitan

synod.