N.Y. Religious Corporations Law § 96: Government of incorporated Christian Orthodox Catholic churches of the Eastern Confession

§ 96. Government of incorporated Christian Orthodox Catholic churches

of the Eastern Confession. The six lay members of every incorporated

Christian Orthodox Catholic church of the Eastern Confession in this

state, incorporated on or after April ninth, nineteen hundred

twenty-three, signing the certificate of incorporation, and the rector

shall be the trustees of such church for the first year or until their

successors are selected according to the by-laws of such church or the

rules and usages of the denomination to which such church belongs. The

trustees of every such church incorporated before April ninth, nineteen

hundred twenty-three, shall consist of the rector and such other persons

as may be selected according to the by-laws of such church or the rules

and usages of the denomination to which such church belongs.