{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-16-3-4","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 16:3-4","heading":"Powers;  sale of property subject to approval of members; by-laws","body":"Every such incorporated board of trustees elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have power to:\nHave perpetual succession by its corporate name;\nSue and be sued;\nAdopt and use a common seal and alter the same;\nPurchase, lease, acquire, receive, have and hold any lands, tenements, hereditaments, legacies, donations, moneys, goods and chattels in trust for the  use of the enrolled members of such church;  and to sell, grant, convey, mortgage, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of the same or any part thereof; provided, that no such sale, conveyance, mortgage or lease of any real property, held in trust as aforesaid shall be made unless previously authorized  by two-thirds of the votes cast at a regular or special meeting of its enrolled  members duly called for that purpose.\nEvery church of Christ, Scientist, incorporated according to the provisions  of this chapter shall have power to make such by-laws as are not inconsistent  with the constitution or laws of the United States or of this State, or with  the provisions of the manual of said the mother church.\nAmended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 144, s. 7, eff. March 19, 1953.","path":["TITLE 16 CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS, RELIGIOUS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"8ac74bcbd0982ad7537519c55c63c43b546ed19d325001e55a28ee77b1322e6d","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-16-3-3","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-16-3-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}