West Virginia Constitution

Article VI, § 47 — Incorporation of religious denominations prohibited

West Virginia Const. art. VI, § 47

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No charter of incorporation shall be granted to any church or religious denomination. Provisions may be made by general laws for securing the title to church property, and for the sale and transfer thereof, so that it shall be held, used, or transferred for the purposes of such church, or religious denomination.

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