§ 16:3-11 — Certificate; contents; filing and recording; consolidation effected on; property

The chairman and clerk of such meeting shall make, sign and acknowledge before any person authorized to take the acknowledgment and proof of deeds in this state a certificate in writing setting forth: a. The adoption of the agreement of consolidation; b. The name assumed as the corporate title; and c. The number and names of the trustees and the term of office of each. This certificate shall be transmitted to the clerk of the county in which such church is located, who shall file and record the same forthwith, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon said trustees and their successors shall be a corporation under this chapter by the title stated in such certificate, in which new corporation the churches uniting shall be consolidated and which new corporation shall be entitled to and invested with all the real and personal property of both the churches consolidated therein, in like manner and to the same extent as such churches so consolidating, subject to all their debts and liabilities.