§ 16:3-4 — Powers; sale of property subject to approval of members; by-laws

Every such incorporated board of trustees elected in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall have power to: Have perpetual succession by its corporate name; Sue and be sued; Adopt and use a common seal and alter the same; Purchase, 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. Every 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. Amended by L.1953, c. 16, p. 144, s. 7, eff. March 19, 1953.