§ 54 — Certificate of incorporation

§ 54. Certificate of incorporation. 1. If the meeting shall decide\nthat such unincorporated church shall become an incorporated church or\ncongregation of the Apostolic Episcopal Church, a certificate of\nincorporation therefor shall be executed and acknowledged by the bishop\nwho is the ecclesiastical administrator, the vicar-general and the\nchancellor of Metropolitan Synod Apostolic Episcopal Church, the rector\nor vicar of the church or congregation and by the laymen trustees that\nhave been elected, and by the clerk of the corporation, and the said\ncertificate of incorporation shall contain the following:\n (a) The name of the proposed corporation;\n (b) The number of laymen trustees thereof, the names of the persons\nelected as laymen trustees, the terms of office for which they were\nrespectively elected as laymen trustees;\n (c) An exact copy of the resolution which provides for the clerical\ntrustees by virtue of their offices;\n (d) The county and town, city or village in which the principal place\nof worship is or is intended to be located.\n 2. On filing such certificate in the office of the county clerk of the\ncounty in which such church is or is intended to be located, such church\nshall be a corporation by the name stated in the certificate, and the\npersons therein stated to be elected clerical and laymen trustees of\nsuch church shall be the trustees therefor for their respective terms\nand until their successors are elected.\n