16:5-24 - Affiliation with constituent synod or district; acceptance of act by previously incorporated churches; certificate - New Jersey Statutes

16:5-24.  Affiliation with constituent synod or district;  acceptance of act  by previously incorporated churches;  certificate
    Every such incorporated congregation may affiliate itself with a constituent  synod or district of the Lutheran Church or its successor but, after any such  affiliation, may not withdraw therefrom except as provided in the constitution  and by-laws of the synod or district or the laws of the church.  Any Lutheran  Church which has heretofore been incorporated under any law of this State, by a  majority vote of its members at a regular, annual or at a special meeting to be  called for the purpose, may accept the provisions of this act and thereby and  thereafter become subject to the provisions of this act.  Any such acceptance  shall be evidenced by the filing of a certificate in the office of the  Secretary of State, which shall substantially set forth the proceedings of the  meeting of acceptance. Any such certificate shall be filed and acknowledged in  manner similar to that required by this act for the execution, filing and  recording of a certificate of incorporation, as provided in this act.  The  Secretary of State and the county clerk shall be entitled to the same fees as  in the case of the filing and recording of certificates of incorporation under this act.

     L.1957, c. 82, p. 158, s. 12.  Amended by L.1962, c. 53, s. 9.