§ 61-3. Title to lands vested in trustees, or in societies. - North Carolina Statutes

§61‑3.  Title to lands vested in trustees, or in societies.

All glebes, lands andtenements, heretofore purchased, given, or devised for the support of anyparticular ministry, or mode of worship, and all churches and other housesbuilt for the purpose of public worship, and all lands and donations of anykind of property or estate that have been or may be given, granted or devisedto any church or religious denomination, religious society or congregationwithin the State for their respective use, shall be and remain forever to theuse and occupancy of that church or denomination, society or congregation forwhich the glebes, lands, tenements, property and estate were so purchased,given, granted or devised, or for which such churches, chapels or other housesof public worship were built; and the estate therein shall be deemed and heldto be absolutely vested, as between the parties thereto, in the trusteesrespectively of such churches, denominations, societies and congregations, fortheir several use, according to the intent expressed in the conveyance, gift,grant or will; and in case there shall be no trustees, then in such churches,denominations, societies and congregations, respectively, according to suchintent. (1776, c. 107; 1796, c. 457, s. 4; R.C., c. 97, s. 1;Code, s. 3665; Rev., s. 2672; C.S., s. 3570.)