§ 102. Corporate powers.
§ 102. Corporate powers. The trustees elected and their successors shall be a corporation by the name adopted and certified. The corporation shall have perpetual succession with all the incidents and franchises of a corporation aggregate and may purchase, receive, hold, mortgage and enjoy property, real and personal, for the use of the society or […]
§ 103. Change of name.
§ 103. Change of name. If at any time three fourths of the trustees of the corporation created under this chapter or under Chapter 39 of the Code of 1852 shall think it wise to change the name of the corporation, they may do this by certifying the same, under the hands and seals of […]
§ 104. Estate vested in corporation.
§ 104. Estate vested in corporation. All the estate, right and title which any such society or congregation may have in any property, real or personal, in themselves, or by trustees, or for their use before incorporation shall upon incorporation become vested in the corporation, which may grant, demise or dispose thereof. 26 Del. Laws, […]
§ 105. Election of trustees.
§ 105. Election of trustees. The trustees shall be elected at a public meeting of the society or congregation, held at their usual place of worship, on 10 days notice by advertisements at the front door of such place and by a plurality of votes of the members present. 26 Del. Laws, c. 89, § […]
§ 106. Vacancies among trustees.
§ 106. Vacancies among trustees. Other trustees may be elected, and vacancies filled by election as prescribed in § 105 of this title and the election of a successor to any trustee shall remove that trustee from office. 26 Del. Laws, c. 89, § 6; Code 1915, § 2169; Code 1935, § 2476; 27 Del. […]
§ 107. Appointment of chair; powers and duties; access to records.
§ 107. Appointment of chair; powers and duties; access to records. The trustees shall choose 1 of their number as chair. The chair shall have custody of the seal and all books and papers of the corporation, shall make fair entries therein of all the proceedings of the trustees and every member of the society […]
§ 108. Appointment and duties of treasurer.
§ 108. Appointment and duties of treasurer. The trustees may also choose 1 of their number as treasurer and may require the treasurer to give security. The treasurer shall receive and account for all the money of the corporation. If no treasurer be chosen, the chair shall receive and account for such money. 26 Del. […]
§ 109. Registry of births, deaths, burials and marriages; certified copies as evidence.
§ 109. Registry of births, deaths, burials and marriages; certified copies as evidence. The registry kept in any religious corporation’s books of marriages, births, deaths or burials shall be evidence in all courts. A copy of any entry, certified under the corporate seal and hand of the chair, shall be evidence. 26 Del. Laws, c. […]