§ 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations.
§ 113. Conveyances and grants to religious corporations. No grant, conveyance, devise or lease of any real estate dedicated or appropriated or intended to be dedicated or appropriated, to purposes of religious worship for the use of any congregation or society shall vest any right, title or interest in any person or persons to whom […]
§ 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations.
§ 114. Formation of Protestant Episcopal Church corporations. The rector, wardens and vestrymen of any Protestant Episcopal Church, on certifying their name or style as provided in § 101 or § 103 of this title, shall be a corporation with the franchise, rights and powers therein vested in trustees of other religious societies. 26 Del. […]
§ 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations.
§ 115. Formation of Roman Catholic Church corporations. In every congregation of the Roman Catholic Church, the ordinary of the diocese, the pastor of the congregation for the time being, according to the practice and discipline of the Church, 1 other person annually designated by the ordinary, and 2 other persons annually elected by the […]
§ 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president.
§ 116. Additional powers of Roman Catholic Church corporations; records; pastor as president. Every Roman Catholic Church corporation, in addition to the powers now possessed by religious corporations by virtue of the laws of this State, may appoint the hour and place of the meeting at which the 2 of its members annually elected shall […]
§ 101. Formation; increasing or decreasing number of trustees.
§ 101. Formation; increasing or decreasing number of trustees. (a) Any religious society or congregation consisting of 15 or more persons may become incorporated by the election of not less than 3 trustees and the taking of a name and certifying the same under the hands and seals of the trustees to the Recorder of […]
§ 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. […]