13 §3108. — proceedings
§3108. — proceedings When assembled as provided for in section 3107, the owners of the building and pew owners may choose a moderator and clerk, who shall perform the usual duties of such officers. Thereupon said owners shall be a corporation and be known by such name as they adopt, and they may agree on […]
13 §3109. Corporate rights and powers
§3109. Corporate rights and powers Any meetinghouse corporation, by a major vote of its members, may use and control the meetinghouse or building for public worship partly or wholly owned by them, as they please. Nothing in this section and sections 3107 and 3108 shall affect the rights of owners of houses of worship, built […]
13 §3110. Meetings of owners
§3110. Meetings of owners When there has been no meeting of the incorporated pew owners, or proprietors or owners of a meetinghouse or building for public worship for 3 years, a meeting may be called on application of 3 or more members thereof to a notary public, who shall issue his warrant to one of […]
13 §3111. Different denomination; division of time
§3111. Different denomination; division of time When a house of public worship is owned by persons of different denominations and when an organized society, or its members, own 5 pews therein, one or more of the minority owning not less than 5 pews may apply to a justice of the peace to obtain a division […]
13 §3112. Mode of proceeding
§3112. Mode of proceeding At a meeting called under section 3111, the owners, who are not applicants, or if they refuse or neglect, the notary who called the meeting may designate another notary, and the 2 may appoint a 3rd disinterested person, not an inhabitant of the town in which the house is located, or […]
13 §3113. Proportion of minority appraised
§3113. Proportion of minority appraised The board shall appraise the value of the minority’s proportion of the house, make a record of their proceedings, and within 10 days cause it to be transcribed into the records of such town.
13 §3114. Expenses
§3114. Expenses All their reasonable expenses shall be paid by the persons who requested the division; but the above provisions shall not affect any agreement now in force as to the mode of occupying such house.
13 §3061. Sale of property wasting for lack of custody
§3061. Sale of property wasting for lack of custody Where any property in the State, dedicated and ordained for pious uses, has no proper or legal custodian, so that it is becoming wasted and the utility thereof is lost, upon the application of any person or patriotic or religious society interested in having such property […]
13 §3115. Minority may occupy their share of time unless majority purchases
§3115. Minority may occupy their share of time unless majority purchases The minority may occupy the house for their allotted time, unless the majority purchase their interest by paying the minority the sum at which it was appraised by the board; but if the minority decline so to sell, they shall not avail themselves of […]
13 §3062. Transfer of certain trust funds (REPEALED)
§3062. Transfer of certain trust funds (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 2001, c. 550, §C2 (RP). PL 2001, c. 550, §C29 (AFF).