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to be annually elected shall be chosen, and the manner in which such elec-
tion shall be held, and shall provide a good and sufficient record book,
wherein shall be registered from time to time all of its proceedings, and
which shall at all times be open to inspection by any member of the said
congregation, or any ecclesiastical officer of the said denomination of Chris-
tians, having, according to the discipline and practice thereof, authority
over the said congregation, or the right to be informed concerning its man-
agement and interest of the said corporation; the pastor of the congregation
for the time being (if any there be), shall always be president; it shall have
power to frame such rules and ordinances for the orderly conduct of divine
worship and the advancement of the interests of the congregation, as a
majority of the corporation may from time to time deem necessary; pro-
vided, that the same shall not conflict with the constitution or laws of the
United States or this State, or with the discipline and practice of the de-
nomination aforesaid.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 288. 1912, sec. 353. 1904, sec. 315. 1892, ch. 614, sec. 217C.

289. If at any time one of the corporators so as aforesaid to be annu-
ally elected shall die, resign or become disqualified by ceasing to be a pew-
holder of the said church, it shall be competent for the remaining members
of the said corporation to appoint a successor to the one so dying, resigning
or become disqualified, which successor shall hold office until some one to
fill his place shall be chosen at the next annual meeting of the said congre-
gation ; and if at any time the member so as aforesaid to be annually ap-
pointed by the ordinary of the diocese shall die or resign, it shall be
competent for the said ordinary to fill the said vacancy in the corporation
aforesaid, by appointing another person to serve for the remainder of the
term of the one so dying or resigning, and until a successor thereto shall be
duly chosen according to the terms of section 287; and if at any time the
corporators for the time being shall think it wise to change the name of the
said corporation, they may do the same by a certificate under their hands
and seals, to be acknowledged and recorded as provided for in the case of
the original certificate mentioned in section 287 of this article.
See notes to sec. 275.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 289. 1912, sec. 354. 1904, sec. 316. 1892, ch. 614, sec. 217D.

290. Any person or persons, individual or corporation, holding lands
or goods and chattels, or any interest therein, in trust for any particular
church or congregation, church society congregation, of the said denomina-
tion, wherein a corporation shall be formed in accordance with the terms
of section 287, shall convey the same to the said corporation as soon as pos-
sible after its formation under the terms of the three preceding sections;
and any gift, devise or bequest heretofore or hereafter made to any such
congregation, or to any person or persons, individual or corporation in trust
therefor, shall enure to the benefit of the corporation to be formed in such
congregation (if any such corporation shall be so formed according to the
terms of said sections), whether the said corporation be or be not accurately
described in such gift, devise or bequest; provided, that the intention of
the donor or testator be clear that the same should enure to the benefit of
the said congregation.

See notes to sec. 275.

Devises and bequests for charitable uses are not to be held void by reason of the
uncertainty of the donees, provided the will contains directions for the formation of
a corporation to take the same, and provided such corporation is formed within twelve
months—art. 93, sec. 335.