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of their respective churches, societies, or congregations; provided,	Proviso
that nothing herein shall authorize any sale, mortgage, or other dis- position of any property held by such corporation under any in strument prohibiting such sale, and provided, the clear yearly income from the estate of any church, society, or congregation, ex- clusive of the rents of pews, collections in churches, funeral charges,	Sale, etc, of property.
and the like, shall not exceed the yearly sum of twenty thousand dollars.	Yearly income.
130- Every such body politic shall be chosen and the succes- sion kept up at such times and places as are ordinarily used for public meetings of the said church, society, or congregation, and by such persons as are allowed to ha\e a voice in the management and direction of congregational or temporal concerns, according to the known custom and usage of their respective denominations; or the said body politic or corporate shall be chosen, and the succes- sion kept up, according to the rules, regulations, and practice that may have been heretofore adopted -and agreed upon, or that shall be, at the first time of electing agreed upon and adopted by any particular church, society, or congregation, for directing or manag- ing their congregational or temporal affairs.	Id s 1W Succession.
160. The minister for the time being, or senior minister, where there are more than one settled in any church, society, or congre- gation, shall always, in virtue of his ministry, be a member of the body politic or corporate belonging to the same, exclusive of the number heretofore prescribed.	Id 8 160 Minister to be a member of the body politic 22 Md 167.
161- If any contest shall arise in any church, society, or con- gregation, about the right of voting, or whether the election has been fairly conducted, agreeably to the true intent and meaning of this article, the parties contending shall each of them choose one discreet arid reputable person from amongst the members or trus- tees of some neighboring congregation or society of the same re- ligious persuasion, if any such there be, and if none such, then of any other religious society, which two persons shall choose a third, qualified in like manner, and the said three persons shall meet at the place where the difference lias arisen, and hear and determine	Id s 161 Right to vote and election.
upon the matter, and their judgment or award of a majority of	Award
them, certified under their hands and seals to the contending parties shall be final.	Plan or agree- ment.
162. At the first election or appointment of every body poli- tic or corporate, aforesaid, every church, society, or corporation as- sembled as already directed, shall determine on their plan, agree- ment, or regulation, specifying distinctly the time and manner of electing trustees, and the manner in which the succession shall be perpetuated, and containing an exact description of the qualifications of the persons severally electing and elected, and to elect and be	id s 162 Qualifications. 40 Md 859
elected thereafter, and also the name, style, or title of the corpora- tion, by which it shall thereafter be known, and the name of the church, society, or congregation choosing the same.	Name of corporation. .