368 CORPORATIONS—RELIGIOUS. [ART. 23.

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 in section 205.

1868, ch. 471, sec. 161.

209. 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 and reputable person from amongst the members or
trustees of some neighboring congregation or society of the same
religious 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 has arisen, and hear and
determine upon the matter; and their judgment or award, or the
judgment or award of a majority of them, certified under their
hands and seals to the contending parties, shall be final.

Ibid. sec. 162.

210. At the first election or appointment of every body politic
or corporate aforesaid, every church, society or corporation
assembled 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 qualifica-
tions of the persons severally electing and elected, and to elect
and to be elected thereafter, and also the name, style or title of
the corporation by which it shall thereafter be known, and the
name of the church, society or congregation choosing the same.

Boyce v. Trustees, 46 Md. 372.

Ibid. sec. 163.

211. The said plan, agreement or regulation shall be entered
in the book hereinafter required by section 214 to be kept by
every such corporation, and the same shall be acknowledged by
the trustees, or a majority of them, before, and certified by two
justices of the peace of the county or city in which the said church,
congregation or society, or the greatest number of the members