ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 599
two of whom shall serve until the second Sunday in April,
nineteen hundred and twenty-one, two for one year beyond
said second Sunday, and two for two years beyond said second
Sunday, and on the second Sunday of April, nineteen hundred
and twenty-one, and each succeeding second Sunday of April
thereafter, whereof due notice shall be given by the Minister'
or Moderator of said Church, at a service or meeting therein,
the aforesaid members of said Church and other members of
the congregation over twenty-one years of age who contribute
to the support of said Church, or as many of them as may
attend, may and shall elect successors to the members of said
Committee whose term has expired, to serve for three years or
until the election of their successors.
SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That all the lands and tenements,
with their appurtenances now vested in Trustees, for the use
of said Church, and all other property of the said Church,
shall be and are hereby absolutely and unconditionally vested
in the said body corporate, and the said Committee of said
Church, with the consent and approbation of the members of
said congregation, or a majority of them present at a meeting
called for the purpose, shall and they are hereby declared to be
capable of bargaining and selling, leasing and conveying, any
part of the said property, or any other property, which may be
acquired by the said corporation, in as full and effectual a
manner as any person or body corporate may or can do; and
all acts or deeds of the said corporation shall be signed by the
Moderator of the corporation, and sealed with their corporate
seal, and all deeds by them for the conveyance of any lands,
and tenements of the corporation, which by the law of the land
ought to be acknowledged and recorded, shall be signed and
sealed as aforesaid, and shall also be acknowledged in due
form by the Moderator, as such, in behalf of the corporation,
and all acts and deeds of the said body so authenticated, shall
be valid and effectual in law.
SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That at all meetings of the said
body corporate the minister shall be the moderator, and in
case of the absence of the minister, the members of the Com-
mittee may appoint one of their body Moderator pro tempore,
who, during such absence, or in case of the removal or death
of the minister, until the selection of another minister, shall
have all the authority and privileges of a moderator.
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