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Such meetings, unless otherwise provided by the Vestry for good
cause, shall be held not less frequently than quarterly in each parochial
year.

(e)  Special meetings of Vestry.

Special meetings of the Vestry may be held from time to time upon
not less than two days⁹ previous written or oral notice, given to each
Vestryman by the Rector or Registrar, but this provision as to
notice may be waived by a majority of the Vestrymen present at
such meeting to the end that special meetings may be held forth-
with if there be a quorum.

(f)  Quorum with Rector—without Rector.

At any regular or special meeting of the Vestry, a majority of the
members of the Vestry, in addition to the Rector, if he shall attend,
shall constitute a quorum for the effective transaction of business.

If the Rector shall not attend, a majority of the members of the
Vestry shall be required for a quorum.

(g)  Rector to preside—to have vote if tied—when a minister may
preside—when a Vestryman shall preside.

The Rector, if he be present, shall preside at all Vestry meetings,
shall ascertain the votes of the Vestry on all questions, and if there
be a tie, but not otherwise, shall have a vote, unless it is a matter
in which he is in any manner interested.

If the Parish is without a Rector, an assistant minister, or minister
in charge, if present, may preside at meetings of the Vestry, having
a quorum pursuant to Sub-section (e) of this section, upon the
request of a majority of the Vestrymen present, but shall have no
vote on any question.

If the Rector be not present, and the Vestry does not request a
minister to preside, or if there be none, then such member of the
Vestry as the majority thereof present may designate shall preside.

288G. POWERS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF VESTRY,
(a) Management, preservation and control of property.

The Vestry, as Trustees of the Parish property having an estate

in fee simple, or a lesser estate, as the case may be, in and to all

THE VESTRY, HAVING AN ESTATE IN FEE SIMPLE, OR
A LESSER ESTATE, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AS TRUSTEE
OF THE PARISH PROPERTY, IN AND TO ALL churches,
chapels, rectories, parish houses, glebes, and other lands, now
belonging to or hereafter acquired by the Vestry, and having
absolute title to all personal property and fixtures, such as furniture,
books, plate, church ornaments and paraphernalia, now belonging to
or hereafter acquired by the Vestry, shall, subject only to the use and
control of the Rector prescribed by the provisions of Section 288H (a)
of this sub-heading, manage, preserve and control all such property
as the Vestry may own or possess, real and personal, in such manner
and by such means as shall be to the best interest of the parishioners.