MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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chosen a vestryman shall, before he acts as such, take
and subscribe the oath of support and fidelity required
by the constitution and form of government, unless such
person hath before taken such oath, and also make and
subscribe a declaration of his belief in the Christian
religion, and he shall also take and subscribe the
following oath of office, to wit: "I, A.B. do solemnly
swear, that I will faithfully execute the office of a

vestryman of............ parish, in............

county, without prejudice, favour or affection, according
to the best of my skill and knowledge;" which oaths and
declarations any vestrymen present, may administer and
take.

312F. Rules and regulations; rector to be member of
vestry.

Each parish and/or vestry shall have power to make
all rules and regulations respecting the temporal
government and support of their respective parishes, not
inconsistent with public law, including, but not limited
to, the enactment of bylaws in accordance with the
provisions of § 312A (a) hereof, containing specific
provisions relating to the time and place of vestry
meetings; establishing a quorum for the transaction of
business which shall not be less than one third of the
number of vestrymen nor more than a majority; and
establishing specific provisions for giving due notice of
all meetings. The rector of each parish shall be a
member of the vestry.

312G. Duties of rector at vestry meetings; property
rights of rector.

The rector of each parish for the time being shall
preside in the vestry, collect the votes, and shall have
a vote, and he shall have, unless he otherwise contracts
with the vestry, the possession, occupation and free use
of all the glebe lands, houses, ground rents, books and
other property, belonging to his parish, and be entitled
to the benefit thereof during the time he shall officiate
therein as rector. Provided, however, that each parish
may, by bylaws duly enacted in accordance with the
provisions of § 312A (a) hereof, provide for any
additional, or different, manner of determining the
presiding officer of a vestry meeting.

312H. How property held and use thereof.

The vestry of each parish for the time being, as
trustees of the parish, shall have an estate in fee
simple in all churches and chapels, and in all glebes,
and other lands, and shall have a good title and estate
in all other property heretofore belonging to the Church
of England, or which shall hereafter belong to the said
church, now called Protestant Episcopal Church, in
Maryland; and it shall be lawful for such vestry so to
manage and direct all such property as they may think