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MARVIN MANDEL,
Governor
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(4) Enrollment Record. In addition to the
vital statistics enumerated in subsection (b) of this
section, there shall be entered in the enrollment record
the names of and other pertinent data concerning all
adult persons of the parish who are entitled to be
enrolled as members thereof pursuant to the provisions of
§ 299 (c) (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this subheading.
(d) Report to convention.
The vestry shall see that the rector, or registrar
and treasurer make an itemized report to the annual
convention pursuant to general and diocesan canonical
mandates.
(e) Power to call rector; contract; certificate of
approval; assistant minister.
Subject only to thirty days' prior notice to the
ecclesiastical authority of the diocese, and the right of
the ecclesiastical authority to license or refuse to
license, a priest to officiate, the vestry, by a majority
vote of all its members, shall have power and authority
from time to time to call a priest to be the rector of
the parish.
The contract with such priest shall be in writing,
executed in triplicate, at the expense of the vestry, one
copy to be retained by the vestry, one copy to be
delivered to the priest, and one copy to be filed with
the ecclesiastical authority, and shall specify (i) the
emoluments of the office and the periodic payments
thereof; (ii) the agreement as to the occupation and use
of the rectory, any glebe or other land, and other
property belonging to the parish, as well as other
perquisites, if any; (iii) the duration of the contract,
if definitely agreed upon, or in lieu thereof, a
statement that the contract shall continue for an
indeterminate period of time; (iv) the notice required to
dissolve the contract, which shall be six months on the
part of both parties unless a greater or lesser time is
agreed upon as to either or both; and (v) such other
terms, conditions and provisions as the parties may deem
reasonable and proper.
A certificate of approval signed by the members of
the vestry, being at least a majority thereof, who voted
to call the priest to be the rector, shall be endorsed on
or shall be attached to each copy of the executed
contract.
The contract when executed shall remain in force
until dissolved by either party in accordance with the
terms thereof, but nothing therein shall impede the
mutual alteration, modification or amendment of the
terms, conditions and provisions of such contract at any
time, but such alteration, modification or amendment
thereof as shall be made shall be reduced to writing, and
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