Alabama § 35-4-341 - Meeting of Trustees; Execution of Deed.

§ 35-4-341. Meeting of Trustees; Execution of Deed.

(a) Before such deed may be executed, a majority of the board of trustees of the literary society, social society, Young Men’s Christian Association, or Young Women’s Christian Association shall first recommend the execution of said deed and submit the proposition to a called meeting of the adult members of such literary society, social society, Young Men’s Christian Association, or Young Women’s Christian Association, such meeting to be assembled after 10 days’ notice of the time, place and object of such meeting, posted at the usual place of assembly and published by notice signed by a majority of such trustees in some newspaper published in the county where such literary society, social society, Young Men’s Christian Association, or Young Women’s Christian Association is situated or has its principal office; and, if a majority of the adult members present at such meeting shall vote in favor of the proposition, then a majority of the board of trustees or such agent as may be designated at such meeting shall execute a deed conveying the title to the real estate which they are authorized by such meeting to convey.

(b) A certified copy of the minutes of such meeting shall be prima facie evidence of the authority of the trustees or such other agent as may have been designated at such meeting to execute said conveyance and that a majority of the adult members were present at such meeting. Said certified copy must be made by the secretary of said meeting and attested by the chairman as a true copy, and acknowledged by them to be a true copy before some officer authorized to take acknowledgments, and said copy may be recorded in the office of the judge of probate of the county where the property is situated and, when recorded, shall be notice of the matters therein set forth and prima facie evidence thereof.