Connecticut § 33-271 - District superintendent or presiding elder and stewards may form corporation.
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§ 33-271. District superintendent or presiding elder and stewards may form corporation.
Sec. 33-271. District superintendent or presiding elder and stewards may form corporation. The district superintendent or presiding elder and a majority of the district stewards appointed according to the discipline of the Methodist Church, residing in any ecclesiastical district, the whole or a part of which is in this state, and which has been or shall be created by an annual conference of said church as a district superintendent's or presiding elder's district, may organize a corporation by making, signing and acknowledging before some officer competent to take acknowledgments of deeds, and filing in the office of the Secretary of the State, a certificate in writing in which shall be stated: The corporate name of such corporation; the town in such district in which it is to be located; the names, residences and official relations to the district of the persons signing such certificate; the number of trustees, not less than three nor more than fifteen, who shall manage the property and affairs of such corporation for the first year, and their names; and that the object of such corporation shall be to secure the benefits of this section and sections 33-272, 33-273 and 33-274.
(1949 Rev., S. 5380; P.A. 00-92, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 00-92 deleted requirement that certificate be filed in the office of the clerk of the town where the corporation is to be located.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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