New Jersey § 16:1-3

§ 16:1-3.

Where the trustees of any religious society, pursuant to the provisions of an act

entitled “An act to incorporate trustees of religious societies,” approved April ninth,

one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and further, pursuant to the provisions

of an act entitled “A further supplement to an act entitled ‘An act to incorporate

trustees of religious societies,’ approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred

and seventy-five,” which said further supplement was approved April ninth, nineteen

hundred and fourteen, and further, pursuant to the provisions of an act entitled “A

further supplement to an act entitled ‘An act to incorporate trustees of religious

societies,’ approved April ninth, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five,” which

said further supplement was approved February sixteenth, nineteen hundred and eighteen,

shall have recorded their certificate of incorporation with the county clerk of the

county setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known and

distinguished as a body, but have failed to file and record said certificate with

the secretary of state, any such corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to

file a certified copy of said certificate of incorporation with the secretary of state,

and upon the filing of such certificate as aforesaid, the incorporation and all de

facto acts done in pursuance thereof are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed.