New Jersey § acts:saved-16 - (2)

§ acts:saved-16. (2)

2. That the division, secession or separation now existing in the said unincorporated

Society of Friends in this state, on conscientious grounds, where both parties profess

to adhere to the faith, system of discipline, constitution and government of the said

society, when in unity; the personal estate of whatever kind of the said society,

held or possessed by said society, when in unity, or by any other person or persons,

body politic or corporate, for or to its use, or in any way in trust for them, shall

be divided between the parties, in such division, secession or separation, equally

and ratably, in proportion to the number of members of the said society who have joined

or attached themselves to either of the said parties, in such division, secession

or separation, in the same manner as if they had been equal partners in the said personal

estate; and in case the said members of the said society cannot, in such division,

secession or separation, agree on the division of the said personal estate of the

said society, by them possessed when in unity, that then, and in such case, it shall

and may be lawful for any member or members of either party, for and in behalf of

himself and themselves, and his and their associates in such division, secession or

separation, to exhibit a bill in chancery against any member or members of the other

party in such division, secession or separation, and their associates, for a division

of such personal estate so held or possessed by the said society, when in unity, in

the same manner as if they were partners; and thereupon the same proceedings may

be had, and relief given, and decree made, as in justice and equity, and according

to the course and practice of the court of chancery, ought to be made; always having

regard to the relative number of the members belonging to the said parties in such

division, secession or separation, and the continuance and preservation of the same

trusts, uses, and purposes, upon and for which such personal estate was theretofore

held and possessed; and that the members of the said party in such division, secession

or separation, to whom the same, or any part thereof, shall be decreed, shall hold

the same upon the same trusts, and for the same uses and purposes, so far as regards

the members of the said society, connected with them in the said division, secession

or separation, as the same was held by the said society when in unity.