New York § 169 - 169Limitation of powers of trustees
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 169 — 169Limitation of powers of trustees, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 169. 169Limitation of powers of trustees
§ 169. Limitation of powers of trustees. The trustees of any such incorporated church shall have no power to call, settle or remove a minister or to fix his salary, nor without the consent of a corporate meeting, to incur debts, beyond what is necessary for the administration of the temporal affairs of the church and for the care of the property of the corporation; or to fix or change the time, nature or order of the public or social worship of such church.
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