New York § 331 - 331Control of trustees by corporate meetings
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 331 — 331Control of trustees by corporate meetings, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 331. 331Control of trustees by corporate meetings
§ 331. Control of trustees by corporate meetings. A corporate meeting of an incorporated United Methodist church, whose trustees are elective as such, may give directions, not inconsistent with law or with the discipline of The United Methodist Church, as to the manner in which any of the temporal affairs of the church shall be administered by the trustees thereof; and such directions shall be followed by the trustees.
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