16:4-1. Incorporation
Any church or congregation now or hereafter established by a branch of any society or confraternity of clergymen in this state may incorporate in the following manner:
The pastor of such church or congregation for the time being, and four of the clergymen resident in the house or parsonage connected with the church or congregation, and members of the society or confraternity by which the church or congregation has been established, who shall be elected by a majority of the clergymen resident as aforesaid, may sign a certificate setting forth the name by which they and their successors shall be known as a corporation, and transmit such certificate to the clerk of the county in which such church or congregation is located, who shall forthwith file and record the same, for which service he shall be entitled to receive the fee provided in section 22:2-19 of the title Fees and Costs. Thereupon such church or congregation shall be a corporation by the name or title so taken, certified and recorded.
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