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...on of its members, the court of common pleas of the county in which any real property of such extinct parish, congregation, or society is situated may, upon the petition of the board of trustees of the denomination to which the extinct parish, congregation, or society belonged, make an order for the sale of such real property, whether built upon or otherwise improved or not. The proceeds of the sale shall go to, and ...

...on at the expiration of its charter becomes vested in the corporation so established.

...sion, in trust to such trustees as are elected or appointed by such religious society, according to its customs and regulations. The trustees of any such religious society may defend and prosecute suits, and do all other acts for the protection, improvement, and preservation of the society's property, that individuals can do in relation to their individual property.

... a competent court. No person shall be elected or appointed by such society, church, or association to act as trustee to the exclusion of any trustee appointed as provided in this section. Title to property conveyed after October 30, 1965 to and in the name of a religious society, church, or association; charitable or other eleemosynary organization; labor union, national, state, district, regional, or other unit; w...

...ors, and makes a statement giving the names of such members or trustees, the character of the endowment fund or other property, donations, or appropriations to be entrusted to their care and the uses to which such fund, property, donations, and appropriations are to be applied, the general rights, powers, and duties of such members or trustees, and the corporate name by which they are to be known, which statement is ...

...roportion of members or trustees to be elected or designated ex officio by other congregations, or bodies, of the same religious denomination in the same diocese or ecclesiastical territory, in addition to the members or trustees to be elected by said representative body itself, said additional classes of members or trustees not constituting a majority of the whole chapter or board, and having otherwise the same qual...

...Members of the chapter or trustees of corporations organized under sections 1715.18 and 1715.19 of the Revised Code, if chosen to take charge of any endowment fund, may invest, manage, and dispose of such fund in accordance with the purpose for which it was created, subject to such constitutional regulations as the representative body organizing the corporation prescribes.

...esentatives and their successors to be elected by their respective congregations be consolidated with any corporation created by the same representative body under section 1715.18 of the Revised Code, under the name, and with the rights, powers, and duties of such last-mentioned corporation created by the same representative body, then the rector, wardens, and vestry, or other known legal trustees, of such parishes o...

... chosen, designated, or provided, in whole or in part, by such representative body, for any of the same or similar purposes, then an agreement for consolidation, such as is provided in section 1715.21 of the Revised Code, may be made, in anticipation of the creation of such corporation under section 1715.18 of the Revised Code, between the parties who have been so acting together; but an agreement so made is not vali...

...g men's Christian association and has filed its application and certificate of approval with the secretary of state and paid a fee of ten dollars, the secretary of state shall issue to it articles of incorporation.

... of five or more trustees. They may be elected for a term of not less than one nor more than five years, but the term of office of an equal number must expire each year. The board may provide rules for the business of the association and for the conduct of the association's members, departments, branches, committees, officers, employees, and guests.

...rganize through such board under such rules as such board adopts, branches which may become co-ordinate parts of the association. The association may receive dues, fees, fines, assessments, and contributions from the members and apply them to their designated use, and may accept legacies, devises, bequests, savings, donations, and other grants and administer them. The association may acquire, hold, convey, lease, e...

...e membership and by filing with the secretary of state a copy of the certificate of its action.

...ecessary, choose such officers as they determine, and delegate such duties as they desire to delegate, for the conduct of the work in the state, to a state committee to be chosen as the state association decides. The state association may incorporate under, and exercise the privileges granted by, sections 1715.23 to 1715.27 of the Revised Code. When so incorporated it may receive young men's Christian associations i...

...such association present at a regular meeting duly convoked. Such fiscal trustees shall hold their offices for three years, except the first ones appointed, who shall hold office respectively for one, two, and three years. They must meet in the presence of the probate judge, and, by agreement, or by lot if they cannot agree, allot themselves accordingly, whereupon such judge shall give to each a certificate of his te...

...ay over to them or their order all the net income of such investments, after deducting the necessary expenses of the trust. No charge or allowance for the services of such fiscal trustees shall be made. For such purposes, such fiscal trustees may, in the name of the association, contract and be contracted with, prosecute and defend suits, and receive, hold, and dispose of all money and property which the association...

...y of the members present at a regular meeting. When a certified copy of such acceptance is filed in the office of the secretary of state, such sections shall be a part of its charter. If such association is being newly formed, it may make such sections part of its articles of incorporation.

...ame, the time and place for the first meeting of the new corporation, and the number of members of each component organization to be chosen as directors, trustees, or other officers of the new corporation. Such directors, trustees, or other officers of the new corporation shall succeed to the rights and obligations of those officers who in the component organizations held in trust the real and personal estate thereof...

...l it has been submitted to a separate meeting of the members of each of the component organizations, of which meeting notice has been given according to the form and usage for calling meetings of the component organizations concerned, and ratified by a two-thirds vote of the members present at said meeting, in person or by proxy, entitled to vote according to the regulations or usages of such organizations. In case a...

... of the component organizations is entitled to vote. If at such meeting the proceedings and acts of the several component organizations are submitted to and approved by it, and a board of trustees, directors, or other officers are chosen in accordance with the consolidation agreement, the clerk or secretary of the meeting shall certify the approved consolidation agreement and file it in the office of the secretary of...

...may adopt a constitution, bylaws, and rules, and may amend them under such provisions for amendment as it adopts.

...ises with all the rights pertaining thereto, and shall be subject to all the obligations of the component organizations in the same manner and to the same extent as were the component organizations. Real estate or other property vested in or held by any of such component organizations, under any trusts or terms governing the grant, shall continue after the consolidation to be subject to such trusts or controlled by ...

...ate name petition the court of common pleas of the proper county, setting forth the fact of the union, and such court may make an order requiring such governing body to convey to the new corporation the real estate owned and held by the parties to the union, as it directs. If any of the members of such governing body refuse or neglect to obey such order, the decree for the conveyance shall serve as such convey...

...After the creation of a united corporation under sections 1715.32 to 1715.37, inclusive, of the Revised Code, any one or more organizations of like character may unite with and become a part of such corporation in accordance with such sections.

...When a charitable or religious society or association desires to sell, lease, exchange, or encumber by mortgage or otherwise any real estate owned by it, held in trust by it for a specified religious or charitable purpose, or held for its use or benefit by trustees chosen by it or otherwise constituted, for any such purpose, except grounds used as burial places for the dead, then the trustees, wardens, and vestry, or...