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...When the title to real estate is vested in trustees for the use of churches or congregations of churches, and owing to its peculiar situation or to the nature of the trust or conditions upon which it is held, such real estate for twenty years has not been claimed by or appropriated to the use of churches or congregations as originally contemplated and such trustees are in doubt as to what disposition to make of it, o...

...When real estate has been purchased by or conveyed to trustees for the use of churches or congregations, as sites for meetinghouses, and such churches or congregations have erected houses of worship thereon, but no power is possessed by such trustees to convey such real estate to such churches or congregations, or to the trustees thereof, such trustees may convey such improved sites to the trustees of such churches o...

...An ecclesiastical society incorporated under the laws of this state connected with a church of Christ located in this state may, by a three-fourths vote of its adult members present and voting at a meeting announced and held for that purpose, assign and transfer to the church with which it is connected, if such church is incorporated under the laws of this state, all the property and trust funds of such society, to b...

...consolidated or united as a single corporation, the elders, trustees, deacons, directors, or other known and legal representatives of such societies, churches, or associations may enter into an agreement for such union or consolidation and prescribe the terms thereof; the corporate name of such united society, church, or association; the time and place for the first meeting of the new corporation; and the number of m...

..., denominations, or ecclesiastical corporations in this state unanimously form a union in this state, the trustees, deacons, directors, or other proper officers of the new society, denomination, or corporation, at the request of a majority of the members of any of the component societies, denominations, or corporations, may petition the court of common pleas, setting forth the fact of such union. Thereupon such court...

... in the same township or municipal corporation, may unite their memberships and properties and continue their identity and common usages or polity in a consolidated corporation formed by an agreement in writing made, acknowledged, and signed by their respective trustees and filed in the office of the secretary of state. Such agreement shall set forth the name of the consolidated corporation and the proceedings by whi...

...An association incorporated for the purpose of receiving and holding donations, bequests, and funds derived from other sources, and disbursing the interest and income arising therefrom as provided in this section, shall hold all such principal sums as a permanent fund. The interest arising from such fund, and the annual income arising from all property held by such association, shall be applied and distributed annual...

...e evidence of the existence of the corporation. The statement may provide that the corporation may purchase, sell, lease, mortgage, or otherwise encumber any real estate which it owns, or in which it has an interest, without petitioning for or obtaining an order of any court for permission to do so, and this provision in the statement, or in any properly adopted, certified, and filed amendment to the statement, shal...

...Real estate held by or in trust for a religious society or congregation, as a place of worship or otherwise, is liable for and by civil action may be subjected to the payment of a judgment recovered against the trustees or a committee of such society or congregation, in their individual capacity or otherwise, for labor performed, materials furnished, or damages sustained, under any contract with them for the erection...

...When a parish, congregation, or society becomes extinct by reason of the death or dispersion 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, w...

... which the printing and publishing corporation is to be known and signed by any authorized officer of that ecclesiastical body, together with the written acceptance of the office by the persons elected thereto, is filed in the office of the secretary of state, those trustees are a corporation under the name set forth in the certificate. A corporation established by special act of the legislature for printing and pub...

...Lands and tenements, not exceeding twenty acres, that are conveyed by devise, purchase, or otherwise to trustees in trust for the use of a religious society for a meetinghouse, for a burying ground, or for a residence for their preacher, shall descend, with the improvements and appurtenances thereon, in perpetual succession, in trust to such trustees as are elected or appointed by such religious society, according to...

...Property conveyed in trust for the use of a religious society, church, or association, whether incorporated or not, shall be held by the trustees and their successors, appointed as provided in the instrument creating the trust, or in case no provision for successor trustees is made in such instrument, then by such successor trustees as are appointed by a competent court. No person shall be elected or appointed by suc...

...nation in this state desires the incorporation of a cathedral or other central or general religious society or church of its denomination, having, in addition to local religious, educational, or charitable functions, a general charge of such functions and of missionary function in the diocese or other ecclesiastical territory in this state represented by said body, and when at any regular meeting of such representati...

...bers 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.

...regations 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 or other religious societies, and the members of the chapter or trustees...

...If, before the creation of a corporation under section 1715.18 of the Revised Code for the purposes provided in such section, any parish or religious society described in section 1715.21 of the Revised Code has been acting, by authority of its diocesan convention or other representative body, as a part of or in connection with any unincorporated subordinate agency or body chosen, designated, or provided, in whole or ...

...te shall issue to it articles of incorporation.

...An incorporated young men's Christian association may adopt a code of regulations for its government. The management and control of the association shall be vested in a board 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 th...

...An incorporated young men's Christian association may conduct such work and organize such department as its board of trustees deems necessary to attain the purposes of the association, and may organize 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 ...

...Subject to the contract rights of its members, an incorporated young men's Christian association may dissolve by a majority vote of the membership and by filing with the secretary of state a copy of the certificate of its action.

...ss upon all applications for the incorporation of such associations, causing to be affixed to each such application a certificate of its approval. Every such affiliated association shall file with the state association a copy of its constitution and rules and annually thereafter shall file a copy of any changes therein, together with a schedule of its property, a financial statement, and such report of its activity ...

...A benevolent or charitable association incorporated in this state, may vest the custody, control, and management of all its endowment, capital, funds, and property in three trustees, to be styled fiscal trustees. One of such fiscal trustees shall be appointed by the court of common pleas of the county where such association is located, one by the probate court of such county, and one by the vote of a majority of the ...

...rposes, use the common seal of the corporation. Such fiscal trustees shall not have any power, or control over the institution or affairs of the corporation, other than its fiscal affairs, nor shall they be liable for its debts or for anything else but their own acts or negligence.

...sections part of its articles of incorporation.