§ 114. Reformed churches in America, changing system of choosing
trustees; minister, how chosen. If the ministers, elders and deacons
who, at any time, by virtue of their offices, constitute the trustees of
any Reformed church in America, or of any true Reformed Dutch church in
the United States of America, determine that the trustees of such church
shall thereafter be elective in pursuance of article ten of this
chapter, and shall determine whether the number of such trustees shall
be three, six or nine, and the date of the annual corporate meeting of
the church, they may sign, acknowledge and cause to be filed and
recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the
certificate of incorporation of such church is filed or recorded, a
certificate of such determinations. Thereafter the trustees of such
church shall be elective in pursuance of the provisions of article ten
of this chapter, relating to the election of trustees of incorporated
churches. At the next annual corporate meeting after the filing of such
certificate, one-third of the number of trustees so determined on shall
be elected to hold office for one year, one-third for two years and
one-third for three years, and the minister, elders and deacons shall
cease to be the trustees of such church. At each subsequent annual
corporate meeting of such church, one-third of the number of trustees so
determined on shall be elected to hold office for three years. If the
trustees of an incorporated Reformed church in America or of a true
Dutch Reformed church in the United States of America are at any time
elective, in pursuance of article ten of this chapter, or otherwise, the
board of trustees and the consistory thereof may concurrently determine
that the minister or ministers, if any, and the elders and deacons of
such church shall constitute the trustees thereof. Thereon the
president and clerk of the consistory and the president and clerk of the
board of trustees shall sign and acknowledge and cause to be filed and
recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which the original
certificate of incorporation is filed or recorded, a certificate of such
determination, stating the names of such ministers, elders and deacons.
On so filing and recording such certificate, such board of trustees
shall be dissolved, and the minister or ministers, and elders and
deacons of such church, and their successors in office shall constitute
the trustees of such church.