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SECTION 303
Incorporation meeting
Religious Corporations (RCO) CHAPTER 51, ARTICLE 16
§ 303. Incorporation meeting. 1. At the incorporation meeting, held in
pursuance of such notice, the qualified voters shall be all persons of
legal age who are in good and regular standing in such church in
accordance with the rules and regulations of such church and who have in
good faith in open meeting expressed their belief in the tenets of faith
and the declaration of principles adopted by the National Spiritualist
Association. At such meeting the presence of a majority of the qualified
voters, at least eight in number, shall be necessary to constitute a
quorum, and all matters or questions shall be decided by a majority of
the qualified voters voting thereon.

2. The meeting shall be called to order by the minister of such
church, or in his absence, by one of the signers of the notice and shall
elect from the qualified voters, a chairman, a secretary and two
inspectors of election. The chairman and the inspectors of election
shall decide the qualifications of the voters and the result of the
ballots cast on any matter.

3. If the meeting shall decide that such church shall become
incorporated, the meeting shall also decide upon the name of the
proposed corporation, the number and term of officers and trustees, and
the name of the county and the city, town or village in which the
principal place of worship is or is intended to be located. The meeting
shall also elect the officers and trustees. The meeting may also adopt
by-laws for the government of the church.