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1843-4-1
SECTION 1. That Samuel Hanna, Allen Hamilton, John E. Hill,
John Cochrane and Charles E. Sturgis, and their successors in office,
are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, for religious
purposes, and its name shall be The First Presbyterian Church of Fort
Wayne.
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SECTION 2. At and after the next annual meeting of said church
and its congregation, after the passage of this act, the board of trustees
shall consist of a number of members, which number shall be divisible
by three and shall not be fewer than nine nor greater than twenty-four,
as may be determined from time to time by action of the congregation
in its annual meeting; the said board of trustees shall manage the
temporal affairs of said congregation or church; said trustees shall be
elected as follows: In the manner customary in said church, one-third
of the number shall be elected for a term of one year; one-third shall be
elected for a term of two years; one-third shall be elected for a term of
three years; and at each annual meeting thereafter of said church or the
congregation thereof, there shall be elected one-third of the number of
members of the board, who shall be elected for terms of three years
each; and all such trustees shall serve until their successors are elected
and qualified.
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SECTION 3. It shall be lawful for said corporation, by and in its
corporate name, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any
court of this state, or of the United States, and by said name to have
perpetual succession, and in said name purchase, hold, bargain and sell
any property, real or personal, for the use of said church, whether by
legal or equitable title. It shall be lawful for the trustees to fill
vacancies on its board or among the officers which may in any way
occur for the unexpired term of the trustee or officer whose office is
vacated; to hold meetings at such places and at such times as may suit
their convenience or as the business of the church may require; to sit
in adjournment or on the call of a proper officer of one of their body,
as may be provided by the by-laws of their corporation; to elect a
president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who shall each hold
office until his successor is elected and qualified, and who shall
manage the affairs of the corporation under the trustees; to appoint
such other officers or employes as may be deemed necessary by the
trustees; to receive and accept all and singular any subscription, gifts,
grants, donations or bequests designed for the benefit of said church,
which shall be held and solely applied to the uses and benefit of said
church in such manner as the trustees shall deem judicious and
expedient; to make loans on behalf of said church, mortgage its
property to secure the same; to make loans and to sign notes therefor
when deemed necessary for the welfare of the church; to establish such
rules or by-laws for their government as said trustees or a majority of
them may deem proper: Provided, That such by-laws shall not be
incompatible with the constitution and laws of this state.
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SECTION 4. The board of trustees of said corporation shall, by
suitable by-law provide that the treasurer of said board shall execute a
personal or surety bond in such an amount and with such surety as said
board shall approve, for the proper accounting and payment of all funds
that may be received by him as such treasurer.
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SECTION 5. All property now held by or under the order of the
trustees of the First Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne, either by legal
or equitable title, or intended for the use and benefit of said church,
whether acquired by purchase, subscription, gift, bequest or donation,
is hereby vested in the First Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne, as fully
as if said property had been acquired under the provisions of this act.