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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Indiana, That Albert Bartholomew, John L. Pifer, Edgar M. Burt,
Allen Loyd, and William Woodworth, and their successors in office,
are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, and shall be known
by the name and style of "The Trustees of the first regular Baptist
church of Lafayette;" and by said corporate name may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded in any court of this State, and by that name
have perpetual succession, and they shall in law, in said corporate
name, be capable of purchasing and holding, bargaining and selling any
property either real or personal, for the use of said church, whether by
legal or equitable title, not to exceed in value twenty thousand dollars.
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SEC. 2. They shall further be impowered to receive all and
singular, any subscriptions, gifts, grants, donations and bequests,
designed for the benefit of said church, which shall be held and solely
applied to the use and benefit of said church, in the manner which said
trustees shall deem most judicious and expedient.
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SEC. 3. It shall be lawful for such trustees to hold meetings at such
places and at such times, and as often at it may suit them, or as their
business may require, to sit on adjournments, on the call of the proper
officer, or one of their body; and to elect or appoint such officers and
establish such rules or by-laws for their government as they, or a
majority of them may see fit: Provided, however, that such rules or
by-laws, shall not be incompatible with the constitution or laws of this
State or of the United States.
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SEC. 4. It shall be lawful for the members of said church to
perpetuate this board of trustees, by annual appointment, or in any way
they may think proper, and also to fill vacancies which may in any way
occur; and the trustees at any time chosen, shall hold their office for
one year, and until their successors are chosen or appointed; they shall
also keep a record of their proceedings, which shall be open to the
inspection of all persons concerned.
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SEC. 3. This act is declared to be a public act, and the same shall
be construed favorably for every beneficial purpose therein intended.
This act to be in force from and after its publication in the South
Bend Free Press at the expense of said corporation.
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&YAMD.1844 ***TYPIST NOTE strike Ptotestant and insert in bold
Protestant
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State
of Indiana, That George H. Dunn, Abner T. Ellis, Joseph M. Moore,
Zebina Gould, and James Morrison, be and they are hereby constituted
a body corporate and politic, by the name of "The Trustees of the
Ptotestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Indiana;" and by that
name shall have perpetual succession, and may purchase and receive
any property, real or personal, and have and hold the same, contract
and be contracted with, and sue and be sued as natural persons:
Provided, however, that the property of said corporation and the funds
thereof shall never be applied to any other purpose than the support of
a Bishop of said church within said diocese, and to aid itinerant and
superannuated ministers of the said church, their widows and children.
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SEC. 2. That said trustees shall hold their office until the next
ensuing annual convention of the said "Protestant Episcopal Church of
the diocese of Indiana," and until their successors in office shall be
appointed and qualified, at which time, and at every annual convention
thereafter, trustees shall be appointed, pursuant to such rules, by-laws,
or canons of the said church as may be in force at the time of such
appointment, which, however, shall not be repugnant to the constitution
and laws of the state.
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SEC. 3. The property or funds of the said corporation shall never
be sold, alienated, or otherwise disposed of, unless for the purpose of
re-investing the proceeds thereof, or appropriating the same as
hereinbefore provided; which the said annual convention may authorize
and require them, said trustees, to do, under such rules, limitations, and
restrictions as the said convention may adopt: Provided, that the
property held by said corporation shall never exceed, at any one time,
the sum of one hundred thousand dollars.
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SEC. 5. This act shall be taken and construed liberally as a general
act, and be in force from and after its passage.