Sec. 33-279. Organization as corporation.
Sec. 33-279. Organization as corporation. A corporation may be organized in
connection with any Roman Catholic Church or congregation in this state, by filing in
the office of the Secretary of the State a certificate signed by the archbishop or bishop
and the vicar-general of the archdiocese or of the diocese in which such congregation
is located and the pastor and two laymen belonging to such congregation, stating that
they have so organized for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. Such archbishop or
bishop, vicar-general and pastor of such congregation and, in case of the death or other
disability of the archbishop or bishop, the administrator of the archdiocese or diocese
for the time being, the chancellor of the archdiocese or diocese and the pastor of such
congregation shall be members, ex officio, of such corporation, and, upon their death,
resignation, removal or preferment, their successors in office shall become such members in their stead. The two lay members shall be appointed annually, in writing, during
the month of January from the lay members of the congregation by a majority of the
ex-officio members of the corporation; and three members of the corporation, of whom
one shall be a layman, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
(1949 Rev., S. 5387; 1955, S. 2605d.)
Method provided for choice of lay member is mandatory. 69 C. 286.