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Excerpt from Laws Relating to Religious Corporations: Being a Collection of the General Statutes of the Several States and Territories for the Incorporation and Management of Churches, Religious Societies, Presbyteries, Synods, Etc There are certain matters connected with the relations of Church and State in the United States of America; the rela tions of churches to the corporations which hold their property; the organization of religious corporations; the decisions Of ju dicial courts as to rights in church property; and the relations Of spiritual officers of a church to the Trustees; which require at least partial statement and explanation, in order to clear understanding of the statutes contained in this volume, and to compliance with their provisions on the part Of church authori ties. This Introduction deals with such matters consecutively and concisely, SO far as deemed necessary, having in View chie y Presbyterian churches, and with repetition of the advice given, at the close of the Preface, that upon all questions in volving the organization and management of religious corpora tions and the rights Of church property, care be taken by church Officials to secure the best legal counsel attainable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."