Title: Articles of Incorporation Bylaws Of The Church Of Christ Solano At Panlener Las Cruces, New Mexico A
1Articles of Incorporation(By-laws) Of The
Church Of Christ Solano At PanlenerLas Cruces,
New Mexico Amended
2ARTICLE IMembership
- Â The members of this corporation (hereinafter
Corporation) shall be the members of the male
heads of families members of the Congregation
congregation of the Church of Christ, Solano at
Panlener, Las Cruces, New Mexico (hereinafter
Church).
3ARTICLE IIVoting
- Each member of the family of the Congregation
Church which is represented by a male head shall
have one vote, which may be exercised only
through such male head in corporate elections and
other corporate affairs in which a vote of the
membership is appropriate.
4ARTICLE IIIOfficers
- Â The officers of this corporation the
Corporation shall be a Board of Trustees, not
fewer than 7 in number, who shall elect from
their number a president, a vice president and a
secretary President, a Vice President and a
Secretary. These officers shall be made up of
Elders of the Church to the extent possible. The
Board of Trustees shall oversee Corporation
matters, however, Spiritual matters of the Church
are at the sole direction of the Elders.
5ARTICLE IVDuties of Officers
- Â Section 1. President of the Board of Trustees.
The President of the Board of Trustees shall
preside over all meetings of the corporation and
the Board of Trustees and shall have the deciding
vote in case of a tie or to make a tie. He shall
sign as President all contracts, conveyances and
other instruments in writing which he has been
duly authorized to execute. - No Change
6ARTICLE IVDuties of Officers
- Â Section 2. Vice President. In the absence of
the President, or in the case of his inability to
serve in any manner, the Vice President shall
possess all the powers and duties of the
President. - Â
- No Change
7ARTICLE IVDuties of Officers
- Â Section 3. Secretary. It shall be the duty of
the Secretary to keep a record of all the
proceedings of the corporation and the Board of
Trustees. He shall have the custody of all the
books and records of the corporation Corporation
and shall countersign all instruments in writing
which are in usual corporate practice attested or
or countersigned by the Secretary.
8ARTICLE IVDuties of Officers
- Section 4. Board of Trustees. The management
and affairs and the property of the corporation
Corporation shall be under the control of the
Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees shall
perform all necessary acts to acquire property,
real and personal, for the corporation and, with
proper authority of the corporation, may sell,
encumber and convey property of the corporation
Corporation, both real and personal.
9ARTICLE VMeetings and Quorums
- Â Section 1. The Board of Trustees. The Board
of Trustees shall meet a the call of the
president President, or a quorum of the Trustees.
A majority of the members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of any business. All
Trustees shall be entitled to a notice of a
meeting. - Â
10ARTICLE VMeetings and Quorums
- Â Section 2 Regular Annual Corporation Meetings.
The regular annual corporation meeting shall be
held within the first three weeks of January each
year, in the Church edifice, at a time determined
by the Elders of the Church Board of Trustees,
and notice thereof shall be given by notice from
the Pulpit at a regular Sunday service for at
least two Sundays next preceding said day. A
quorum for such meeting shall be 25 of the
numbers of members of the corporation as
membership is defined in Article I.
11ARTICLE VMeetings and Quorums
- Section 3. Special Meetings of the Corporation.
The President of the Board of Trustees shall be
empowered to call a special meeting of the
corporation Corporation. A special meeting of
the corporation Corporation shall also be called
by the President of the Board of Trustees upon
request of at least ten members of the
corporation Corporation communicated to the
Minister or the President of the Board of
Trustees...
12ARTICLE VMeetings and Quorums
- Section 3. Special Meetings of the Corporation
Continued - ...such meeting shall be announced from the
Pulpit at a regular Sunday service at least 48
hours previous to the time for which it is
called or every member of the corporation
Corporation shall be notified in writing at least
48 hours in advance of such meeting the notice
either from the Pulpit or in writing as provided
above to designate the time and place of the
meeting. A quorum for a Special Meeting shall be
the same as s quorum for the Annual Meeting.
13ARTICLE VMeetings and Quorums
- Â Section 4. Attendance of Minister. The duly
elected or qualified Minister of the Church shall
be qualified to attend all meetings of the
Trustees or corporation if he so desires. - To Be Deleted
14ARTICLE VIElections
- Section 1. Board of Trustees. The Board of
Trustees shall be elected at the Annual Meeting
of the corporation Corporation to serve for terms
of one year each, or until their successor have
been elected and qualified. As soon as
practricable practical after the new Trustees
have been qualified the retiring president shall
call a meeting of the new trustees for their
election of a president, Vice President and
Secretary. - Â
15ARTICLE VIElections
- Section 2. Nominations shall be from the floor.
- Â Section 3. Voting shall be viva voce.
- Â Section 4. First Election. At the Special
Corporation Meeting at which these By-Laws are
adopted there shall be held an election of
trustees to serve for the remainder of the
current year or until their successors have been
elected and qualified. - Section 4 to be deleted
16ARTICLE VIIDissolution of Corporation
- NEW ARTICLE
- It is intended that the Corporation be
everlasting and continual. However, in the
unlikely event it should be decided by the
remaining members of the Corporation to dissolve
the Corporation, the members of the Corporation,
by a majority vote, shall at that time decide
that the assets, real and personal, of the
Corporation shall be conveyed to the congregation
of another Church whose goals and ideology are
similar to those of this Church. In accordance
with Article III of the Articles of Incorporation
there shall be no monetary gain, incidentally or
otherwise to the remaining members.
17ARTICLE VIIIAmendments
- These By-Laws may be amended, added to, altered
or repealed only at a regular annual meeting of
the corporation or at a special meeting of the
corporation called for that purpose. They may be
amended by the will expressed in a vote of those
present. The By-Laws may not be amended at such
meeting unless two-thirds of the voting
membership as determined in Article II is
present. - No Change
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- These By-Laws are approved as amended this
___________ day of _______________, 2005. - Â
- The foregoing By-Laws are passed, adopted and
approved at a meeting attended by all of the
incorporators - S/ Curry Lynch
- Temporary Chairman
- s/ Charles R. Jennings
- Acting Secretary