When such certificate is filed as aforesaid, the persons who have made, signed and acknowledged the same, and their successors, shall become a body politic and corporate by the name stated in such certificate; and such corporation shall have succession and possess the general powers conferred on corporations by section 33-1036, and shall also have power to take, by gift, grant or purchase, any estate, real or personal, for the use of, and as a residence for, the district superintendent or presiding elder of such district and his successors in office, and shall have power to sell and convey the same, and reinvest the proceeds thereof for a like purpose, with the approval of the annual conference having jurisdiction over the district, and under the direction of the trustees of the corporation; but the annual income or value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 5381; P.A. 96-256, S. 191, 209.)
History: P.A. 96-256 replaced reference to Sec. 33-428 with Sec. 33-1036, effective January 1, 1997.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 598 - Religious Corporations and Societies
Section 33-243 to 33-264. - Religious corporations and societies: General provisions.
Section 33-264a. - Formation of religious corporation or society.
Section 33-264b. - Filing of certificate.
Section 33-264d. - Change from religious society to corporation.
Section 33-264e. - Dissolution.
Section 33-264f. - Judicial dissolution.
Section 33-264h. - Conveyances by ecclesiastical societies to religious societies and corporations.
Section 33-264i. - Dissolution of ecclesiastical society.
Section 33-264j. - Status of societies established prior to October 1, 1969.
Section 33-264k. - Construction of part.
Section 33-264l. - Prior rights and liabilities unaffected.
Section 33-265. - Legal status and powers.
Section 33-266. - Regulations.
Section 33-267. - Two organizations in one society.
Section 33-268. - Election of trustees.
Section 33-269. - Number; term of office.
Section 33-270. - Organization and powers of trustees. Treasurer's report.
Section 33-271. - District superintendent or presiding elder and stewards may form corporation.
Section 33-272. - Powers of corporation.
Section 33-273. - Appointment of trustees.
Section 33-274. - Trustees may convey real estate to corporation.
Section 33-275. - Union of churches; their trustees and property.
Section 33-276. - Change of name.
Section 33-277. - Election and powers of trustees.
Section 33-278. - Change of name.
Section 33-278a. - Name changes authorized.
Section 33-278b. - Powers. Merger. Dissolution. Formation.
Section 33-279. - Organization as corporation.
Section 33-280. - Property rights of Roman Catholic Church.
Section 33-281. - Subject to laws of church.
Section 33-281a. - Change of name of Methodist and Evangelical United Brethren Churches.