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Subchapter 1: PARISHES AND SOCIETIES
Article 1: ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION
13 §2861. Meeting to form parish - §2861. Meeting to form parish Any person of age 18...
13 §2861-A. Bylaws; disposal of assets - §2861-A. Bylaws; disposal of assets The bylaws of a corporation...
13 §2862. Organization; name - §2862. Organization; name Persons assembled under section 2861 may choose...
13 §2863. Property and bylaws - §2863. Property and bylaws Every parish may take by gift...
13 §2864. Insurance; losses - §2864. Insurance; losses A parish in the actual occupancy of...
13 §2865. Admission to parish - §2865. Admission to parish A person of either sex, of...
13 §2866. Persons deemed members; dissolution - §2866. Persons deemed members; dissolution Any person described in section...
13 §2867. No compulsion; withdrawals - §2867. No compulsion; withdrawals No person described in section 2866...
Article 2: MEETINGS
13 §2901. Call and notice; clerk - §2901. Call and notice; clerk The annual or other meetings...
13 §2902. Moderator - §2902. Moderator The moderator of any meeting shall preserve order,...
13 §2903. Request of members for meeting - §2903. Request of members for meeting When 5 members of...
13 §2904. Refusal of assessors - §2904. Refusal of assessors If the assessors unreasonably refuse, any...
13 §2905. No meeting for 3 years - §2905. No meeting for 3 years When there has been...
13 §2906. Qualification of voters - §2906. Qualification of voters No person described in section 2866...
Article 3: FINANCES
13 §2941. Authority to raise money - §2941. Authority to raise money Every parish, at a legal...
13 §2942. Assessment on pews - §2942. Assessment on pews When a house of public worship...
13 §2943. Payment of tax by sale of pews - §2943. Payment of tax by sale of pews When taxes...
13 §2944. Notice of nonoccupancy by pew owner; rights - §2944. Notice of nonoccupancy by pew owner; rights Whenever a...
Article 4: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
13 §2981. Territorial parishes continued (REPEALED) - §2981. Territorial parishes continued (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1977, c....
13 §2982. Officers as corporations; organization and powers - §2982. Officers as corporations; organization and powers The church wardens...
13 §2983. Ministers and officers of religious societies; powers - §2983. Ministers and officers of religious societies; powers The ministers...
13 §2984. Conveyance of land - §2984. Conveyance of land No conveyance of an estate as...
13 §2985. Records open to inspection - §2985. Records open to inspection The records of a parish...
13 §2986. Trustees of Society of Friends to hold grants as corporations - §2986. Trustees of Society of Friends to hold grants as...
Subchapter 2: INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCHES
13 §3021. Incorporation - §3021. Incorporation Any independent local church now existing, or that...
13 §3022. Notice of meeting - §3022. Notice of meeting When 3 or more members of...
13 §3023. Qualification of voters; organization - §3023. Qualification of voters; organization The resident members of such...
13 §3024. Election of officers - §3024. Election of officers The resident members shall, by ballot,...
13 §3025. Filing of certificate; change of name; filing duty of the Secretary of State - §3025. Filing of certificate; change of name; filing duty of...
13 §3026. Duties of officers; notice of meetings - §3026. Duties of officers; notice of meetings An independent local...
13 §3027. Church supporters may participate - §3027. Church supporters may participate An independent local church may...
13 §3028. Conveyance of trust property to church - §3028. Conveyance of trust property to church The deacons of...
13 §3029. Parish may convey property to church - §3029. Parish may convey property to church Any parish or...
Subchapter 3: PROTECTION OF PROPERTY
13 §3061. Sale of property wasting for lack of custody - §3061. Sale of property wasting for lack of custody Where...
13 §3062. Transfer of certain trust funds (REPEALED) - §3062. Transfer of certain trust funds (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL...
Subchapter 4: MEETINGHOUSES
13 §3101. Parish may become owner of pews; proceedings - §3101. Parish may become owner of pews; proceedings When it...
13 §3102. Dissenting pew owners; proceedings - §3102. Dissenting pew owners; proceedings Any owner or occupant of...
13 §3103. Incorporation - §3103. Incorporation Any persons, for the purpose of erecting a...
13 §3104. Repairs; disposal; notice of meeting - §3104. Repairs; disposal; notice of meeting A majority of the...
13 §3105. Conduct of alteration or sale - §3105. Conduct of alteration or sale Before such alteration or...
13 §3106. Dissenting proprietors; value of interest; limitation and forfeiture - §3106. Dissenting proprietors; value of interest; limitation and forfeiture When...
13 §3107. Owners may incorporate - §3107. Owners may incorporate The owners of a meetinghouse or...
13 §3108. -- proceedings - §3108. -- proceedings When assembled as provided for in section...
13 §3109. Corporate rights and powers - §3109. Corporate rights and powers Any meetinghouse corporation, by a...
13 §3110. Meetings of owners - §3110. Meetings of owners When there has been no meeting...
13 §3111. Different denomination; division of time - §3111. Different denomination; division of time When a house of...
13 §3112. Mode of proceeding - §3112. Mode of proceeding At a meeting called under section...
13 §3113. Proportion of minority appraised - §3113. Proportion of minority appraised The board shall appraise the...
13 §3114. Expenses - §3114. Expenses All their reasonable expenses shall be paid by...
13 §3115. Minority may occupy their share of time unless majority purchases - §3115. Minority may occupy their share of time unless majority...
Subchapter 5: MINISTERIAL AND SCHOOL LANDS
13 §3161. Fee in ministerial and school land in existing towns - §3161. Fee in ministerial and school land in existing towns...
13 §3162. Trustees - §3162. Trustees The municipal officers, town clerk and treasurer of...
13 §3163. Officers - §3163. Officers The corporation shall annually elect a president, clerk...
13 §3164. Powers (REPEALED) - §3164. Powers (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1973, c. 628, §§4-A...
13 §3165. Investment of funds - §3165. Investment of funds As soon as may be the...
13 §3166. Trustees may hold for use of ministry and schools - §3166. Trustees may hold for use of ministry and schools...
13 §3167. Income to support schools - §3167. Income to support schools All income derived from the...
13 §3167-A. Expenditure of ministerial funds - §3167-A. Expenditure of ministerial funds A municipality may expend funds...
13 §3168. Transfer of funds by trustees - §3168. Transfer of funds by trustees The trustees of any...
13 §3169. Administration of ministerial and school funds - §3169. Administration of ministerial and school funds The ministerial and...
13 §3170. Annual accounting - §3170. Annual accounting At each annual meeting of their town,...
13 §3171. Trustees of parish lands - §3171. Trustees of parish lands When ministerial lands are vested...
13 §3172. First meeting of trustees - §3172. First meeting of trustees The first meeting in any...