(a) If any contest arises over the voting rights or the fair conduct of an election:
(1) Each contending party shall appoint one individual from among the members of a neighboring church of the same religious persuasion or, if there is no such church, from among the members of any other church; and
(2) The two appointed individuals shall select a third, similarly qualified, individual.
(b) The arbitrators shall meet at the place where the contest arose and hear and determine the matter.
(c) The judgment or award of a majority of the arbitrators, signed and acknowledged by them, is final.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 5 - Special Types of Corporations
Subtitle 3 - Religious Corporations
Section 5-301.1 - Scope of Part
Section 5-302 - Formation and Plan of Religious Corporation
Section 5-303 - Acknowledgment and Entry of Plan in Record Book
Section 5-304 - Articles of Incorporation
Section 5-305 - Conveyance of Assets on Formation of Religious Corporation
Section 5-306 - Trustees -- Powers
Section 5-307 - Trustees -- Duties; Succession; Minister
Section 5-308 - Amendment of Plan or Charter
Section 5-309 - Articles of Amendment
Section 5-310 - Arbitration of Contested Election
Section 5-311 - Members May Organize Another Church
Section 5-313 - Amendment of Charter by Special Acts Prohibited