The annual meeting of the corporation must be held at the parish church or parish house, if there is either, on Easter Monday of each year, or at a time set by the parish in its articles of incorporation. At the annual meeting church wardens and vestry members must be elected, in a manner determined by the parish, by electors with the qualifications prescribed by the canons of the Protestant Episcopal church for the diocese or missionary district in which the corporation is located. A parish organized under this law may, at any annual meeting, adopt a bylaw providing for the election of one-third of the vestry members of the parish for one year, one-third for two years, and one-third for three years, and at the meeting may elect vestry members in accordance with the bylaw. At each succeeding annual meeting one-third of the vestry members must be elected for a term of three years. The bylaws may also provide that no vestry member, at the expiration of the member's term of office, is eligible for reelection to the vestry until the next annual meeting. The church wardens and vestry members shall hold office until successors are elected.
The rector of the parish is ex officio a member, and, when present, the presiding officer of the vestry, and entitled to vote at its meetings. Meetings may be called by the rector at the rector's discretion, or by either warden at the request of a majority of the vestry members, on three days' notice, in writing, to each member of the vestry.
(7979, 7981) RL s 3148, 3149; 1907 c 18; 1985 c 265 art 5 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 300 - 323A — Business, Social, And Charitable Organizations
Chapter 315 — Religious Societies
Section 315.01 — Formation; Trustees.
Section 315.02 — Certificate Of Election Of Trustees.
Section 315.03 — Certificate Recorded.
Section 315.04 — Trustees, Powers.
Section 315.05 — Trustees, Management Powers.
Section 315.06 — Trustees, Terms, Election; Quorum.
Section 315.07 — Voters, Qualifications.
Section 315.09 — General Powers Of Religious Corporations.
Section 315.10 — Powers Of Certain Corporations.
Section 315.11 — Limitation Of Right To Hold Property.
Section 315.12 — Sale Or Encumbrance Of Real Estate.
Section 315.121 — Religious Corporations, Certain Conveyances Validated.
Section 315.13 — Existing Societies Confirmed; Reorganization.
Section 315.14 — Lands Held In Trust.
Section 315.15 — Parish Corporations, Organization.
Section 315.16 — Diocesan Corporations; Formation; Powers.
Section 315.17 — Parish Of Protestant Episcopal Church.
Section 315.18 — Annual Meeting; Vestry, Election, Meetings.
Section 315.19 — Articles Amended.
Section 315.21 — Incorporation.
Section 315.22 — Existing Churches May Incorporate; Reincorporation; Property To Vest.
Section 315.24 — Special Powers.
Section 315.25 — Annual Meeting, Notice Of, Place.
Section 315.26 — Consolidation Of Parishes, Congregations, Or Churches.
Section 315.27 — Procedure For Incorporation.
Section 315.29 — Right To Hold Property.
Section 315.30 — Amendment Of Certificate.
Section 315.31 — Amendment Of Articles Of Incorporation.
Section 315.32 — Trustees, Powers; Certificate, Recording.
Section 315.33 — Method Provided Is Additional.
Section 315.34 — Consolidation Of Religious Corporations.
Section 315.35 — Resolution; Notice.
Section 315.36 — Meetings; Notice; Organization; Powers.
Section 315.365 — Merger Of Religious Corporations.
Section 315.37 — When Society Ceases To Exist; Disposal Of Property.
Section 315.38 — Dissolution, Application, Hearing.
Section 315.39 — Title To Real Property.
Section 315.40 — Employee Benefits.
Section 315.41 — Camp Meeting Associations; Formation; Capital Stock.
Section 315.42 — Tax Exempt; No Streets Through Property.
Section 315.44 — Ymca, Ywca; Formation, Certificate.
Section 315.45 — Classification Of Members.
Section 315.46 — Board Of Trustees May Manage Real Property.
Section 315.47 — Property Rights.
Section 315.48 — Reincorporation.