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An Act to incorporate the Ancient Order of Hibernians.

1410. Lodges incorporated.

1411. Powers.

1412. Powers of trustees.

1410. Lodges incorporated.

Approved February 25, 1873, 91

1413. Certificate of election to be recorded. 1414. Division of property upon dissolution. 1415. Reports by trustees.

SECTION 1. The lodges of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, located in the State of Nevada, shall be deemed bodies corporate and politic.

1411. Powers.

SEC. 2. The said lodges of the Ancient Order of Hibernians shall have power in their corporate capacity:

First-To sue or be sued, in any court having competent jurisdiction. Second-To make and use a seal, and to alter the same at pleasure. Third-To acquire by purchase, bequest, or donation, directly or indirectly, hold in perpetuity, sell and convey such property, real or personal, as may be deemed necessary by the proper authorities thereof to carry out the charitable purposes of said lodges, or for the establishment and endowment of a school or schools, hospital or hospitals, cemetery or cemeteries, in said state, and for the necessary uses, purposes, and ceremonies of said orders.

Fourth-To elect or appoint, according to their respective regulations and customs, not less than three, nor more than fifteen, persons to serve as trustees, who shall have charge of all real and personal property belonging thereto, and transact all business relative thereto.

Fifth-And generally be entitled to all the rights, privileges, and immunities usually had or enjoyed by such corporations.

1412. Powers of trustees.

SEC. 3. The corporate powers of said lodges of the Ancient Order of Hibernians shall be vested in boards of trustees, elected or appointed, as provided in section 2 of this act; such boards being subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted according to the rules and customs of said. orders or lodges for the government of said boards of trustees. They shall hold office until their successors are appointed or elected, and the certificate filed, as provided in section 4 of this act. Vacancies in the board of trustees shall be filled as provided by the regulations of said lodges. Said trustees shall give such bonds as may be required of them, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties.

1413. Certificate of election to be recorded.

SEC. 4. Upon the election or appointment of trustees, as provided in this act, a certificate of such election or appointment shall be executed by the person or persons making the appointment, or the judges holding the election, duly acknowledged before a competent officer, and shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county in which such order or lodge is located; or, in case of grand lodges, in the office of the secretary of state. 1414. Division of property upon dissolution.

SEC. 5. Where any lodge, or order, incorporated under the provisions of this act, shall disincorporate or disband, by their own act, the proceeds of all property, real or personal, shall, after paying all just dues or demands against such lodge or order, be divided pro rata among the charitable institutions of the county where such lodge or order be located.

1415. Reports by trustees.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of said boards of trustees, annually, or semiannually, accordingly to their terms of office, to make a full report of all

property, real and personal, held in trust by them, and the conditions of the corporation, a copy of which shall be filed in the office in which, according to section 4, their certificate of election has been filed, with an affidavit of the truth of said report.

An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias and their subordinate lodges in this state.

1416. Made body corporate.

Approved February 2, 1883, 26

SECTION 1. The Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias of the State of Nevada, and its subordinate lodges, shall be deemed bodies corporate and politic, the grand lodge from the date of its organization, and the lodges subordinate thereto from the date of their charters from the grand lodge. 1417. Certain acts applicable.

SEC. 2. All the provisions contained in an act entitled "An act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and their subordinate lodges in this state," approved March 3, 1865, and in the act amendatory thereof, March 11, 1867, are hereby made applicable to the incorporation of the Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias of the State of Nevada and its subordinate lodges.

An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and their subordinate lodges in this state.

Approved March 3, 1865, 188

1418. Grand and subordinate lodges incorpo

rated.

1419. Powers granted.

1420. Powers vested in trustees.

1421. Certificate of election to be filed.
1422. Subordinate lodge dissolved, property
reverts to.
1423. Trustees to report all property.

1418. Grand and subordinate lodges incorporated. SECTION 1. The Grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of Free and Accepted Masons in the State of Nevada, and its subordinate lodges, and the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and its subordinate lodges, shall be deemed bodies corporate and politic; the grand lodges, from the date of their organization and by their corporate names; the lodges subordinate thereto, from the date of their charters from their respective grand lodges, or from the date of their resolutions filed with their respective grand secretaries that they have become subordinate thereto. As amended, Stats, 1867, 102.

1419. Powers granted.

SEC. 2. The said grand lodges, and their subordinate lodges, shall have power in their corporate capacity-First, to sue, or be sued, in any court having competent jurisdiction; second, to make and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure; third, to acquire by purchase, bequest or donation, directly or indirectly, hold in perpetuity, sell and convey such property, real and personal, as may be deemed necessary by the proper authorities thereof, to carry out the charitable purposes of said grand lodges, or the subordinate lodges thereof; or for the establishment and endowment of a college, school or schools, hospital or hospitals, cemetery or cemeteries, in said state; and for the necessary uses, purposes, and ceremonies of said order; fourth, to elect or appoint, according to their respective regulations and customs, not less than three, nor more than fifteen persons, to serve as trustees, who shall have charge of all the real and personal property belonging thereto, and transact all business relative thereto; fifth, and generally be entitled to

all the rights, privileges and immunities, usually had or enjoyed by such corporations.

1420. Powers vested in trustees.

SEC. 3. The corporate powers of said grand and subordinate lodges shall be vested in a board of trustees, elected or appointed as provided in section 1 of this act, said board being subject to such rules and regulations as may be adopted, according to the uses and customs of said orders, for the government of said boards of trustees. They shall hold office until their successors are appointed or elected, and the certificate filed, as provided in section 4 of this act. Vacancies in the board of trustees shall be filled as provided by the regulations of said grand or subordinate lodges. Said trustees shall give such bonds as may be required of them, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties.

1421. Certificate of election to be filed.

SEC. 4. Upon the election or appointment of trustees, as provided in this act, a certificate of such election or appointment shall be executed by the secretary of the lodge making the appointment, duly acknowledged before a competent officer, and shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the county in which the subordinate lodge is located, or in the case of the grand lodges, in the office of the secretary of state. As amended, Stats. 1867, 103. 1422. Subordinate lodge dissolved, property reverts to grand lodge.

SEC. 5. Where any subordinate lodge, hereby incorporated, shall be dissolved by its own act, or the forfeiture of its charter, according to the rules, regulations, constitution or customs of the grand lodge to which it is subordinate, the property, real and personal, belonging to said subordinate lodge, shall revert to, and become the property of the grand lodge of which it was a subordinate lodge, subject to the conditions of any bequest or grant under or through which said subordinate lodge became the owner of said property; provided, that all just and equitable indebtedness of said subordinate lodge shall be paid before said reversion, and that the said grand lodges shall not be liable for any indebtedness of any of its subordinate lodges. 1423. Trustees to report all property.

SEC. 6. It shall be the duty of the said board of trustees, annually, to make a full report of all property, real and personal, held in trust by them, and the condition of the corporation, to such grand or subordinate lodge, a copy of which shall be filed in the office in which, according to section 4, their certificate of election or appointment has been filed, with an affidavit of the truth of said report.

An Act to extend the provisions of an act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons, the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and their subordinate lodges in this state," approved March third, eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

Approved March 5, 1877, 169

1424. Provisions extended to certain societies.

SECTION 1. The provisions of the above-entitled act are hereby extended to the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, the Grand Encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in the State of Nevada, and their subordinates, the Irish American Benevolent Society, and to the grand and subordinate bodies of all other benevolent societies in this state, by whatever name they may be called and known; and all the rights, powers, and privileges heretofore conferred and enjoyed under and by virtue of said act, by the bodies therein named, shall be held and enjoyed by all the bodies named in this act.

An Act for the incorporation of the Protestant Episcopal Churches in the United States of America in the Territory of Nevada.

1425. Corporate name.

Approved December 19, 1862, 69

1426. Wardens and vestrymen, how elected. 1427. Vestry.

1428. Annual election-Vacancies, how filled -Quorum.

1425. Corporate name.

1429. Idem.

1430. Duties of trustees.
1431. Sale of real estate.

1432. Limitation on annual income.
1433. Churches already organized.

SECTION 1. The corporate name and style of any church or religious congregation in communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church, incorporated under this act, shall be "The Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of Church, in

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1426. Wardens and vestrymen, how elected.

SEC. 2. It shall be lawful for the male persons, of full age, of any church or congregation in communion with the Protestant Episcopal Church, in this territory, who shall have belonged to such church or congregation for the last six months preceding such election, and who shall have been baptized in the Episcopal Church, or who shall have been received therein, either by the rite of confirmation, or by receiving the holy communion, or by purchasing or hiring a pew or seat in said church, or by some joint act of the parties and of the rector whereby they shall have attached themselves to the Protestant Episcopal Church, and who are not already incorporated, at any time to meet for the purpose of incorporating themselves under this act, and by a majority of voices, to elect two church wardens, and not less than three nor more than twelve vestrymen, and to determine upon what day of the week called Easter week the said officers, called church wardens and vestrymen, shall annually thereafter cease, and their successors in office be chosen; of which first election notice shall be given, in the time of morning service, on two Sundays previous thereto, by the rector; or, if there be none, or he be necessarily absent, then by any other person belonging to such church or congregation, and the said rector, or if there be none, or he be necessarily absent, then any other person called to the chair, shall preside at such first election, and, together with two other persons duly selected, shall make a certificate, under their hands and seals, of the church wardens and vestrymen so elected, of the day of Easter week so fixed upon for the annual election of their successors, and of the name or title by which such church or congregation shall be known in law; which certificate being duly acknowledged and proved by one or more of the subscribing witnesses, before the judge of any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such church or place of worship of such congregation shall be situated, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of such county.

1427. Vestry.

SEC. 3. The rector, together with the church wardens and vestrymen so elected, or, if there be no rector, then such church wardens and vestrymen shall form a vestry, and be the legal trustees of such church or congregation, and such trustees and their successors shall be a body corporate, under the name and style expressed in the certificate.

1428. Annual election-Vacancies, how filled-Quorum.

The persons qualified as aforesaid shall in every year thereafter, on the day in Easter week fixed upon for such purpose, elect the church wardens or vestrymen, and whenever any vacancy shall happen before the stated annual election either by death or otherwise, among such church

wardens or vestrymen, the trustees may appoint a time for holding an election to supply such vacancy, of which notice shall be given in the time of divine service, at least ten days previously thereto, and such election, as well as the stated annual election, shall always be holden immediately after the morning service of the church. At all such elections the rector, or, if there be none, or he be absent, one of the church wardens or vestrymen, shall preside and receive the votes of the electors, and shall be the returning officer, and shall enter the proceedings of the election in the book of the minutes of the vestry, and sign his name thereto, and offer the same to as many of the electors present as he shall deem proper to be by them also signed and certified to. And the church wardens and vestrymen chosen at any of the said elections shall hold their offices until the expiration of the year for which they shall be elected or chosen, and until others shall be elected in their stead; and they shall have power to call and induct a rector to such church or congregation as often as there shall be a vacancy therein. A majority of the whole number of trustees, one at least of whom shall be a church warden, shall form a board for the transaction of business, and every decision of a majority of the persons duly assembled as a board shall be valid as a corporate act. And at all meetings of the board of such trustees, the rector, if there be one, and he be present, and if there be not, or he be absent, then a church warden shall preside, and shall have a casting vote; provided, however, that no special meeting of the board other than a regular monthly meeting, which may be provided for by standing resolution, shall be held, unless at least three days' notice thereof shall be given in writing under the hand of the rector or one of the church wardens; and that at any such special meeting no such board shall be competent to transact any business unless the rector, if there be one, be present. As amended, Stats. 1869, 76.

1429. Idem.

SEC. 5. Any election held in the manner provided for in this act, at any time other than that herein before specified, shall not be deemed to invalidate this act of incorporation.

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The trustees of every church or congregation hereinabove mentioned, and their successors, shall, respectively, have and use a common seal, and may renew and alter the same at their pleasure, and are hereby authorized and empowered to take into their possession and custody all the temporalities belonging to such church, congregation, or society, whether the same consists of real estate, or of personal estate, and whether the same shall have been given, granted, or devised, directly to such church or congregation, or to any person or persons for their use; and also, by their corporate name or title, to mortgage real or personal property, to sue and be sued in all courts of law and equity, and to recover, hold, and enjoy all the debts, demands, rights, and privileges, and all churches, rectories and burial places, with the appurtenances, and all estates belonging to such church or congregation, in whatsoever manner the same may have been acquired, or in whosesoever name the same may be held, as fully and amply as though the right or title thereto had originally been vested in the said trustees; and also to purchase and hold other real and personal property, and to devise, lease, and improve the same for the use of such church or congregation, or for other pious uses; provided, that the entire real and personal property shall not exceed the annual value of ten thousand dollars. They shall also have power to build churches, rectories, schoolhouses, and other buildings for the use of such church or congregation, and to repair and alter the same; to make rules and orders for managing the temporal affairs of such church or congregation, and to dispose of all moneys belong

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