Dealing with property held for congregational purposes
11 Dealing with property held for congregational purposes
The Commissioners may in their discretion, whenever requested so to do by a petition in writing signed by a majority of the members and adherents of any congregation, and provided that such petition shall be approved by a majority of the members and adherents of any congregation present at a Special Meeting called for the purpose by intimation from the pulpit during Divine Service on 2 successive Sabbaths immediately preceding the day of meeting, and subject to obtaining when necessary the consent of the Governor as aforesaid, and also the consent of the Presbytery within whose bounds the lands, tenements, hereditaments, or personal property affected are situate, sell, exchange, or mortgage all or any part of the lands, tenements, and hereditaments, or personal property held in trust for such congregation, for such price, sum, and upon such terms as the said majority of such congregation may direct; and the Commissioners shall, whenever directed or requested so to do by a resolution passed by a majority of the members of the Committee of Management of any congregation present at a Special Meeting called for that purpose (subject to the approval of the Presbytery within whose bounds such lands, tenements, and hereditaments are situate), let or lease all or any part of the lands, tenements and hereditaments held in trust for such congregation for such period, at such rent, and upon such terms as the said majority of the members of such Committee of Management may direct. Provided always that no such sale, exchange, mortgage, letting, or lease shall be made by the Commissioners until the said respective resolutions have been passed, and the consent, where required, of the Governor and Presbytery has been obtained. A certificate signed by the Chairman presiding at any such meeting of a congregation, or for the Committee of Management, and a certificate signed by the Clerk of the Presbytery, shall be conclusive proof of the passing of the said respective resolutions and of the approval of the Presbytery.
[Section 11 amended: No. 50 of 1919 s. 3.]
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