(805 ILCS 110/46a) (from Ch. 32, par. 176)
Sec. 46a.
It shall be lawful for any congregation, church or society, now
or hereafter existing in the State of Illinois, and which is under the
patronage, control, direction or supervision of any ecclesiastical body,
diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer, agreeably to the laws thereof, to
become incorporated according to sections 46a to 46h, inclusive, of this
act. Such ecclesiastical body, diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer may
nominate and appoint, according to the usages, customs, rules, regulations,
articles of association, constitution, by-laws or canons of any
ecclesiastical body, diocesan or like ecclesiastical officer, or sect, or
denomination, two or more of the members of such sect, or denomination,
residing within any ecclesiastical district, or diocese, to act with the
presiding officer, or authorized representative of any ecclesiastical body,
or with the diocesan, or like ecclesiastical officer, having jurisdiction,
agreeably to the laws of any sect, or denomination, over such
ecclesiastical district, or diocese, in managing the temporal affairs of
such congregation, church or society. The presiding officer, or authorized
representative of any ecclesiastical body, or the diocesan, or like
ecclesiastical officer having jurisdiction as aforesaid, shall, by virtue
of his office, be a trustee of any congregation, church, or society which
shall hereafter be incorporated under sections 46a to 46h, inclusive, of
this act, and which shall be under the patronage, control, direction, or
supervision of any ecclesiastical body, diocesan, or like ecclesiastical
officer aforesaid.
(Source: Laws 1913, p. 191.)
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