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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part I ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
  3. Title XI CERTAIN RELIGIOUS AND CHARITABLE MATTERS
  4. Chapter 68 DONATIONS AND CONVEYANCES FOR PIOUS AND CHARITABLE USES
  5. Section 2 Corporate bodies; status of ministers and lay officials

Section 2

Section 2: Corporate bodies; status of ministers and lay officials

Section 2. When the ministers, elders or vestry of a church are joined in the gifts, grants, bequests or devises mentioned in the preceding section, as donees or grantees with the deacons, wardens or trustees, such officers and their successors, with the deacons, wardens or trustees, shall be deemed the corporation for the purposes mentioned in said section.