Sec. 33-279. Organization as corporation.
               	 		
      Sec. 33-279. Organization as corporation. A corporation may be organized in 
connection with any Roman Catholic Church or congregation in this state, by filing in 
the office of the Secretary of the State a certificate signed by the archbishop or bishop 
and the vicar-general of the archdiocese or of the diocese in which such congregation 
is located and the pastor and two laymen belonging to such congregation, stating that 
they have so organized for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. Such archbishop or 
bishop, vicar-general and pastor of such congregation and, in case of the death or other 
disability of the archbishop or bishop, the administrator of the archdiocese or diocese 
for the time being, the chancellor of the archdiocese or diocese and the pastor of such 
congregation shall be members, ex officio, of such corporation, and, upon their death, 
resignation, removal or preferment, their successors in office shall become such members in their stead. The two lay members shall be appointed annually, in writing, during 
the month of January from the lay members of the congregation by a majority of the 
ex-officio members of the corporation; and three members of the corporation, of whom 
one shall be a layman, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
      (1949 Rev., S. 5387; 1955, S. 2605d.)
      Method provided for choice of lay member is mandatory. 69 C. 286.