428 - Time; place and notice of corporate meetings.

§  428.  Time;  place  and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The annual  corporate meeting of every incorporated church or  body  to  which  this  article  is  applicable shall be held at the time and place fixed by its  by-laws.    2. Notice of the time  and  place  of  the  annual  corporate  meeting  containing  therein  the  number  of  any trustees whose terms of office  shall expire and whose successors are to be elected  thereat,  shall  be  posted  and  given  by  means  of a public reading of such notice at all  services on at least two consecutive Sundays preceding such meetings  of  the  church or body, by the first named of the following persons who are  present thereat, to wit: the minister of such  church,  the  officiating  minister  thereof,  if there be one, or by any corporate officer of such  church or body.    3. In the event of the absence of  Sunday  worship  services,  written  notice  of  the  time and place of the annual corporate meeting shall be  given by the board of trustees, either personally or by  mail,  to  each  qualified  voter not less than ten nor more than twenty days before such  meeting.    4. A special corporate meeting of the church or body may be called  by  the  minister  of  such church or body, the board of trustees, or on the  written application of at least twenty percent of the qualified  voters,  but in no event by less than five qualified voters.    5.  Written  notice  of  the  time  and  place of the special meeting,  together with a statement of the  business  to  be  transacted  thereat,  shall  be  given  by  the  board  of trustees either by posting a public  announcement at  all  services  on  at  least  two  consecutive  Sundays  preceding  such  meeting or by mail, upon each qualified voter, not less  than ten nor more than twenty days before the special meeting.