§ 343. Time, place and notice of corporate meetings. 1. The annual corporate meeting of every church incorporated under this article shall be held at the time and place fixed by its by-laws, or if no time and place be so fixed, then at a time and place to be first fixed by its trustees, but to be changed only by a by-law adopted at an annual meeting.
2. A special corporate meeting of any such church may be called by the board of trustees thereof, on its own motion, and shall be called on the written request of at least ten qualified voters of such church.
3. The trustees shall cause notice of the time and place of such annual corporate meeting, therein specifying the names of any trustees, whose successors are to be elected thereat and the business to be transacted thereat, and, if a special meeting, specifying business to be transacted thereat, to be publicly read at two successive regular meetings for public worship or at special meetings of such church on the two Sundays immediately preceding the annual or special corporate meeting, by the rector of such church or if there be none or he be necessarily absent, by the officiating minister thereof, if there be one, or if not, or if any such minister refuse to give such notice, by any officer of such church. If no public worship be held during said period, or if it be the notice of special corporate meeting, a copy of such notice shall be posted conspicuously on the outside of the main entrance to the usual or principal place of worship at least fifteen days before such meeting and a copy of such notice shall be sent by mail postpaid at least ten days prior to the date set for such meeting to each member of such church in good and regular standing by admission into full communion and membership therewith, in accordance with the rules and regulations thereof, and of the governing ecclesiastical body of the Byelorussian Autocephalic Orthodox Church, and who has been stated attendant at divine worship in such church and has regularly contributed to the financial support thereof during the year next preceding such meeting, at his last known address as same appears in the records of the church.
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