AMENDMENTS.

STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND & PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS,

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, JUNE SESSION, A.D. 1819.

ON the Petition of the Minister, Church-Wardens, Vestry and Congregation of TRINITY-CHURCH, in Newport, It was Voted and Resolved, That the Charter of Incorporation of said Church be so altered and amended, as the Minister or Rector of said Church may attend and be present at the Meetings of Wardens and Vestry of said Church, and when so present, shall be the Moderator of said Meetings;-anything expressed or implied in the present Charter of Incorporation of said Trinity-Church to the contrary notwithstanding.

A TRUE COPY:-WITNESS,

HENRY BOWEN, Secretary.

JUNE, 1827.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE INVESTMENT OF CERTAIN FUNDS, BELONGING TO TRINITY CHURCH, IN NEWPORT.

Be it Enacted by the General Assembly, That the fund heretofore raised by subscription, donations, legacies or otherwise, and intended by the subscribers, donors, &c., to be a permanent fund for the better support of Trinity Church, in Newport, and Now, with the interest thereon, amounting to the sum of ten thousand five hundred dollars, par value, being invested in some safe and profitable stock or stocks, or real estate, in the Name and right of the Minister, Church-Wardens, Vestry and Congregation of Trinity Church, in Newport, shall remain so invested, together with all sum or sums which may hereafter be raised in the way or manner aforesaid, permanently and untransferable, except by the act of the Corporation at a regular meeting, with Notice of the business to be transacted; which act, to be valid, shall require the presence and the.concurring vote of at least three-fourths of the whole Male members of said

Corporation, who shall at the time be owners of pews in said Church, or part owners, with authority in writing from a majority of all the part owners, to act in their stead; one vote only to be given by any one member, or in behalf of any number of members owning one pew: and the said fund, in whatever manner the same may at any time be invested, shall remain unimpaired and undiminished by any act of said Corporation; and the accruing interest, dividends or profits thereof only, shall be at the disposal of said Corporation, agreeably to the terms of the original subscriptions.

JUNE, 1828.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF TRINITY CHURCH, IN NEWPORT.

SECTION I.—Be it Enacted by the General Assembly and by the authority thereof it is enacted, That each white male owner of a pew or pews on either floor of Trinity Church, who professes to attend public worship in said Church, and whose pew or pews aforesaid qualify no other person holding a lease of the same, or in the occupation thereof, to vote according to this Act-And also the lessee or hirer of a pew on the lower floor of said Church, who professes to attend public worship therein, shall be a member of said Corporation during the time he continues so qualified, and be entitled to appear and vote in all Corporation meetings: and at all such meetings fifteen members at least shall be necessary to constitute a Quorum for business; that no member shall be entitled to more than one vote, and that no pew shall entitle more than one person to vote at the same time: Provided, nevertheless, That no lessee or hirer of a pew or pews as aforesaid, shall be entitled to vote unless he is, at the time of voting, and has been for the term of one year at least, previous to such time of voting, possessed and in the occupation of such pew or pews, or some other pew or pews in said Church, and shall have paid all taxes that have been lawfully assessed and become due against the pew or pews that may qualify him as aforesaid; and also the rent that may have become due; provided such pew or pews belong to said Church or Corporation.

SEC. II.—And be it further Enacted, That all future special Meetings of said Corporation shall be notified by reading the notice audibly and publicly on the Sunday previous to said meeting, at said Church, when the congregation is assembled for public worship, in the usual manner as heretofore, at least four days previous to such Corporation meeting; which notice shall state the time and place of meeting, and the business pro

posed to be transacted; and no business at such meeting, except what is so proposed in said notice, shall be legal; Provided, nevertheless, That nothing herein contained shall affect the right to meet by adjournment of any legal meeting.

And be it further Enacted, That the fifth Section of the said charter of Trinity-Church be and the same is hereby repealed.

JUNE, 1847.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF THE CHARTER OF TRINITY CHURCH.

SECTION I. It is Enacted by the General Assembly as follows, That each owner of a pew in Trinity-Church, Newport, who professes to worship in the Protestant Episcopal Church, shall be a member of said Corporation, and shall be entitled to vote either in person or by proxy in all Corporation Meetings, and in all such meetings not less than fifteen members shall form a quorum for the transaction of any business. Nevertheless, no person shall be entitled to vote except all taxes legally assessed and become due upon the pew which qualifies such person to vote shall have been first paid.

SEC. II. That all Special Meetings of said Corporation shall be called by reading in said Church a public notice thereof, on the Sunday next before any such meeting, and not less than four days previous thereto, which notice shall state generally the business to be transacted.

SEC. III. That the fifth Section of said Charter and all acts in alteration or amendment thereof, are hereby repealed.

JANUARY, 1865.

AN ACT IN REPEAL OF AN ACT AMENDING THE CHARTER OF "TRINITY CHURCH IN NEWPORT,"

It is Enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION I. So much of the Act entitled an Act in Amendment of the Charter of Trinity Church, in Newport, passed at the June Session of the General Assembly A. D. 1842, as authorizing the voting by proxy in all Corporation Meetings is hereby repealed.

NOTE.-There appears to be no Record among the acts of the any Act passed in June, A. D. 1842, referring to Trinity Church. is evidently erroneous, and should be A. D. 1847.

General Assembly of
The date A. D. 1842

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