N.J. Stat. tit. 16, ch. 7

in effect

N.J. Stat. § 16:7-1 Division of property on division or separation in unincorporated Society of Friends

Rev.1877, p. 967, s.s. 60 to 64 (C.S. p. 4337, s.s. 63 to 67), entitled "An act relative to the property of the unincorporated Society of Friends in this state," passed February eleventh, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six, saved from repeal. [This act provided for the division of real and personal property on division or separation in the unincorporated Society of Friends.]

N.J. Stat. § 16:7-2 Title to property; appointment of trustee

The members of any Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, may, from time to time, at any of their business meetings, appoint one or more trustees to take and hold title to real property placed in trust by deed or indenture for the use and benefit of such meeting, provided that the sole or surviving trustee named in such deed or indenture, or in a subsequent deed or indenture, being the most recent in a series, has died without conveying such real property to another trustee or trustees. L.1971, c. 296, s. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.

N.J. Stat. § 16:7-3 Trustee's title

Such trustee or trustees shall hold title to such real property subject to all of the provisions contained in the trust instrument under which the original trustee or trustees was or were bound, including the duty to convey such real property to such person or persons which the members at any of their business meetings may designate. L.1971, c. 296, s. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.

N.J. Stat. § 16:7-4 Death of trustee; appointment of successor

If all of the trustees appointed pursuant to this act have died, the members may, from time to time, at any of their business meetings, appoint one or more trustees to succeed them. L.1971, c. 296, s. 3, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.

N.J. Stat. § 16:7-5 Certified copy of minutes of meeting; recording

Any action taken by the members at a business meeting shall be duly recorded in the minutes thereof, and a copy of the minutes, certified as a true copy thereof by the secretary of such meeting, shall be filed for recording with the clerk of the county in which such real property is located, who shall record such certified copy in books reserved for the recording of deeds. L.1971, c. 296, s. 4, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.

N.J. Stat. § 16:7-6 Contents of minutes

The minutes shall include a detailed description of the real property in question, a list of the names of the trustees to be succeeded and the fact of the death of each such trustee. L.1971, c. 296, s. 5, eff. Aug. 27, 1971.

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