Page:1862 Territory of Dakota Session Laws.pdf/432

CHAP. LXVIII.] the names of all such persons as shall desire to become stated hearers in the said church, congregation, or society, and shall therein note the time when such request was made; and the said clerk shall attend all subsequent elections, in order to test the qualifications of such voters, in case they shall be questioned.

. 17. Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to give such trustees [power] to fix or ascertain the salary or compensation to be paid to any minister, but the same shall be ascertained and fixed by a majority of such society entitled to vote at the election of trustees: Provided, Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to churches, societies, or denominations whose constitution, rules, or usages provide differently for fixing or ascertaining the amount of salary or compensation to be allowed to such minister.

. 18. It shall be lawful for the district [court] of the county in which any such religious corporation shall have been constituted, on the application of such corporation, if the court shall deem it proper, to make an order for the sale of any real estate belonging to such corporation, and to direct the moneys arising therefrom to such uses as the said corporation, with the approbation of said court, shall conceive to be for the interest of such corporation.

. 19. At least thirty days' previous notice of such application to the district court shall be given, by publishing the same in some newspaper published in the county, if one be published therein, and if not, by posting up notices in three or more public places in such county.

. 20. In case of the dissolution of any corporation hereafter to be formed in pursuance of the provisions of this act, for any cause whatever, the same may be incorporated under the provisions of this act, at any time within six years after such dissolution; and thereupon, all the estate, real and personal, formerly belonging to the same, and not lawfully disposed of, shall vest in such corporation, as if there had been no such dissolution.

. 21. All lands, tenements, and hereditaments that have been or may hereafter be lawfully conveyed by devise, grant, purchase, or otherwise, to any person or trustee in trust, for the use of any religious society organized, or which may be hereafter organized within this territory, either for a