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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DC ST § 29-701 Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-901 TEXT It shall be lawful for the members of any society or congregation in the District, formed for the purpose of religious worship, to receive by gift, devise, or purchase a quantity of land not exceeding an acre, and to erect thereon such houses and buildings and to make such other use of the land and such other improvements thereon as may be deemed necessary for the purposes named, and for the comfort and convenience of the society or congregation. CREDIT CREDIT(S) CREDIT (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1282, ch. 854, § 587.) HISTORICAL NOTES -- HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 29-901. 1973 Ed., § 29-501. Current through November 29, 2004 Copyright © 2004 By The District of Columbia All Rights Reserved DC ST § 29-709 Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-909 TEXT The trustees or directors shall have power, under the direction of the society or congregation, or the authority by whom they were elected or appointed, to sell and execute deeds and conveyances of the property authorized to be held by the society or congregation; and such deeds or conveyances shall have the same effect as like deeds or conveyances made by natural persons; but no deed or conveyance shall be made so as to defeat or destroy the interest or effect of any grant, donation, or bequest and all grants, donations, and bequests shall be appropriated and used as directed by the person making the same. CREDIT CREDIT(S) (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1283, ch. 854, § 595; June 26, 1922, 42 Stat. 665, ch. 241.) HISTORICAL NOTES -- HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 29-909. 1973 Ed., § 29-509. REFERENCES -- LIBRARY REFERENCES DC CODE § 29-709 Current through November 29, 2004 Copyright © 2004 By The District of Columbia All Rights Reserved Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-911 TEXT Upon the dissolution of any society or congregation the estate and property of such society or congregation shall revert back to the persons, their heirs, and assigns who may have given or contributed to the purchase of or payment for the same, according to their respective rights. CREDIT CREDIT(S) (Mar. 3, 1901, 31 Stat. 1283, ch. 854, § 597.) HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 29-911. 1973 Ed., § 29-511. ANNOTATIONS (Notes of Decisions Index ) Current through November 29, 2004 Copyright © 2004 By The District of Columbia All Rights Reserved DC ST § 29-733 Formerly cited as DC ST 1981 § 29-915 TEXT A majority of the acting trustees for any such congregation may sue and be sued in their own names, in relation to the title, possession, or enjoyment of such property, without abatement by the death of any of the trustees, or substitution of others; and the action or suit may be prosecuted to its final termination in the names of the trustees by or against whom the same was instituted, and all other proceedings had in relation thereto, in like manner as if such death or substitution had not occurred. CREDIT CREDIT(S) (R.S., D.C., § 455.) HISTORICAL NOTES -- HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES Prior Codifications 1981 Ed., § 29-915. 1973 Ed., § 29-515. ANNOTATIONS (Notes of Decisions Index ) Current through November 29, 2004 Copyright © 2004 By The District of Columbia All Rights Reserved |
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