2013 New York Consolidated Laws
RCO - Religious Corporations
Article 11-A - (225 - 225-O) FREE METHODIST CHURCHES.
225-C - Certificate of incorporation.

 
    §  225-c.  Certificate  of  incorporation. 1. The presiding officer of
  such a meeting and at least two other persons present and voting thereat
  shall be appointed by such meeting to execute  and  acknowledge,  before
  any  person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, a certificate of
  incorporation whereby they shall agree to be governed by the discipline,
  rules and usages of the Free Methodist Church of North America. To  such
  certificate  of  incorporation  there  shall  be  attached a certificate
  signed by the district superintendent of  the  district  in  which  said
  church is to be located, stating that the said church is incorporated by
  and with the consent of said district superintendent.
    2.  This  certificate  of  incorporation  shall  contain the following
  items: The name of said church; the township, village or city,  and  the
  county  in  which said church shall be located; and agreement to worship
  and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of  the
  Free  Methodist  Church  of North America; the statement that there were
  six or more qualified voters present at  the  meeting  where  they  were
  elected  and  this  act  of  incorporation was authorized; the names and
  respective periods of office of the trustees elected; the place and date
  of said meeting for incorporation; and the signatures and residences  of
  those   authorized  to  execute  and  acknowledge  this  certificate  of
  incorporation.
    3. This certificate of incorporation shall be executed  in  duplicate.
  One  of  such duplicate copies shall be retained by such corporation and
  one copy shall be recorded in the office of  the  county  clerk  of  the
  county  where such corporation is formed. On filing such certificate the
  members either in  full  connection  or  on  probation  of  such  church
  qualified to vote at such meeting and who shall thereafter, from time to
  time,  be  qualified voters at the corporate meetings thereof shall be a
  corporation by the name stated in  such  certificate,  and  the  persons
  therein  stated  to  be  elected  trustees  of  such church shall be the
  trustees thereof,  for  the  terms  for  which  they  were  respectively
  elected, and until their successors are elected.