BY-LAWS (OF)
BELLEVUE BAPTIST
CHURCH
Section I.
OFFICE. The principal office
and place of
business of this corporation shall be in Memphis,
Tennessee.
Section II.
PURPOSE. The purposes of
this corporation are as
set out in the charter, with the express understanding
that this
corporation is to succeed to the duties and powers
heretofore appertaining
to the Board of Trustees of said Church, so that this
corporation shall
not in any other wise change the system of government
of said
Bellevue
Baptist Church as constituted (prior) to the
application for
said charter.
Section III.
DIRECTORS.
The directors of
the corporation
shall be seven in number, shall serve for one year or
until their
successors are duly elected and qualified and shall be
elected by the
members of said Bellevue Baptist Church
at the last
monthly business meeting prior to the end of each calendar year, beginning with
the year
1929. Any
vacancy in the Board of Directors shall be filled by
the directors for the unexpired term. An annual meeting of the Board
of Directors shall be held on the (same) day that the
congregation of said church
h
Special meetings of the Board may be held at any
time or place Upon three days written notice, upon call of the President, or
upon call of two-thirds of the members of the board; or such meeting may be held
without notice, by unanimous consent, such consent to be expressed by written
wavier of notice, or by attendance at such meeting.
Section IV.
OFFICERS. The officers of
the corporation shall consist of a President, a Secretary and Treasurer, such
officers being elected by the Board of Directors and to have the duties usually
pertaining to such offices. No
salary shall attach to any office in the corporation.
Section V.
SEAL. The corporation shall
have no seal.
Section VI.
AMENDMENTS These By-Laws my
be altered, amended or repealed by the affirmative vote of a majority of the
members of the congregation of any meeting of the congregation provided a week's
public notice be given of such contemplated action.
(Typed from a copy provided by Bellevue
Baptist Church --Sept.
2006)
This is the best interpretation possible due to the
poor quality
of copy provided.
There is some doubt about the words inside
the (
).