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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO THE INCORPORATION OF THE FIRST FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH

OF SMITHFIELD

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Winfield, and Costantino

     Date Introduced: April 30, 2015

     Referred To: House Corporations

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. The act entitled "An act to incorporate the First Freewill Baptist Church of

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Smithfield," passed at the January session, A.D. 1864, and all acts in amendment thereof and in

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addition thereto, including the act passed at the January session, A.D., 1918, approved April 19,

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1918, and the act passed at the January session, A.D. 1961, approved May 5, 1961, is hereby

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further amended so as to authorize the First Freewill Baptist Church of Smithfield to take, hold

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and dispose of property, real, personal and mixed, without restriction as to amount.

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     SECTION 2. Said corporation shall also possess all the powers and privileges and be

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subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in chapter 6 of title 7, of the general laws entitled

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"Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act," and in any acts in amendment thereof or in addition

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thereto.

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     SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and all acts and parts of acts

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inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO THE INCORPORATION OF THE FIRST FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH

OF SMITHFIELD

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     This act would authorize the First Freewill Baptist Church of Smithfield, a nonprofit

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corporation, to take, hold, transmit, and convey real and personal real estate without restriction as

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to amount.

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     This act would also convey upon the corporation all the powers, privileges, duties and

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liabilities set forth in chapter 6 of title 7, of the general laws entitled "Rhode Island Nonprofit

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Corporation Act."

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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