Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67 § 39
Current through Chapter 223 of the 2024 Legislative Session
In religious societies belonging to the Protestant Episcopal Church or the Reformed Episcopal Church, the rector or one of the wardens may, unless otherwise provided in some bylaw, preside at their meetings with all the powers of a moderator; and the warden, or wardens and vestry, may exercise all the powers of a standing committee in accordance with the usages and discipline of said churches. Unless they assess or collect a tax on the pews, such societies need not choose a collector or assessors; and they may in their bylaws provide that the duties of assessors shall be performed by the wardens. The officers upon whom the duties of standing committee or assessors may devolve shall be elected by ballot.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 67, § 39