The trustees, deacons, church wardens or other similar officers of churches or religious societies, if citizens of the United States, shall be deemed bodies corporate for the purpose of taking and holding in succession grants and donations, whether of real or personal estate, made either to them and their successors, or to their respective churches, or to the poor of their churches.
RSA 306:4
RS 144:8. CS 153:8. GS 139:6. GL 153:6. PS 152:4. PL 232 :4. RL 281:4.