H6149

	2015 -- H 6149
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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:
1	SECTION 1. The act entitled "An act to incorporate the First Freewill Baptist Church of
2	Smithfield," passed at the January session, A.D. 1864, and all acts in amendment thereof and in
3	addition thereto, including the act passed at the January session, A.D., 1918, approved April 19,
4	1918, and the act passed at the January session, A.D. 1961, approved May 5, 1961, is hereby
5	further amended so as to authorize the First Freewill Baptist Church of Smithfield to take, hold
6	and dispose of property, real, personal and mixed, without restriction as to amount.
7	SECTION 2. Said corporation shall also possess all the powers and privileges and be
8	subject to all the duties and liabilities set forth in chapter 6 of title 7, of the general laws entitled
9	"Rhode Island Nonprofit Corporation Act," and in any acts in amendment thereof or in addition
10	thereto.
11	SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its passage, and all acts and parts of acts
12	inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.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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1	This act would authorize the First Freewill Baptist Church of Smithfield, a nonprofit
2	corporation, to take, hold, transmit, and convey real and personal real estate without restriction as
3	to amount.
4	This act would also convey upon the corporation all the powers, privileges, duties and
5	liabilities set forth in chapter 6 of title 7, of the general laws entitled "Rhode Island Nonprofit
6	Corporation Act."
7	This act would take effect upon passage.
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