5Number, appointment and retirement of Trustees and appointment of officers, evidence of resolutions etc

5 Number, appointment and retirement of Trustees and appointment of officers, evidence of resolutions etc

5 Number, appointment and retirement of Trustees and appointment of officers, evidence of resolutions etc

The Trustees shall consist of twelve persons of whom six shall be Ministers and six Communicants or Adherents of the Presbyterian Church of Australia in the State of New South Wales. The Trustees shall be elected by the General Assembly from time to time for a period of three years with the exception that following upon the first election four of the trust being two ministers and two laymen shall retire at the end of the first year and four others ministers and laymen similarly at the end of the second year in each case eligible for re-election. The order of such retirements shall be determined by the General Assembly. Any casual vacancy occurring at any time or times in the trust shall be filled by the appointment of another person of similar qualifications but so that the said ratio is not disturbed. Every such appointment is to be made by the continuing Trustees for the time being and is to be effective and operative till the next meeting of the General Assembly. A certificate signed by the clerk for the time being of the General Assembly of any and every such appointment shall be for all purposes conclusive evidence that such appointees respectively possessed the qualifications required and that they were duly appointed. Trustees being ministers or elders shall be ex-officio members of the General Assembly.