*72.* _Control, Secede, Vested Rights._—The officers of a church corporation have control of the business management for all civil purposes, excepting as otherwise provided by the articles of organization, charter, or by-laws of the corporation. However, the by-laws must not contravene the laws of the State.(130) A charter was refused in Pennsylvania which provided that the congregation might, by a majority vote, dissolve or secede from the central body and divide the property.(131) A charter of incorporation may be amended in harmony with the principles, discipline, and objects of the church, but not otherwise.(132) The fact that incorporation of a church confers certain rights and privileges under the charter, such charter being accepted, does not give the church corporation any vested rights.(133) *73.* _Consolidation, Control, Dissolution._—So far as the State law is concerned, two different denominations may form one corporation;(134) or two or more congregations of the same organization may form one corporation.(135) Where such consolidation is attempted, the new organization must have control of all the property.(136) So long as different congregations attempting to consolidate retain their respective identities, they do not form a single corporation.(137) It is a general rule that a corporation may be dissolved by taking the steps required by law. As there are various statutory provisions in the different States, each case had best be attended to by an attorney. In some States there is a provision that where a corporation fails to carry out its functions for a stated time, it thereby becomes dissolved. The omission of a parish for one year to elect officers, does not necessarily operate as a dissolution under such statute. In case of dissolution under a statute of that kind, the property of the church is not forfeited to the State.(138) *74.* _Debt, Limited._—The amount of debt which the trustees of a religious society may be authorized to create, may be limited by its constitution.(139)