*179.* _Meeting, Consent._—A valid meeting can not be held by a corporation, unless notice has been given in conformity with the laws and rules and regulations of the corporation or the consent of every person who is entitled to be present at the holding of such meeting. In the latter case the consent should be in writing and signed by all the members.(324) However, a person who attends a meeting and takes part in it without objection, is estopped from raising the question of notice.(325) *180.* _Notice, Principal Service, Custom._—When a rule of a church required notice of a meeting to be given at the principal service, a notice given at an earlier service only, was void.(326) But where the ordinances of a church specified that the election of officers should be at least six days before the end of their term, and it became the custom of the church to hold the election on a movable holiday which sometimes was less than six days, the election was held valid.(327) *181.* _Adjournment._—Where a meeting was noticed for one day and held on a different day without notice of adjournment, all acts done were void and the officers elected were neither _de jure_ nor _de facto_ officers.(328) *182.* _Proof of the Notice._—The proper proof of the notice would be the return of the officer serving the notice, in some States; and in others an affidavit of the person who served the notice. The proof of the services of a summons would be sufficient unless there is some other law or rule to the contrary.(329) *183.* _Presiding Officer._—When the laws of the organization provide who shall preside at a meeting, but the minister contrary to such laws and against objections presided over the majority of the congregation, and the minority was presided over by the proper person, and both elected officers, the officers elected by the minority were the lawful ones.(330) However, where a meeting is presided over without objection by a member instead of the proper officer, the acts of the body are lawful.(331) *184.* _Voters, Rules._—Unless the laws of the State otherwise provide, every religious organization has the right to determine who shall vote at its meetings and elections. If those provisions are reasonable, they are lawful. Under such provisions it has been repeatedly held that where there are rules requiring annual subscriptions to the church,(332) only those who rented and paid for pews, or those who paid a certain annual tax, or those who went to communion, were entitled to vote.(333) And where there was no rule, it was held that one who has not contributed to the church(334) and persons who attended church only occasionally and contributed only when they attended, were not qualified voters.(335) In the last case it was stated that a qualified voter is one who has attended regularly during the year and has contributed to the support of the church.