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MI Comp L § 457.691 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695)|Section 457.691 - Kalevan Ritarit; Incorporation.

457.691 Kalevan Ritarit; incorporation. Sec. 1.  Any lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit organized within this state and having a charter from the Grand Lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit, may become incorporated under the provisions of this act. History: 1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10633 ;-- CL 1929, 10832 ;-- CL 1948, 457.691
MI Comp L § 457.692 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695)|Section 457.692 - Incorporators; Articles of Association, Execution, Contents.

457.692 Incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents. Sec. 2.  Any 12 or more persons, residents of this state, being members in good standing of a lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit, having competent authority from the grand lodge of the order, desirous of becoming incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seals, which articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:  First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance, and their places of residence;  Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in law, and the place of its business office;  Third, The object and purpose of such association shall be to promote the general welfare of the Kalevan Ritarit fraternity during the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years. History: 1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10634 ;-- CL 1929, 10833 ;-- CL 1948, 457.692
MI Comp L § 457.693 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695)|Section 457.693 - Filing Copy of Articles of Association and Charter With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Power and Authority.

457.693 Filing copy of articles of association and charter with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; power and authority. Sec. 3.  A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter of the Grand Lodge of Kalevan Ritarit, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, estate, real, personal and mixed, of using and being used, and to have a common seal which may be altered or changed at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real, personal, and mixed estate shall not exceed the sum of $50,000.00. They and their successors shall have power and authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, lease, release, demise, and dispose of said real, personal, and mixed estate or any part thereof at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, gains, profits, and income shall be devoted to the protection and aid of its members and their families and to no other purpose. History: 1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10635 ;-- CL 1929, 10834 ;-- CL 1948, 457.693 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 119, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.694 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695)|Section 457.694 - Rules and By-Laws; Officers.

457.694 Rules and by-laws; officers. Sec. 4.  Every corporation organized under and in pursuance of this act shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules, regulations and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation, not repugnant to nor inconsistent with the constitution, rules, regulations and edicts of the grand lodge of the order, or the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States, and may elect and appoint from its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand lodge of the order. History: 1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10636 ;-- CL 1929, 10835 ;-- CL 1948, 457.694
MI Comp L § 457.695 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695)|Section 457.695 - Evidence of Existence and Incorporation.

457.695 Evidence of existence and incorporation. Sec. 5.  A copy of the record of such articles of association under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation. History: 1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10637 ;-- CL 1929, 10836 ;-- CL 1948, 457.695 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 119, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.701 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.701 - Eskimos; Incorporation of Councils.

457.701 Eskimos; incorporation of councils. Sec. 1.  The grand council and subordinate councils of the Eskimos may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10837 ;-- CL 1948, 457.701
MI Comp L § 457.702 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.702 - Grand Council; Incorporators; Articles, Execution, Contents.

457.702 Grand council; incorporators; articles, execution, contents. Sec. 2.  The 5 principal officers of the grand council of the Eskimos of the state of Michigan desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seal, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of the state having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:  First, The names of the persons associated in the first instance, and their place of residence;  Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known;  Third, The place of its principal business office;  Fourth, The period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years;  Fifth, The object and purposes of the association, which shall be to protect and aid its members and their families, to promote the general welfare and the social and moral condition of its members, but neither such purposes nor condition of membership in such association shall include any requirements from the members to discriminate against any person in respect to civil rights because of religious belief or affiliation. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10838 ;-- CL 1948, 457.702
MI Comp L § 457.703 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.703 - Filing Copy of Articles and Constitution With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Corporate and Politic; Powers.

457.703 Filing copy of articles and constitution with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body corporate and politic; powers. Sec. 3.  A copy of said articles of association together with a copy of the constitution of said association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, and known in the law and in fact by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be a person in the law, capable of purchasing, taking, receiving, owning, and enjoying, through them and their successors, estates real and personal, of suing and being sued, and to have a common seal which may be changed or altered at their pleasure, and they and their successors shall have power to give, grant, sell, demise, and dispose of such real and personal estate, or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and income shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes of such association, as mentioned and defined by the constitution thereof. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10839 ;-- CL 1948, 457.703 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.704 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.704 - Grand Council; Rules; Officers.

457.704 Grand council; rules; officers. Sec. 4.  Said association shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules and regulations for the governing of all the affairs and business of said association, according to the laws of this state and the United States, and to designate, elect or appoint from its members such officers, under such names and styles as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand council. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10840 ;-- CL 1948, 457.704
MI Comp L § 457.705 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.705 - Evidence of Existence and Incorporation; Powers.

457.705 Evidence of existence and incorporation; powers. Sec. 5.  A copy of the records of such articles of association under seal of the department of commerce, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such association; such association, when duly formed, shall have the power to institute and charter subordinate councils, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such constitution, general laws, and bylaws as the grand council shall adjudge proper for the organization and government of such subordinate councils not repugnant to the laws of this state. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10841 ;-- CL 1948, 457.705 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.706 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.706 - Subordinate Council; Incorporation; Limitations.

457.706 Subordinate council; incorporation; limitations. Sec. 6.  Any number of persons, not less than 10, residents of this state, being members of a subordinate council of the Eskimos of the state of Michigan, having been duly chartered by the grand council thereof, desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, specifying and providing as in section 2 of this act, and file a copy of the same with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon, the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate, known by the name expressed in said articles of association, and provided by the grand council chartering such subordinate council, and by such name they and their associates shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, give, lease, and demise real and personal estate, of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and a certified copy of such articles of association, under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of such association: Provided, That said association shall be limited to the powers and provisions of section 3 of this act, regarding real and personal estate and the proceeds thereof under the rules and regulations of the grand council, and may elect or appoint from among its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of such grand council. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10842 ;-- CL 1948, 457.706 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.707 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.707 - Business Offices; Change in Location; Notice.

457.707 Business offices; change in location; notice. Sec. 7.  The business office of the grand council shall be located in the village of L'Anse, county of Baraga, and state of Michigan, and subordinate councils shall have their business office where said subordinate council shall have been chartered and organized, and the location of the business office of the grand council may be changed at any time by said grand council, upon filing a written notice of such change in the office of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce within 20 days from the time of the change from such location. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10843 ;-- CL 1948, 457.707 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.708 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708)|Section 457.708 - Insurance Business; Funeral Benefits.

457.708 Insurance business; funeral benefits. Sec. 8.  Corporations in pursuance of this act shall not be considered as engaged in the business of life insurance, nor shall they be subject to the provisions of the statute relating to life insurance companies or associations: Provided, Nothing in this act contained shall permit the making of any contract of insurance except that associations hereunder may make provisions for the payment of a funeral benefit not to exceed 200 dollars. History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10844 ;-- CL 1948, 457.708
MI Comp L § 458.2 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 207 of 1867 - Roman Catholic Bishops (458.1 - 458.2)|Section 458.2 - Roman Catholic Archbishop, Bishops or Administrators; Powers in Administering Property.

458.2 Roman Catholic archbishop, bishops or administrators; powers in administering property. Sec. 2.  The archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Detroit and the several bishops of the Roman Catholic dioceses within the state of Michigan and their successors in office, and administrators of the Roman Catholic dioceses within the state of Michigan, for the purpose of administering the property held by them respectively under this act and in respect thereto, are declared to have and to have had power:  (a) To enter into any and all lawful contracts in respect of the property held by them;  (b) To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court, or to be a party to any proceedings before any board, tribunal, commission, or any other public body;  (c) For the purposes of the Roman Catholic church to acquire, purchase, hold, convey, lease, mortgage, and in every way deal in real and personal property of all kinds without limitation; the power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take the same by gift, devise or bequest, and upon trusts, either express or implied;  (d) For the purposes of the Roman Catholic church to borrow money and to give promissory notes therefor, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgage or other lien upon real or personal property; to issue, sell or pledge bonds, notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other obligations and evidences of church indebtedness; and to guarantee, purchase, hold, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of the stock, bonds, or securities of corporations;  (e) To appoint agents and attorneys in fact;  (f) To exercise without limitation of the foregoing, any and all powers relating to the temporalities of the Roman Catholic church vested in such archbishop or bishop or administrator by virtue of his office. History: Add. 1941, Act 105, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 458.2 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 4, 1954
MI Comp L § 458.11 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 189 of 1941 - Methodist Churches (458.11 - 458.12)|Section 458.11 - Methodist Churches; Change of Name.

458.11 Methodist churches; change of name. Sec. 1.  This act shall be applicable to the corporations hereinbefore incorporated under any general or special act as a Methodist Episcopal Church or Methodist Protestant Church. History: 1941, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 458.11
MI Comp L § 458.12 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 189 of 1941 - Methodist Churches (458.11 - 458.12)|Section 458.12 - Methodist Churches; Amendment of Articles of Incorporation to Effect Change.

458.12 Methodist churches; amendment of articles of incorporation to effect change. Sec. 2.  The articles of association of any ecclesiastical corporation heretofore incorporated under any general or special act of this state as a Methodist Episcopal Church or as a Methodist Protestant Church in the name of which the word "Episcopal" or the word "Protestant" appears after the word "Methodist" are hereby amended by deleting from the name of each of such corporations the word "Episcopal" or the word "Protestant" as the case may be. Such change in the name of any such corporation shall become operative ipso facto upon the effective date of this act without the filing of any amendment to the articles of association of any such corporation. History: 1941, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 458.12
MI Comp L § 458.21 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33)|Section 458.21 - Methodist Episcopal Church; Incorporators.

458.21 Methodist Episcopal church; incorporators. Sec. 1.  That it shall be lawful for any number of members of the Methodist Episcopal church of full age, not less than 9, with the consent of the presiding elder of the district in which the proposed church is to be located, to organize and procure the incorporation of a Methodist Episcopal church. History: 1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10915 ;-- CL 1929, 10846 ;-- CL 1948, 458.21 Former Law: See Act 110 of 1895.
MI Comp L § 458.22 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33)|Section 458.22 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Execution.

458.22 Articles and certificate of consent; execution. Sec. 2.  The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church. To such articles of association there shall be attached a certificate by the presiding elder of the district in which said church is to be located that the said church was organized by and with the consent of said presiding elder. History: 1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10916 ;-- CL 1929, 10847 ;-- CL 1948, 458.22
MI Comp L § 458.23 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33)|Section 458.23 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Contents, Form.

458.23 Articles and certificate of consent; contents, form.Sec. 3.  Said articles of association shall contain the following items: First, The name of said church; Second, The township, village or city, and the county in which said church shall be located; Third, The time for which said corporation shall be created; Fourth, An agreement to worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church. Said articles may be in the following form:  We, the undersigned, desiring to become incorporated under the provisions of act number ......... of the public acts of 1899, entitled "An act for the organization of corporate Methodist Episcopal churches," do hereby make, execute and adopt the following articles of association, to wit:  First, The name assumed by this corporation, and by which it shall be known in law, is "The .......... Methodist Episcopal church;"  Second, The location of said church shall be in the ........... of ......... county of ............ and state of Michigan;  Third, The time for which said corporation shall be created shall not exceed 30 years from ............., the date of its organization;  Fourth, The members of said church shall worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States of America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church and the annual conference within whose bounds said corporation is situated.  In witness whereof, we, the parties hereby associating for the purpose of giving legal effect to these articles, hereunto sign our names and places of residence.  Done at the ........ of ........, county of ............, and state of Michigan, this .......... day of ..........., A.D. 189....   (Signatures.) } SS. (Residences.)   State of Michigan,   County of ...........................  On this ............ day of ................., A.D. ................., before me, a ................. in and for said county, personally appeared .................................., known to me to be the persons named in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowledged that they executed the same freely and for the intents and purposes therein mentioned.  ....................................................................  I, .............. presiding elder of the ................... district, of the ............... annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, the same being the district in which the church mentioned in the foregoing articles of association is to be, or is now located, do hereby certify that such church was organized by and with my consent and concurrence.  Dated at ............., Mich., A.D. 189....  ......................................  Presiding Elder. History: 1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10917 ;-- CL 1929, 10848 ;-- CL 1948, 458.23