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MI Comp L § 454.9 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 188 of 1857 - Mechanics' Associations (454.1 - 454.11)|Section 454.9 - Consolidation of Incorporated Associations or Societies Into Single Corporation; Vote or Resolution; Filing Copy With Department of Commerce; Effect.

454.9 Consolidation of incorporated associations or societies into single corporation; vote or resolution; filing copy with department of commerce; effect. Sec. 9.  Any association or society now incorporated for any of the above purposes or hereafter to become incorporated under this act may become consolidated with any one created by virtue of this act into a single corporation which may be done by the vote or resolution of a majority of the members, of each at a meeting called for that purpose a copy of which vote or resolution signed by the presiding officer and secretary of such meeting and verified by their affidavit shall be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. And upon such filing and an agreement entered into and a copy thereof filed as hereinafter provided, said corporations shall thereby become 1 association under this act to be called and known by such name as shall be given it in said agreement but subject to the provisions of this act and entitled to the same franchises and privileges as if it had been formed without such consolidation. History: 1857, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857 ;-- CL 1857, 1796 ;-- CL 1871, 2803 ;-- How. 3932 ;-- CL 1897, 7431 ;-- CL 1915, 9803 ;-- CL 1929, 10270 ;-- CL 1948, 454.9 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 98, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 454.10 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 188 of 1857 - Mechanics' Associations (454.1 - 454.11)|Section 454.10 - Mechanics' Association; Consolidation Agreement, Contents, Execution, Filing, Record; Debts; Creditors.

454.10 Mechanics' association; consolidation agreement, contents, execution, filing, record; debts; creditors. Sec. 10.  Such agreement shall contain:  First, The terms and conditions of such consolidation and the disposition of the corporate property of each.  Second, The name of the association thereby formed, the place where its office for the transaction of business is established, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.  Third, The purposes set forth in the first section of this act.  Fourth, The number of trustees and regular officers, and the time of holding its annual meetings,  Fifth, The terms and conditions of membership therein. Which agreement shall be executed and acknowledged, and copies thereof signed, verified, filed and recorded as provided in the first section of this act: Provided, however, That for the purposes of paying and enforcing the payment of its debts and liabilities and the protection of all the rights of creditors and claimants, the members and the property of each such association shall be subject to the same remedies as if such consolidation had not taken place. History: 1857, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857 ;-- CL 1857, 1797 ;-- CL 1871, 2804 ;-- How. 3933 ;-- CL 1897, 7432 ;-- CL 1915, 9804 ;-- CL 1929, 10271 ;-- CL 1948, 454.10
MI Comp L § 454.11 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 188 of 1857 - Mechanics' Associations (454.1 - 454.11)|Section 454.11 - Mechanics' Associations; Libraries, Maintenance and Regulation.

454.11 Mechanics' associations; libraries, maintenance and regulation. Sec. 11.  All societies or associations organized as aforesaid, shall have the right to keep and maintain libraries and make all needful by-laws for the good government and regulation of the same. History: 1857, Act 188, Imd. Eff. Feb. 17, 1857 ;-- CL 1857, 1798 ;-- CL 1871, 2805 ;-- How. 3934 ;-- CL 1897, 7433 ;-- CL 1915, 9805 ;-- CL 1929, 10272 ;-- CL 1948, 454.11
MI Comp L § 454.51 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 167 of 1869 - Incorporation of Trades Unions as Mechanics' Associations (454.51 - 454.54)|Section 454.51 - Association of Trades Unions as Body Corporate and Politic; Purposes; Procedures; Applicable Law.

454.51 Association of trades unions as body corporate and politic; purposes; procedures; applicable law. Sec. 1.  That any association of trades unions in this state, actually existing and conducting its operations under a constitution or articles of association, may become a body corporate and politic for the general purposes contemplated by Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1857, as amended, being sections 454.1 to 454.11 of the Michigan Compiled Laws, upon filing a copy of their constitution, or articles of association, verified by the oath of 1 or more of the executive officers of such association, in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. All such associations becoming corporations as above provided, shall be subject to the provisions of Act No. 188 of the Public Acts of 1857, as amended, except as otherwise in this act provided. History: 1869, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 2816 ;-- How. 3945 ;-- CL 1897, 7447 ;-- CL 1915, 9819 ;-- CL 1929, 10273 ;-- CL 1948, 454.51 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 87, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 454.52 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 167 of 1869 - Incorporation of Trades Unions as Mechanics' Associations (454.51 - 454.54)|Section 454.52 - Trades Unions; Constitution or Articles in Lieu of Agreement; Trustees and Officers, Election.

454.52 Trades unions; constitution or articles in lieu of agreement; trustees and officers, election. Sec. 2.  The constitution or articles of association under which any such association may be organized, may stand in lieu of the articles of agreement required to be executed by section 2 of said act of 1857; and such constitution or articles of association may provide for the election of the trustees and other officers of such association annually or semi-annually, as the case may be: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to legalize any provision that may be contained in any such constitution or articles of association which is repugnant to the laws of this state, or to public justice. History: 1869, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 2817 ;-- How. 3946 ;-- CL 1897, 7448 ;-- CL 1915, 9820 ;-- CL 1929, 10274 ;-- CL 1948, 454.52
MI Comp L § 454.53 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 167 of 1869 - Incorporation of Trades Unions as Mechanics' Associations (454.51 - 454.54)|Section 454.53 - Trades Unions; New Corporation; Vesting of Rights; Recovery.

454.53 Trades unions; new corporation; vesting of rights; recovery. Sec. 3.  All moneys, property or rights in action, equitably belonging to any association at the time the same may or shall become incorporated under the provisions of this act, shall vest in the corporation so formed, and may be recovered by such corporation in an action in assumpsit or on the case, from any person unlawfully withholding the same. History: 1869, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 2818 ;-- How. 3947 ;-- CL 1897, 7449 ;-- CL 1915, 9821 ;-- CL 1929, 10275 ;-- CL 1948, 454.53
MI Comp L § 454.54 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 167 of 1869 - Incorporation of Trades Unions as Mechanics' Associations (454.51 - 454.54)|Section 454.54 - Trades Unions; Alternate Provisions.

454.54 Trades unions; alternate provisions. Sec. 4.  Any corporation that may be formed under the provisions of this act, may be exempted from the operation of the provisions of section 5 of the aforesaid act of 1857, and may choose its officers, and conduct its operations in such manner as may be prescribed by its constitution or articles of association, subject to the restrictions contained in the proviso to section 2 of this act. History: 1869, Act 167, Imd. Eff. Apr. 5, 1869 ;-- CL 1871, 2819 ;-- How. 3948 ;-- CL 1897, 7450 ;-- CL 1915, 9822 ;-- CL 1929, 10276 ;-- CL 1948, 454.54 Compiler's Notes: For provisions of section 5, referred to in this section, see MCL 454.5.
MI Comp L § 454.71 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 13 of 1897 - Labor Associations (454.71 - 454.77)|Section 454.71 - Labor Associations; Incorporation.

454.71 Labor associations; incorporation. Sec. 1.  That labor associations may be incorporated under the provisions of this act. History: 1897, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7434 ;-- CL 1915, 9806 ;-- CL 1929, 10277 ;-- CL 1948, 454.71
MI Comp L § 454.72 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 13 of 1897 - Labor Associations (454.71 - 454.77)|Section 454.72 - Labor Associations; Incorporators; Articles of Association, Execution, Contents.

454.72 Labor associations; incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents. Sec. 2.  Any 10 or more residents of this state, who are members of any chartered body, or of different chartered bodies, which body or bodies receive their charter from the American Federation of Labor, or from any international labor organization issuing charters under authority from the American Federation of Labor, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this state having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:  First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance, their places of residence and the name and location of the labor organization or organizations to which they severally belong.  Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law.  Third, The purposes of the association, which shall be to provide a building or buildings to be used in the interests of organized labor, and the period for which such association is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years. History: 1897, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7435 ;-- CL 1915, 9807 ;-- CL 1929, 10278 ;-- CL 1948, 454.72
MI Comp L § 454.73 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 13 of 1897 - Labor Associations (454.71 - 454.77)|Section 454.73 - Labor Associations; Articles; Filing; Copy of Articles as Evidence of Existence and Incorporation of Association.

454.73 Labor associations; articles; filing; copy of articles as evidence of existence and incorporation of association. Sec. 3.  A copy of said articles of 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 by the name expressed in such articles of association. A 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 of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such association. History: 1897, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7436 ;-- CL 1915, 9808 ;-- CL 1929, 10279 ;-- CL 1948, 454.73 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 513, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
MI Comp L § 454.74 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 13 of 1897 - Labor Associations (454.71 - 454.77)|Section 454.74 - Labor Associations; Powers.

454.74 Labor associations; powers. Sec. 4.  Every corporation organized under the provisions of this act may take, receive, purchase and hold in its corporate capacity and for its corporate purposes, real and personal property, and the same or any part thereof demise, sell, convey, use and dispose of at pleasure; and may erect and own suitable building or buildings to be used in whole or in part for meetings of labor organizations or for any other purpose in the interests of labor organizations, and may borrow money, and for that purpose may issue its bonds and mortgage its property to secure the payment of said bonds. History: 1897, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7437 ;-- CL 1915, 9809 ;-- CL 1929, 10280 ;-- CL 1948, 454.74
MI Comp L § 454.75 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 13 of 1897 - Labor Associations (454.71 - 454.77)|Section 454.75 - Labor Associations; Stock, Liability of Stockholders.

454.75 Labor associations; stock, liability of stockholders. Sec. 5.  Every such corporation shall have full power and authority to provide by its by-laws for the issuing of certificates or shares of stock and for the manner in which the same shall be held and represented. All stockholders of every corporation formed under this act, shall be limited in their liability to creditors of any such corporation, to an amount equal to the amount unpaid on their said stock. History: 1897, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7438 ;-- CL 1915, 9810 ;-- CL 1929, 10281 ;-- CL 1948, 454.75
MI Comp L § 454.76 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 13 of 1897 - Labor Associations (454.71 - 454.77)|Section 454.76 - Labor Associations; New Membership; Stock; Board of Trustees, Election.

454.76 Labor associations; new membership; stock; board of trustees, election. Sec. 6.  Every such corporation shall have power to provide by its by-laws for succession to its original membership and for new membership, and, after it is organized, may admit to membership and sell stock to members of labor organizations recognized by the American Federation of Labor as being eligible, under its laws, rules and regulations, to receive charters from the said American Federation of Labor, and shall also have power to provide by its by-laws for election from its membership, of a board of trustees and to fix the number and term of office of such trustees. History: 1897, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7439 ;-- CL 1915, 9811 ;-- Am. 1919, Act 321, Eff. Aug. 14, 1919 ;-- CL 1929, 10282 ;-- CL 1948, 454.76
MI Comp L § 454.77 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 13 of 1897 - Labor Associations (454.71 - 454.77)|Section 454.77 - Labor Associations; Board of Trustees, Powers; Officers, Appointment.

454.77 Labor associations; board of trustees, powers; officers, appointment. Sec. 7.  The management and control of the business, affairs and property of such corporation shall be vested in said board of trustees, and said board shall have power to borrow any money, and cause to be made and issued any bonds and mortgages authorized by section 4 of this act. Said trustees shall appoint from their number a president, secretary and treasurer, who shall perform the duties of their respective offices in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the board of trustees. History: 1897, Act 13, Imd. Eff. Feb. 18, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7440 ;-- CL 1915, 9812 ;-- CL 1929, 10283 ;-- CL 1948, 454.77
MI Comp L § 454.101 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 42 of 1887 - Arbeiter Bunds (454.101 - 454.106)|Section 454.101 - Arbeiter Bunds; Incorporators.

454.101 Arbeiter bunds; incorporators. Sec. 1.  That any number, not less than 15, of workingmen's aid societies, otherwise called Arbeiter Unterstuetzungs Vereine, which have been duly incorporated under the laws of Michigan, may unite or form a union or bund, and become incorporated under the provisions of this act. History: 1887, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1887 ;-- How. 3934j ;-- CL 1897, 7441 ;-- CL 1915, 9813 ;-- CL 1929, 10284 ;-- CL 1948, 454.101
MI Comp L § 454.102 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 42 of 1887 - Arbeiter Bunds (454.101 - 454.106)|Section 454.102 - Arbeiter Bunds; Articles of Association, Member Executing.

454.102 Arbeiter bunds; articles of association, member executing. Sec. 2.  Any such societies, not less than 15, desiring to form an incorporated union or bund under this act, shall delegate 1 of their members, by appropriate resolution, to be entered in the records of such societies, to act in executing articles of association under this act. History: 1887, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1887 ;-- How. 3934k ;-- CL 1897, 7442 ;-- CL 1915, 9814 ;-- CL 1929, 10285 ;-- CL 1948, 454.102
MI Comp L § 454.103 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 42 of 1887 - Arbeiter Bunds (454.101 - 454.106)|Section 454.103 - Arbeiter Bunds; Articles, Acknowledgment, Execution, Contents.

454.103 Arbeiter bunds; articles, acknowledgment, execution, contents. Sec. 3.  Such delegates may, in behalf of their respective societies, make and execute under their hands and seals, articles of association, which 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 societies associating in the first instance, and their respective locations and the names of the delegates acting on behalf of such societies.  Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law.  Third, The object and purpose of such association, which shall be the general welfare of the members of the societies forming such association, and the extending to them, and their families, in case of death, such material aid as may be fixed from time to time by the constitution and by-laws of the association.  Fourth, The period for which such bund is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years;  Fifth, The time and place where the first convention of such bund shall be held. History: 1887, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1887 ;-- How. 3934-l ;-- CL 1897, 7443 ;-- CL 1915, 9815 ;-- CL 1929, 10286 ;-- CL 1948, 454.103
MI Comp L § 454.104 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 42 of 1887 - Arbeiter Bunds (454.101 - 454.106)|Section 454.104 - Arbeiter Bunds; Articles, Filing; Body Corporate, Powers; Property Limitation; Officers, Appointment.

454.104 Arbeiter bunds; articles, filing; body corporate, powers; property limitation; officers, appointment. Sec. 4.  Such articles of association shall be filed with the secretary of state, and thereupon such association shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, capable of taking, holding, and disposing of real and personal property, of suing and being sued, and of having a common seal which may be altered or changed at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real estate shall not exceed 10,000 dollars. Such corporation shall have full power to adopt a constitution, and to make and establish rules, regulations and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation, and for the admission and expulsion of members, and to designate, elect or appoint from among the members of the societies forming and belonging to such corporation, such officers, and under such name and style, and with such duties as the constitution and by-laws of such corporation may from time to time prescribe. The constitution and by-laws of such corporation may be amended from time to time in such manner as may be provided by such corporation. History: 1887, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1887 ;-- How. 3934m ;-- CL 1897, 7444 ;-- CL 1915, 9816 ;-- CL 1929, 10287 ;-- CL 1948, 454.104
MI Comp L § 454.105 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 42 of 1887 - Arbeiter Bunds (454.101 - 454.106)|Section 454.105 - Arbeiter Bunds; Convention of Delegates, Powers; Meeting, Time, Place; Delegates, Selection.

454.105 Arbeiter bunds; convention of delegates, powers; meeting, time, place; delegates, selection. Sec. 5.  The affairs of such corporation shall be controlled by a convention of delegates, which shall meet at least once in every 2 years in some suitable place in this state. Such delegates shall be appointed or elected by the respective societies forming such corporation, and the number of delegates which each society is entitled to send to such convention shall be determined by the constitution and by-laws of such association. The place of holding the first convention shall be designated by the delegates signing the articles of association under this act, and each convention held thereafter, before final adjournment, shall name the place of holding the next convention. The time of holding the same shall be specified by the constitution and by-laws of such association. History: 1887, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1887 ;-- How. 3934n ;-- CL 1897, 7445 ;-- CL 1915, 9817 ;-- CL 1929, 10288 ;-- CL 1948, 454.105
MI Comp L § 454.106 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 42 of 1887 - Arbeiter Bunds (454.101 - 454.106)|Section 454.106 - Arbeiter Bunds; Articles, Certified Copy as Prima Facie Evidence.

454.106 Arbeiter bunds; articles, certified copy as prima facie evidence. Sec. 6.  A copy of the records of such articles of association, under the seal of the state, 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 union or bund. History: 1887, Act 42, Imd. Eff. Mar. 21, 1887 ;-- How. 3934o ;-- CL 1897, 7446 ;-- CL 1915, 9818 ;-- CL 1929, 10289 ;-- CL 1948, 454.106
MI Comp L § 454.151 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 145 of 1885 - Societies to Promote Interests of Trade and Labor (454.151 - 454.159)|Section 454.151 - Society for Promotion of Trade and Labor; Incorporation; Articles of Association, Execution; Body Politic.

454.151 Society for promotion of trade and labor; incorporation; articles of association, execution; body politic. Sec. 1.  That any number of persons not less than 5, may associate themselves together and become a body corporate and politic for the improvement of their several social and material interests, the regulation of their wages, the laws and conditions of their employment, the protection of their joint and individual rights in the prosecution of their trades or industrial avocations, the collection and payment of funds for the benefit of sick, disabled, or unemployed members, the securing of benefits to the families of deceased members, and for such other and further objects of material benefit and protection as are germain to the purposes of this act. The persons so associating shall execute articles of association as hereinafter provided, sign and acknowledge the same before some officer duly authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments of deeds, and upon the execution and acknowledgment of said articles of association aforesaid, the said association shall become a body politic for the purposes set forth in said articles of agreement. History: 1885, Act 145, Eff. Sept. 19, 1885 ;-- How. 3934a ;-- CL 1897, 7451 ;-- CL 1915, 9823 ;-- CL 1929, 10290 ;-- CL 1948, 454.151 Compiler's Notes: In the first sentence of this section, the word “germain” should evidently read “germane.”
MI Comp L § 454.152 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 454 - Trade and Labor Associations|Act 145 of 1885 - Societies to Promote Interests of Trade and Labor (454.151 - 454.159)|Section 454.152 - Trade Promotion Societies; Corporate Name, Powers.

454.152 Trade promotion societies; corporate name, powers. Sec. 2.  Every association formed under the provisions of this act, shall have a corporate name, and may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, prosecute and defend in all courts of this state; shall hold, pay, sell, assign and lease such real, personal or mixed property as shall be required for its corporate purposes. History: 1885, Act 145, Eff. Sept. 19, 1885 ;-- How. 3934b ;-- CL 1897, 7452 ;-- CL 1915, 9824 ;-- CL 1929, 10291 ;-- CL 1948, 454.152