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MI Comp L § 457.605 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 106 of 1891 - Legion of the Cross (457.601 - 457.608)|Section 457.605 - Articles; Filing, Recording; Body Corporate, Powers; Certified Copy of Articles as Evidence.

457.605 Articles; filing, recording; body corporate, powers; certified copy of articles as evidence. Sec. 5.  The articles of any such association shall be filed and recorded in the office of the secretary of state, and a copy of the record thereof duly certified by such secretary, together with the certificate, shall be filed and recorded in the office of the clerk of the county where the business office of the association is located, and thereupon the persons so associating therein, their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, by the name expressed in such articles, and by that name they and their associates and successors shall have succession and shall be capable of suing and being sued, and shall have a common seal to be altered at pleasure, in such manner as the constitution or laws of the order shall prescribe. Such corporation may take, purchase, receive, hold and enjoy real, personal and mixed property, not exceeding in amount 150,000 dollars; and may give, grant, mortgage, sell, lease, devise and dispose of all or any part of such property at pleasure, and the rents, profits and proceeds shall be devoted exclusively to the benevolent purposes of the said order. A copy of such articles of association and certificate, as recorded by the county clerk, duly certified by such clerk, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and tribunals, of the due incorporation of such association. History: 1891, Act 106, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891 ;-- CL 1897, 8103 ;-- CL 1915, 10577 ;-- CL 1929, 10778 ;-- CL 1948, 457.605
MI Comp L § 457.606 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 106 of 1891 - Legion of the Cross (457.601 - 457.608)|Section 457.606 - Supreme Temple; Powers.

457.606 Supreme temple; powers. Sec. 6.  The supreme temple shall have full power to make, ordain, establish, enact, modify, revise, amend and repeal a constitution, laws, by-laws, rules and regulations for the government of the supreme temple, of all grand temples and primary societies of the order, and the governmental departments of such temples, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, and of this state; and to designate, elect or appoint officers of the supreme temple, of grand temples and primary societies under such name and styles as shall be prescribed in the constitution of the order, and to designate the mode and time of electing or appointing such officers, and for their suspension or removal, and for the mode of accepting, organizing, instituting and chartering grand temples and primary societies of the order, and suspending and revoking any charter so granted. It shall have power to create and organize for itself, its grand temples and primary societies, legislative, executive and judicial departments of government, and to prescribe the powers and duties of each, and to create, manage and disburse, and provide for the creation, management and disbursement by grand temples and primary societies of mutual benefit or relief funds, to be expended in case of the death, sickness, distress, total disability, or arrival at the age of expectancy of life, of members, under such laws, rules and regulations as the supreme legislative department shall adopt, and as shall be ratified by a 2/3 majority of the beneficiary members of the whole order. History: 1891, Act 106, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891 ;-- CL 1897, 8104 ;-- CL 1915, 10578 ;-- CL 1929, 10779 ;-- CL 1948, 457.606
MI Comp L § 457.607 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 106 of 1891 - Legion of the Cross (457.601 - 457.608)|Section 457.607 - Supreme Temple; Only One to Be Incorporated; Approval of Articles of Subordinate Bodies.

457.607 Supreme temple; only one to be incorporated; approval of articles of subordinate bodies. Sec. 7.  No more than 1 association shall be incorporated under this act as the supreme temple of the Legion of the Cross, and the articles of association of any grand temple or primary society of said order shall not be accepted for record in the office of the secretary of state, unless the same shall have indorsed thereon the approval of the supreme temple of said order, by the supreme presiding officer and supreme secretary, attested by the seal of the supreme temple. History: 1891, Act 106, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891 ;-- CL 1897, 8105 ;-- CL 1915, 10579 ;-- CL 1929, 10780 ;-- CL 1948, 457.607
MI Comp L § 457.608 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 106 of 1891 - Legion of the Cross (457.601 - 457.608)|Section 457.608 - Erection of Building; Library; Governing Law.

457.608 Erection of building; library; governing law. Sec. 8.  Any corporation formed under this act may erect and use a suitable edifice of its own design, for its own use, and may maintain a library. Such corporation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 130 of Howell's annotated statutes of this state, so far as the same may be applicable. History: 1891, Act 106, Eff. Oct. 2, 1891 ;-- CL 1897, 8106 ;-- CL 1915, 10580 ;-- CL 1929, 10781 ;-- CL 1948, 457.608 Compiler's Notes: The reference in this section to chapter 130 of Howell's Annotated Statutes evidently was intended to be to chapter 130 of the Compiled Laws of 1871. See MCL 450.504 to 450.525.
MI Comp L § 457.621 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.621 - Knights of Essenic Order; Incorporation.

457.621 Knights of Essenic Order; incorporation. Sec. 1.  That the supreme and subordinate senates of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order of the state of Michigan may be incorporated in pursuance with the provisions of this act. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8107 ;-- CL 1915, 10581 ;-- CL 1929, 10782 ;-- CL 1948, 457.621
MI Comp L § 457.622 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.622 - Supreme Senate; Incorporators; Articles of Association, Execution, Contents.

457.622 Supreme senate; incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents. Sec. 2.  Any 9 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of any supreme senate of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order of the state of Michigan, and desiring to become incorporated may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of the state, having authority to take acknowledgment 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 the law, and the place of its business office;  Third, The object and purpose of such association shall be to promote the social advancement of its members in accordance with the laws of this state, the general welfare of the fraternity known as the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order; and the period, for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8108 ;-- CL 1915, 10582 ;-- CL 1929, 10783 ;-- CL 1948, 457.622
MI Comp L § 457.623 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.623 - Supreme Senate; Filing Articles of Association, Charter, and Constitution With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Powers and Authority.

457.623 Supreme senate; filing articles of association, charter, and constitution with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers and authority. Sec. 3.  A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter and constitution of said supreme senate, shall be filed 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, by the name expressed in the 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, estates real and personal, of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal which may be changed and altered at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of $50,000.00, and that they and their successors shall have authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure and the proceeds, rents, and income shall be devoted exclusively to beneficent and benevolent purposes of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order. Said corporation 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, according to the laws of this state and the United States and to designate, elect, or appoint from its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the supreme senate. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8109 ;-- CL 1915, 10583 ;-- CL 1929, 10784 ;-- CL 1948, 457.623 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 107, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.624 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.624 - Evidence of Existence and Incorporation.

457.624 Evidence of existence and incorporation. Sec. 4.  A copy of the record of such articles of association, under the 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 corporation. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8110 ;-- CL 1915, 10584 ;-- CL 1929, 10785 ;-- CL 1948, 457.624 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 107, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.625 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.625 - Subordinate Senates; Chartering; Existing Senates; Regulation.

457.625 Subordinate senates; chartering; existing senates; regulation. Sec. 5.  Such corporation when duly formed, shall have power to institute and charter subordinate senates within the state and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute, and establish such constitution, laws and by-laws, ordinances and regulations, as the supreme senate shall judge proper for the regulation and government of such subordinate senates, not repugnant to the laws of this state: Provided, That the existing subordinate senates, heretofore duly chartered by the supreme senate, shall be subject to the control of the supreme senate, under this act as heretofore, and in the same manner and to the same extent, as those that may be hereafter instituted and chartered under this act: Provided, further, That in case the corporators or persons, associating in the first instance, shall by death, resignation or for other cause, under the rules of the supreme senate, become ineligible to act in such capacity their successors may, from time to time, be appointed by the supreme senate. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8111 ;-- CL 1915, 10585 ;-- CL 1929, 10786 ;-- CL 1948, 457.625
MI Comp L § 457.626 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.626 - Subordinate Lodge; Incorporation; Making, Executing, and Filing Articles of Association; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Powers.

457.626 Subordinate lodge; incorporation; making, executing, and filing articles of association; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers. Sec. 6.  Any 9 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of a subordinate lodge of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order, having been duly chartered by the supreme senate, being desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association specifying 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 said 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 law capable to purchase, hold, enjoy, grant, sell, give, lease, and demise real and personal estate; of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal and change and alter the same at pleasure; and a certified copy of the record 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 corporation: Provided, Said corporation 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 supreme senate and may elect or appoint from among its members such officers, under such name and style, as shall be in accordance with the constitution. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8112 ;-- CL 1915, 10586 ;-- CL 1929, 10787 ;-- CL 1948, 457.626 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 107, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.627 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.627 - Erection of Building; Capital Stock, Creation, Shares; Cemetery.

457.627 Erection of building; capital stock, creation, shares; cemetery. Sec. 7.  Any corporation formed in pursuance of this act, may erect and own a suitable edifice, buildings or hall, as to such corporation shall seem proper, with convenient rooms for the meetings of the fraternity of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order; and for that purpose may create a capital stock of not more than 50,000 dollars, to be divided into shares of not more than 25 dollars each; and any such corporation may take, purchase, hold and own such suitable lot or parcel of ground as may be convenient for the purpose of a cemetery, and may make all lawful rules and regulations for the disposition of the lots and the burial of the dead therein, as to such corporation may seem proper. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8113 ;-- CL 1915, 10587 ;-- CL 1929, 10788 ;-- CL 1948, 457.627
MI Comp L § 457.628 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.628 - Encampments; Incorporation, Powers.

457.628 Encampments; incorporation, powers. Sec. 8.  Any grand encampment of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order of the state of Michigan, and any subordinate encampment thereof, having been duly chartered, may be incorporated in like manner as grand and subordinate senate of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order, and enjoy the same powers and privileges and benefits under the provisions of this act. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8114 ;-- CL 1915, 10588 ;-- CL 1929, 10789 ;-- CL 1948, 457.628
MI Comp L § 457.629 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 39 of 1893 - Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order (457.621 - 457.629)|Section 457.629 - Governing Law; Amendment of Act.

457.629 Governing law; amendment of act. Sec. 9.  All corporations formed under this act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 73 of the Compiled Laws of 1871 of the state, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act, and the legislature may alter or amend this act at any time. History: 1893, Act 39, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8115 ;-- CL 1915, 10589 ;-- CL 1929, 10790 ;-- CL 1948, 457.629 Compiler's Notes: The reference in this section to chapter 73 of the Compiled Laws of 1871 evidently was intended to be to chapter 73 of the Compiled Laws of 1857 or to chapter 130 of the Compiled Laws of 1871. See MCL 450.504 to 450.525.
MI Comp L § 457.631 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 49 of 1893 - United Friends of Michigan (457.631 - 457.636)|Section 457.631 - Supreme Commandery or Chartered Subordinate Commandery; Manner of Incorporation.

457.631 Supreme commandery or chartered subordinate commandery; manner of incorporation. Sec. 1.  That the supreme commandery of United Friends of Michigan and any subordinate commandery duly chartered by such supreme commandery, pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of said supreme commandery, may become a body corporate and politic in the manner following:  First, At some meeting of the executive committee which shall be composed of 6 members, citizens of the United States, of said supreme commandery, held pursuant to the constitution and laws thereof, a resolution shall be adopted by a vote of 2/3 of said executive committee, expressing the desire and determination of such supreme commandery to become incorporated;  Second, On such resolution being passed, the executive committee shall prepare articles of association, under their hands and the seal of such supreme commandery, setting forth the number, name and location of all subordinate commanderies then in good standing, under the jurisdiction of such supreme commandery, the name by which the supreme commandery is known, the date of its organization, a copy of the resolution mentioned in the first subdivision of this act, the corporate name by which the supreme commandery shall be known in law; the object and purpose of the association is fraternal insurance, to be conducted under the laws controlling life insurance in this state, in which no insurance shall hereafter be taken on a person under 18 or over 50 years of age, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years, to which shall be appended a copy of the constitution and laws of the supreme commandery;  Third, The supreme secretary shall make and annex to such articles of association, an affidavit stating the official position occupied in the supreme commandery by the several members of the executive committee, that the resolution, a copy of which is set out in the articles of association, was duly passed at a meeting of the executive committee, held pursuant to the constitution and that the same was passed by a 2/3 vote of all of said executive committee, that all the statements in said articles of association are true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, and that the constitution and laws of such supreme commandery, a copy of which is appended to said articles of association, has been adopted by such supreme commandery;  Fourth, A copy of such articles of association, with all the papers mentioned in the second subdivision of this act, and of the affidavit of said supreme secretary, by the supreme secretary duly attested, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. History: 1893, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8116 ;-- CL 1915, 10591 ;-- CL 1929, 10791 ;-- CL 1948, 457.631 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.632 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 49 of 1893 - United Friends of Michigan (457.631 - 457.636)|Section 457.632 - Supreme Commandery as Body Corporate and Politic; Power and Authority; Evidence of Existence and Incorporation.

457.632 Supreme commandery as body corporate and politic; power and authority; evidence of existence and incorporation. Sec. 2.  When all the foregoing requirements are complied with, the supreme commandery of United Friends of Michigan, shall be a body corporate and politic, by name expressed in such articles of association and by that name shall be in law capable of suing and being sued, in all the courts of this state, with full power and authority to transact the business of said association, pursuant to the constitution and laws thereof, and said articles of association or a copy thereof duly attested by the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, under the seal thereof, shall be prima facie evidence in all the courts of this state, of the existence and incorporation of said supreme commandery of United Friends of Michigan. History: 1893, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8117 ;-- CL 1915, 10591 ;-- CL 1929, 10792 ;-- CL 1948, 457.632 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.633 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 49 of 1893 - United Friends of Michigan (457.631 - 457.636)|Section 457.633 - Supreme Commandery; Amendment of Constitution and Laws.

457.633 Supreme commandery; amendment of constitution and laws. Sec. 3.  The supreme commandery of United Friends of Michigan is hereby authorized to amend its constitution and laws at any regular meeting of said supreme commandery or at a special meeting called for that purpose, after its incorporation, but such amendments shall not be inconsistent with the objects and purposes of such association as stated in its articles of association, and such constitution and laws shall be in force from and after the filing with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce of an attested copy thereof, under the hand of the supreme secretary and the seal of said supreme commandery. History: 1893, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8118 ;-- CL 1915, 10592 ;-- CL 1929, 10793 ;-- CL 1948, 457.633 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.634 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 49 of 1893 - United Friends of Michigan (457.631 - 457.636)|Section 457.634 - Subordinate Commanderies; Chartering; Existing Commanderies; Regulation.

457.634 Subordinate commanderies; chartering; existing commanderies; regulation. Sec. 4.  Such association, when duly formed, shall have power to institute and charter subordinate commanderies of said order within this state, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute such general laws, by-laws and regulations for the government of such subordinate commanderies not repugnant to law or to the constitution or regulations of the supreme commandery as to them shall seem proper and necessary; and in the case of the violation or non-compliance with such general laws, by-laws and regulations, to revoke and annul the charter granted to such subordinate commandery: Provided, That the existing subordinate commanderies heretofore duly instituted and chartered by the supreme commandery shall be subject to the control of said supreme commandery under this act as heretofore, and in the same manner and to the same extent as those that may be hereafter instituted and chartered under this act. History: 1893, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8119 ;-- CL 1915, 10593 ;-- CL 1929, 10794 ;-- CL 1948, 457.634