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MI Comp L § 457.665 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 18 of 1895 - Mystic Order of the New Kaaba (457.661 - 457.667)|Section 457.665 - Filing Articles of Association With Department of Commerce; Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Powers; Evidence of Incorporation.

457.665 Filing articles of association with department of commerce; associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers; evidence of incorporation. Sec. 5.  The articles of any such association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce; and thereupon, the persons so associating therein, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in their respective articles, and by their said 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 $100,000.00; and may give, grant, mortgage, sell, lease, devise, and dispose of all or any part of such property at pleasure, but no property of said association, or of any of the subordinate temples of said association, shall be exempt from taxation. A copy of any such articles of association and certificate which is filed with and duly certified by the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce shall be prima facie evidence in all courts and tribunals of the due incorporation of such association. History: 1895, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 8132 ;-- CL 1915, 10606 ;-- CL 1929, 10814 ;-- CL 1948, 457.665 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 113, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.666 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 18 of 1895 - Mystic Order of the New Kaaba (457.661 - 457.667)|Section 457.666 - Supreme Temple; Powers.

457.666 Supreme temple; powers. Sec. 6.  The supreme temple shall have full and exclusive 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, grand and subordinate temples of the order, and the governmental departments of such temples, not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, or of this state; and to designate, elect, or appoint officers of the supreme temple, to designate grand or subordinate temples, under such name and styles as shall be prescribed in the constitution and laws of the order, and to designate the mode and time of electing or appointing of officers of such temples, and for their suspension and removal, and for the mode of accepting, organizing, instituting and chartering grand and subordinate temples of the order; and suspending or revoking any charter so granted. It shall have power to create and organize for itself, its grand and subordinate temples 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 and subordinate temples, of all funds collected by such temples. History: 1895, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 8133 ;-- CL 1915, 10607 ;-- CL 1929, 10815 ;-- CL 1948, 457.666
MI Comp L § 457.667 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 18 of 1895 - Mystic Order of the New Kaaba (457.661 - 457.667)|Section 457.667 - Incorporation of Additional Associations; Approval of Supreme Temple.

457.667 Incorporation of additional associations; approval of supreme temple. Sec. 7.  No more than 1 association shall be incorporated under this act, as the supreme temple of the Mystic Order of the New Kaaba, and the articles of association of any grand or subordinate temple of said order shall not be accepted for record in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, unless the same shall have endorsed thereon, the approval of the supreme temple of said order, by the supreme presiding officer and supreme secretary, duly attested by the seal of the supreme temple. History: 1895, Act 18, Imd. Eff. Mar. 14, 1895 ;-- CL 1897, 8134 ;-- CL 1915, 10608 ;-- CL 1929, 10816 ;-- CL 1948, 457.667 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 113, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.671 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 179 of 1897 - Lutheran Bund (457.671 - 457.677)|Section 457.671 - Lutheran Bund; Incorporation.

457.671 Lutheran Bund; incorporation. Sec. 1.  That the Lutheran Bund of the state of Michigan, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act. History: 1897, Act 179, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8135 ;-- CL 1915, 10609 ;-- CL 1929, 10817 ;-- CL 1948, 457.671
MI Comp L § 457.672 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 179 of 1897 - Lutheran Bund (457.671 - 457.677)|Section 457.672 - Incorporators; Articles of Association, Execution, Contents.

457.672 Incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents. Sec. 2.  Any 10 or more persons, residents, of this state, being members of said Lutheran Bund of the state of Michigan, including the president or vice-president, secretary and treasurer of said bund, 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 bund or association shall be known in the law;  Third, The names of the societies or associations associated together and at the time composing said bund;  Fourth, The object and purpose of such bund or association which shall be to promote the general welfare of the members of the bund, and to provide such visitation of the sick and afflicted members of the bund, and to provide such sick, death and funeral benefits for the members of the bund and their families, as may be from time to time provided by the constitution and by-laws of the bund;  Fifth, The period for which such bund is incorporated, which shall not exceed 30 years;  Sixth, The time and place where the next convention of such bund shall be held. History: 1897, Act 179, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8136 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10610 ;-- CL 1929, 10818 ;-- CL 1948, 457.672
MI Comp L § 457.673 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 179 of 1897 - Lutheran Bund (457.671 - 457.677)|Section 457.673 - Articles, Constitution, By-Laws and Resolution; Filing; Body Corporate, Powers; Taxation.

457.673 Articles, constitution, by-laws and resolution; filing; body corporate, powers; taxation. Sec. 3.  Said articles of association, together with a copy of the constitution and by-laws of said bund and of the resolution of said bund authorizing the incorporation thereof, said copies being duly certified by the president and secretary of said bund, shall be filed with the secretary of state of the state of Michigan. Thereupon the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and fellow members composing said bund, 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, 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 50,000 dollars, which shall be subject to general taxation. History: 1897, Act 179, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8137 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10611 ;-- CL 1929, 10819 ;-- CL 1948, 457.673
MI Comp L § 457.674 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 179 of 1897 - Lutheran Bund (457.671 - 457.677)|Section 457.674 - Membership; Delegates; Rules; Officers, Duties; Constitution, By-Laws, Amendment.

457.674 Membership; delegates; rules; officers, duties; constitution, by-laws, amendment. Sec. 4.  The bund shall have power to receive into membership societies, either incorporated or unincorporated, existing either within or without the state of Michigan, and individuals residing either within or without the state of Michigan; and the bund shall have power to receive into membership individuals who are not affiliated with any local society: Provided, however, That only societies shall participate in the selection of delegates to the convention and only delegates shall vote for officers and trustees. All members of each local society, which is a member of the bund, shall thereby ipso facto be members of the bund: Provided, Such members originally possess and continue to possess the necessary qualifications. Such corporation shall have full power to change its constitution and by-laws, and make, establish and change rules and regulations, none of which shall be repugnant to any law of this state, for regulating and governing the affairs and business of said corporation, and for the admission and expulsion of members and societies composing the same, and for the organization and admission of new or additional societies to membership in said bund, and to designate, elect or appoint from among the members of the societies forming and belonging to such corporation such officers, with such duties as the constitution and by-laws of such corporation may from time to time prescribe. The constitution and by-laws of said corporation may be amended from time to time in such manner as may be provided by such corporation. History: 1897, Act 179, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8138 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10612 ;-- CL 1929, 10820 ;-- CL 1948, 457.674
MI Comp L § 457.675 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 179 of 1897 - Lutheran Bund (457.671 - 457.677)|Section 457.675 - Reserve Fund; Loaning, Investment and Control.

457.675 Reserve fund; loaning, investment and control. Sec. 5.  The bund shall have power to create a reserve fund for the purpose of providing against unforeseen contingencies and calamities, and to loan only to its own members upon real estate security or invest only in bonds issued by the state of Michigan or any political division or municipality thereof, such portions of said reserve fund as are not immediately required: Provided, however, The creation and amount of said reserve fund and directions regarding the investment of the same shall be under the exclusive control of the convention of delegates, although the convention of delegates may delegate under general directions the details of investment to such officers as they deem proper. History: 1897, Act 179, Imd. Eff. May 29, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 8139 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10613 ;-- CL 1929, 10821 ;-- CL 1948, 457.675
MI Comp L § 457.676 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 179 of 1897 - Lutheran Bund (457.671 - 457.677)|Section 457.676 - Control of Affairs.

457.676 Control of affairs. Sec. 6.  The affairs of such corporation shall be controlled by a convention of delegates who shall be appointed or elected by the respective societies forming such corporation in such manner as the constitution and by-laws of such corporation shall provide, and the number of delegates which each society is entitled to send to such conventions, and the time and place of meeting of such conventions shall be as provided by the constitution and by-laws of said corporation. Subject to the action of such convention of delegates, the management of the affairs of said corporation may be placed in the control of such officers, trustees or other persons as may be provided by the constitution and by-laws of said corporation. History: Add. 1913, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10614 ;-- CL 1929, 10822 ;-- CL 1948, 457.676
MI Comp L § 457.677 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 179 of 1897 - Lutheran Bund (457.671 - 457.677)|Section 457.677 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure; Evidence of Existence.

457.677 Amendment of articles; procedure; evidence of existence. Sec. 7.  The articles of association may be amended by the vote of 2/3 of all the delegates present and voting at any convention of delegates; but the amendment shall only become effective when a copy thereof duly certified under the seal of the bund by the president and secretary to be a true copy of the amendment passed by the vote aforesaid, shall have been filed with the secretary of state of the state of Michigan. Copies of all amendments of the constitution and by-laws, duly certified under the seal of the bund by the president and secretary to have been made pursuant to law, shall be filed with the secretary of state of the state of Michigan before such amendments shall become effective. A copy of such articles of association and the amendments thereof, and a copy of the constitution and by-laws and resolution filed therewith, and all amendments of the constitution and by-laws, when duly certified to according to law under the seal of this state, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation or bund, and of the contents and legal effects of said original instruments. History: Add. 1913, Act 66, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10615 ;-- CL 1929, 10823 ;-- CL 1948, 457.677
MI Comp L § 457.681 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.681 - Alliance Marquette; Incorporation of Councils.

457.681 Alliance Marquette; incorporation of councils. Sec. 1.  That the grand council and subordinate councils, of the Alliance Marquette of the state of Michigan may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10616 ;-- CL 1929, 10824 ;-- CL 1948, 457.681
MI Comp L § 457.682 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.682 - Grand Council; Incorporators; Articles, Execution, Contents.

457.682 Grand council; incorporators; articles, execution, contents. Sec. 2.  The 5 principal officers of the grand council of the Alliance Marquette of the state of Michigan 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 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;  Third. The place of its principal business office;  Fourth. The period for which it is incorporated not exceeding 30 years;  Fifth. The object and purpose of the association which may be charitable, social, benevolent and literary, and neither such purpose nor the condition of membership in such association shall include any requirement from the members to discriminate against any person in respect to civil rights because of religious belief or affiliation. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10617 ;-- CL 1929, 10825 ;-- CL 1948, 457.682
MI Comp L § 457.683 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.683 - Grand Council; French as Official Language; Evidence.

457.683 Grand council; French as official language; evidence. Sec. 3.  The French language may be adopted as the official language of such association, and all records and proceedings may be kept, and all meetings held in that language, and translations of any of the documents belonging to such association duly authenticated as direct translations of such document, or of the original documents translated from the French into the English language shall be received whenever necessary in all courts of law within this state. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10618 ;-- CL 1929, 10826 ;-- CL 1948, 457.683
MI Comp L § 457.684 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.684 - Filing Copy of Articles and Grand Council Charter With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Power and Authority.

457.684 Filing copy of articles and grand council charter with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; power and authority. Sec. 4.  A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter of said grand council shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall sign 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 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 the authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate or part thereof at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and incomes shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes of such association as mentioned and defined by the constitution thereof. Said association shall have the 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 name and styles as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand council. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10619 ;-- CL 1929, 10827 ;-- CL 1948, 457.684 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.685 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.685 - Evidence of Existence and Incorporation; Powers.

457.685 Evidence of existence and incorporation; powers. Sec. 5.  A copy of the records 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 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 regulation and government of such subordinate councils not repugnant to the laws of this state. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10620 ;-- CL 1929, 10828 ;-- CL 1948, 457.685 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.686 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.686 - Subordinate Council; Incorporation; Filing Copy of Articles With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Powers.

457.686 Subordinate council; incorporation; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers. Sec. 6.  Any number of persons, not less than 10, residents of this state being members of the subordinate council of the Alliance Marquette 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 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 provided by the grand council chartering such subordinate council, and by such name they and their successors shall have succession and shall be persons in the 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 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 said grand council. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10621 ;-- CL 1929, 10829 ;-- CL 1948, 457.686 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.687 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.687 - Location of Business Offices.

457.687 Location of business offices. Sec. 7.  The business office of the grand council shall be located in the city of Saginaw, county of Saginaw, and state of Michigan, and subordinate councils shall have their business office where said subordinate council shall have been chartered and organized, but 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 corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce within 20 days from the time of the change of such location. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10622 ;-- CL 1929, 10830 ;-- CL 1948, 457.687 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 457.688 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations|Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688)|Section 457.688 - Insurance Business; Funeral Benefits.

457.688 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 societies organized hereunder may make provisions for the payment of a funeral benefit of not to exceed 200 dollars. History: 1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10623 ;-- CL 1929, 10831 ;-- CL 1948, 457.688