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MI Comp L § 458.351 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 303 of 1913 - Dissolution of Congregational Ecclesiastical Societies (458.351 - 458.353)|Section 458.351 - Meeting of Incorporated Society; Calling.

458.351 Meeting of incorporated society; calling. Sec. 1.  Whenever any Congregational church, in connection with which is an already incorporated religious or ecclesiastical society, at any regular or called meeting, shall express by ballot and by a 2/3 vote of its qualified members present and voting a desire to assume said corporate powers and the direction and control of its property and secular affairs, the trustees of said society, upon receiving official notification of the vote of said church, shall forthwith call a meeting of said society, of which meeting notice shall be given on 3 successive Sundays next preceding the date of said meeting, specifying the time, place and object thereof, to consider and vote upon the questions stated in section 2 hereof. History: 1913, Act 303, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11027 ;-- CL 1929, 10963 ;-- CL 1948, 458.351
MI Comp L § 458.352 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 303 of 1913 - Dissolution of Congregational Ecclesiastical Societies (458.351 - 458.353)|Section 458.352 - Question to Be Voted; Incorporation of Church; Dissolution of Society.

458.352 Question to be voted; incorporation of church; dissolution of society. Sec. 2.  At the meeting so called, the following question shall be put to vote:  Shall the title to all the property of the (name of society) be vested in the .................................. Congregational church of ............................, Michigan, and the said society be dissolved?  The vote shall be by ballot and if 2/3 of the ballots cast shall be in the affirmative, a duly certified copy of such resolution shall be transmitted to the clerk of the said church who shall call a meeting of the said church, which shall then prepare, execute and place on record, articles of association under and in accordance with the provisions of Act No. 53 of the Public Acts of 1901, and the amendments thereto, or such other act as may hereafter supersede said act and upon recording said articles of association as provided in said act the said society shall be dissolved and all property owned by it shall pass to and be held by the said church so incorporated under the name and style adopted by it in the said articles of association, and all liabilities of said society shall be assumed and paid by said church. History: 1913, Act 303, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11028 ;-- CL 1929, 10964 ;-- CL 1948, 458.352 Compiler's Notes: The act referred to in this section is Act 53 of 1901, being MCL 458.301 to 458.310.
MI Comp L § 458.353 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 303 of 1913 - Dissolution of Congregational Ecclesiastical Societies (458.351 - 458.353)|Section 458.353 - Repeal; Saving Clause.

458.353 Repeal; saving clause. Sec. 3.  Act No. 47 of the Public Acts of 1901, entitled "An act for the consolidation in Congregational churches of an ecclesiastical society with its church," is hereby repealed: Provided, however, That notwithstanding the repeal thereof, all rights of every kind and nature now held or enjoyed under and by virtue thereof, are expressly preserved and shall continue unimpaired; and said act shall be deemed to be still in force for the enjoyment and protection of said rights but for no other purpose whatsoever. History: 1913, Act 303, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11029 ;-- CL 1929, 10965 ;-- CL 1948, 458.353 Compiler's Notes: Act 47 of 1901, referred to in this section, appears as MCL 458.331 et seq.
MI Comp L § 458.401 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.401 - Reformed Church or Congregation; Trustees; Execution and Acknowledgment of Articles of Association; Filing Copy of Articles With Department of Commerce; Trustees and Successors as Body Politic.

458.401 Reformed church or congregation; trustees; execution and acknowledgment of articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; trustees and successors as body politic. Sec. 1.  That the minister or ministers and elders and deacons, and if during any time there be no minister, then the elders and deacons during such time, of every reformed church or congregation now or hereafter to be established in this state, and elected according to the rules and usages of such churches within this state, shall be trustees for every such church or congregation, and it shall be lawful for the said trustees, if not already incorporated, to assemble together as soon as they shall deem it convenient, and execute under their hands and seals articles of association, in duplicate, and acknowledge before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of such duplicate copies shall be retained by such corporation and 1 copy shall be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. And such trustees and their successors shall thereupon, by virtue of this act, be a body corporate by the name or title expressed in such articles of association. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10954 ;-- CL 1929, 10966 ;-- CL 1948, 458.401 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 458.402 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.402 - Articles; Contents.

458.402 Articles; contents. Sec. 2.  The articles of association of any such corporation shall state the purpose for which such society is incorporated, the name of the corporation, the period for which it is incorporated, and the name and place of residence of each of the persons associating in the first instance. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10955 ;-- CL 1929, 10967 ;-- CL 1948, 458.402
MI Comp L § 458.403 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.403 - Powers of Trustees.

458.403 Powers of trustees. Sec. 3.  The trustees of every church, congregation or society hereinabove mentioned, and their successors may respectively have and use a common seal, and may renew and alter the same at their pleasure, and are hereby authorized and empowered to take into their possession and custody all the temporalities belonging to such church, congregation or society, whether the same consists of real or personal estate, and whether the same shall have been given, granted or devised directly to such church, congregation or society, or to any other person for their use; and also, by their corporate name or title, to sue and be sued in all courts of law or equity, and to recover, hold and enjoy all the debts, demands, rights and privileges, and all churches, meeting houses, parsonages and burying places, with the appurtenances, and all estates belonging to such church, congregation or society, in whatsoever manner the same may have been acquired, or in whose name soever the same may be held, as fully and amply as if the right or title thereto had originally been invested in the said trustees; and also to purchase and hold other real and personal estate, and to demise, lease and improve the same for the use of such church, congregation or society, or other pious uses, and also to repair and alter their churches or meeting houses, and to erect others, if necessary, and to erect dwelling houses for the use of their ministers, and other buildings for the use of such church, congregation or society; and such trustees shall also have power to make rules and orders for managing the temporal affairs of such church, congregation or society, and to dispose of all moneys belonging thereto, and to regulate and order the renting of the pews in their churches and meeting houses, and the perquisites for the breaking of the ground in the cemetery or church yards and in the said churches or meeting houses, for burying the dead and all other matters relating to the temporal concerns and revenues of such church, congregation or society; and to appoint a clerk and treasurer of their board, and a collector to collect and receive the said rents and revenues, and to regulate the fees to be allowed to such clerk, treasurer and collector, and them or either of them to remove at pleasure, and appoint others in their stead; and such clerk shall enter all rules and orders made by such trustees, and payments ordered by them, in a book to be provided by them for that purpose. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10956 ;-- CL 1929, 10968 ;-- CL 1948, 458.403
MI Comp L § 458.404 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.404 - Receipt of Bequests or Gifts of Money for Investment; Real Estate.

458.404 Receipt of bequests or gifts of money for investment; real estate. Sec. 4.  The trustees of every such church, congregation or society, hereinabove mentioned, may receive bequests or gifts of money for investment upon bond or mortgage when the interest of such investment is to be used by such trustees for the lawful purposes of the corporation, and may receive gifts or bequests of real estate for like purposes, but such real estate, so received shall be sold within 10 years of the time it becomes the property of such corporation, and the proceeds derived from such sale shall be invested in like manner as if the original bequest had been in money. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10957 ;-- CL 1929, 10969 ;-- CL 1948, 458.404
MI Comp L § 458.405 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.405 - Dissolution; Incumbrance or Alienation of Land.

458.405 Dissolution; incumbrance or alienation of land. Sec. 5.  No corporation organized or reincorporated under the provisions of this act shall be dissolved or disbanded except by and with the consent of the classis to which such church shall belong, and no church building or parsonage, or any land necessarily used in connection therewith for the purpose of public worship, shall be sold, mortgaged, or in any manner alienated by such trustees or congregation except by and with the consent of the classis to which such church belongs. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10958 ;-- CL 1929, 10970 ;-- CL 1948, 458.405
MI Comp L § 458.406 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.406 - Real Estate Not Needed for Church; Sale or Incumbrance.

458.406 Real estate not needed for church; sale or incumbrance. Sec. 6.  It shall be lawful for the trustees of every such church, congregation or society to sell and convey or mortgage, without the consent of the classis to which such church, congregation or society may belong, all real estate that may belong to such corporation, and upon which no church buildings or parsonage shall have been erected, and which is not necessary for use by such church, congregation or society in connection with their public worship. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10959 ;-- CL 1929, 10971 ;-- CL 1948, 458.406
MI Comp L § 458.407 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.407 - Extension of Corporate Existence; Term; Filing Resolution With Department of Commerce; Effect.

458.407 Extension of corporate existence; term; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect. Sec. 7.  Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation may extend its corporate existence for a term not exceeding 30 years, by filing with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce duly attested copies of a resolution adopted by such corporation at a meeting called in accordance with the provisions of its bylaws expressing a desire to so extend its corporate existence, and upon the filing of such resolution as above specified, the corporate existence of such body shall be extended in accordance with the terms of such resolution for a term of not exceeding 30 years from the date of the expiration of its former term, and all rights of property and of contract shall remain unimpaired and the corporate identity of such body shall remain unchanged. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10960 ;-- CL 1929, 10972 ;-- CL 1948, 458.407 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 79, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 458.408 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)|Section 458.408 - Reincorporation Under Act; Saving Clause.

458.408 Reincorporation under act; saving clause. Sec. 8.  The trustees of every church, congregation or society that have heretofore been incorporated by virtue of the provisions of chapter 173, volume 1, Howell's annotated statutes of Michigan, providing for the incorporation of Reformed Protestant Dutch churches, and that are now operating thereunder, are hereby reincorporated under the provisions of this act, and shall be governed by all of the provisions thereof, the same as if they had been originally incorporated under this act, and all such corporations reincorporated under and made subject to the provisions of this act shall succeed to and be vested with all the property, real and personal, moneys, rights, credits and effects, and all the records, files, books and papers belonging to such corporations as formerly incorporated, and no rights or liabilities, either in favor of or against such former corporation, existing at the time of its reincorporation under and subject to the provisions of this act, and no suit or prosecution of any kind shall be in any manner affected by such change, but the same shall stand or progress as if no such change had been made, and all debts and liabilities of the former corporation shall be deemed debts and liabilities of the new corporation, and all the officers of any such corporation elected or appointed under the provisions of the former act incorporating such corporation and in office at the time of such reincorporation under this act shall continue to exercise their respective functions under the provisions of this act of reincorporation for the full term for which they were so elected or appointed, and until their successors shall have qualified and entered upon the duties of their office. History: 1899, Act 82, Imd. Eff. May 25, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10961 ;-- CL 1929, 10973 ;-- CL 1948, 458.408 Compiler's Notes: Chapter 173, referred to in this section, consisted of Act 355 of 1865, which was repealed by Act 209 of 1897. The latter was subsequently repealed by Act 84 of 1921.
MI Comp L § 458.421 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.421 - Christian Reformed Church; Trustees; Execution and Acknowledgment of Articles of Association; Filing Copy of Articles With Department of Commerce; Trustees and Successors as Body Corporate.

458.421 Christian Reformed church; trustees; execution and acknowledgment of articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; trustees and successors as body corporate. Sec. 1.  That the minister or ministers, elders, and deacons, and if during any time there shall be no minister, then the elders and deacons during such time of every Christian Reformed church now existing or hereafter to be organized in this state and elected according to the constitution and usages of such church within this state, shall be the trustees of every such church or congregation, and it shall be lawful for such trustees if not already incorporated, to assemble together as they shall deem it convenient, and execute under their hands and seals, articles of association, in writing, in duplicate, and acknowledge the same before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds.  One of such duplicate copies shall be retained by such corporation, and 1 copy shall be filed in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and such trustees and their successors in office shall thereupon by virtue of such articles and this act be a body corporate by the name or title expressed in such articles of association. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11030 ;-- CL 1929, 10974 ;-- CL 1948, 458.421 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 82, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 458.422 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.422 - Articles; Contents.

458.422 Articles; contents. Sec. 2.  The said articles shall contain:  First. The name of the proposed corporation;  Second. The city, village or township in which the same is located;  Third. The fundamental principles of the proposed organization which shall in all cases be in conformity to the faith and constitution or form of government as adopted by the synod of the Christian Reformed church of America in the year A.D. 1896, and any amendments or additions thereto as shall have been adopted and may hereafter be adopted by the synod of said church;  Fourth. The period for which such corporation is incorporated not exceeding 30 years. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11031 ;-- CL 1929, 10975 ;-- CL 1948, 458.422
MI Comp L § 458.423 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.423 - Officers; Membership Qualification; Vacation or Vacancy, Effect.

458.423 Officers; membership qualification; vacation or vacancy, effect. Sec. 3.  Any person elected to the office of pastor, elder or deacon according to the constitution and usages of the Christian Reformed churches of America in any particular church, and the pastor, if there be one, shall become and be a member of the corporation of that church, and corporate functions of all offices shall cease on the vacation of the ecclesiastical office, but a vacancy in the office of the pastor shall in no degree affect such corporation. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11032 ;-- CL 1929, 10976 ;-- CL 1948, 458.423
MI Comp L § 458.424 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.424 - Powers of Trustees.

458.424 Powers of trustees. Sec. 4.  Such trustees may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and shall take into their possession and custody all the temporalities of the church, and make rules and regulations for the management thereof, whether the same shall consist of real or personal estate, and whether the same has been given, granted, bequeathed or devised directly or indirectly to such church, or to any person for their use. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11033 ;-- CL 1929, 10977 ;-- CL 1948, 458.424
MI Comp L § 458.425 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.425 - Powers of Trustees; Powers of Corporation; Sale of Land, Investment of Proceeds.

458.425 Powers of trustees; powers of corporation; sale of land, investment of proceeds. Sec. 5.  Such corporation may also in their own corporate name sue and be sued in all courts and places, and may in its corporate name recover and hold all debts, demands, rights and privileges, churches, buildings and parsonages and all the estate and appurtenances belonging to such church in whatsoever manner the same may have been acquired, or in whose hands soever the same may be held, as fully and amply as if the right and title thereto had been originally vested in said corporation, and they may hold the moneys and personal estate raised or acquired for the purpose of erecting churches, parsonages and other buildings and may hold such an amount of real estate as it shall be reasonably necessary for church, lecture or school room and for dwellings for their ministers. Such trustees may also receive bequests or gifts of money for investment upon bond or mortgage, when the interest of such investment is to be used by such trustees for the lawful purposes of such church and may receive gifts or devises of real estate for like purpose; but all such real estate so received, except that used for church buildings, site, school or lecture rooms and parsonages, shall be sold within 10 years from the time it becomes the property of such church and the proceeds derived from such sale shall be invested or used in like manner as if the original gift or devise had been in money. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11034 ;-- CL 1929, 10978 ;-- CL 1948, 458.425
MI Comp L § 458.426 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 148 of 1901 - Christian Reformed Churches (458.421 - 458.429)|Section 458.426 - Powers of Trustees; Limitations; Terms of Grant, Donation or Other Conveyance, Controlling.

458.426 Powers of trustees; limitations; terms of grant, donation or other conveyance, controlling. Sec. 6.  Said trustees shall also have power and authority to bargain, sell, convey, mortgage, lease or release any real estate belonging to said church or held by them as such trustees, and to erect churches, parsonages, school houses and other buildings for the direct and legitimate use of such church and to alter and repair the same, and to fix the salaries of their ministers: Provided, That no such purchase, sale or conveyance, mortgage, lease or fixing of salaries shall be made unless the vote of at least a majority of the members of the church organizations of which said trustees are officers, shall be first obtained at a meeting of such members of said church or congregation present and entitled to vote at any meeting of the members of such church or congregation duly and especially called for that purpose, by notice given for 2 successive Sabbaths at the usual place of meeting next preceding such meeting: Provided further, That no sale, mortgaging or conveyance shall be made of any gift, grant or donation, conveyance, devise or bequest which would be inconsistent with the express terms or plain intent of the grant, donation, gift, conveyance, devise or bequest. History: 1901, Act 148, Eff. Sept. 5, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11035 ;-- CL 1929, 10979 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 175, Eff. Oct. 29, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 458.426