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MI Comp L § 458.262 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 40 of 1899 - Protestant Episcopal Churches (458.251 - 458.263)|Section 458.262 - Reorganization and Incorporation Under Act, Procedure; Officers.

458.262 Reorganization and incorporation under act, procedure; officers. Sec. 12.  Any Protestant Episcopal church, heretofore organized under any other general law than those mentioned in the last preceding section, may reorganize so as to become subject to the provisions of this act. The wardens and vestry members, de jure or de facto, of such church, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized by their names of office to execute, acknowledge and file 1 or more articles of agreement, as provided in sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act, which articles shall, in addition to the requisites in said last mentioned sections provided, set forth that they are executed for the purpose of reorganizing such church according to the provisions of this act; and such articles shall be deemed sufficient, when so executed and acknowledged, although the number of signers shall be less than 6, if consisting of a majority of such wardens and vestry members. Upon the execution and filing of said articles, such church shall, without further action, be deemed to all intents and purposes to be reorganized and a corporation under this act, and all rights of property and of contract shall remain unimpaired, and the corporate identity of such church shall continue unchanged.  The wardens and vestry members in office shall continue in office until the annual election in Easter week next following such reorganization, and until their successors shall be chosen; and no other meeting or notice shall be necessary to complete such reorganization. History: 1899, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10939 ;-- CL 1929, 10947 ;-- CL 1948, 458.262 ;-- Am. 1957, Act 136, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1957
MI Comp L § 458.263 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 40 of 1899 - Protestant Episcopal Churches (458.251 - 458.263)|Section 458.263 - Cathedral; Ex-Officio Rector.

458.263 Cathedral; ex-officio rector. Sec. 13.  Should it be desirable to use the church building and any other buildings or property of any Protestant Episcopal church heretofore or hereafter organized and existing in this state, as and for a cathedral, it shall be lawful for such church, at its first meeting, or at any annual meeting, or at a special meeting duly called for that purpose, to adopt a plan not inconsistent with this act, nor with the constitutions and canons, doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal church, by which it may adapt itself and its property to such use; which plan may provide for a dean or other officer, who shall be elected with the advice and consent of the bishop of the diocese in which such church may be located, in accordance with the canons of said diocese, and who shall be ex-officio rector. History: Add. 1909, Act 87, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10940 ;-- CL 1929, 10948 ;-- CL 1948, 458.263
MI Comp L § 458.271 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 223 of 1913 - Protestant Episcopal Bishops (458.271 - 458.273)|Section 458.271 - Conveyances to Bishops of Protestant Episcopal Church in Trust for Certain Purposes.

458.271 Conveyances to bishops of Protestant Episcopal church in trust for certain purposes. Sec. 1.  All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances wherein or whereby any lands, tenements or other property within this state, or any personal property the donor or grantor of which resided in this state at the time such conveyance or will became effective, have been given, granted, devised or bequeathed, or in any manner conveyed by any person or persons whatever, unto any person or persons by the name, style or title of bishop of any diocese of said church in this state or his successors, or to any of such bishops in his individual name without the expression or designation of any title, upon the trust expressed or implied to take hold and receive the same for the use and benefit of any congregation or society of the Protestant Episcopal church, or for the support, aid and maintenance of any school, hospital, church, parish house, burial ground, parsonage or rectory, or other religious or charitable purposes within this state, and all such gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances which may hereafter be so made, shall vest the legal title of, in and to said lands, tenements and personal property, in the said bishop and in his successor or successors forever, in trust for the uses and purposes for which said property is, or may be hereafter acquired, granted or devised: Provided, That nothing in this act shall be taken or construed to give, or grant to the said bishop or bishops, or his or their successor or successors, the right to hold real estate in trust for any society except for charitable, religious or educational purposes, as provided for in this act. History: 1913, Act 223, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 10941 ;-- CL 1929, 10949 ;-- Am. 1937, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 458.271
MI Comp L § 458.272 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 223 of 1913 - Protestant Episcopal Bishops (458.271 - 458.273)|Section 458.272 - Conditions Under Which Legal Title Vests in Bishop Even Though Not Named in Conveyance.

458.272 Conditions under which legal title vests in bishop even though not named in conveyance. Sec. 2.  All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances wherein or whereby any lands, tenements or other property within this state, or any personal property the donor or grantor of which resided in this state at the time such conveyance or will became effective, have been, or shall hereafter be given, granted, devised or bequeathed or in any manner conveyed unto any parish, mission or religious, educational or charitable society of the Protestant Episcopal church in the state of Michigan by name, and such parish, mission or society shall be incapable of receiving or holding such property, whether by reason of being unincorporated, or because the persons designated as grantees are uncertain and indefinite, and all such gifts, devises and bequests which have been made, or shall hereafter be made, in trust for any religious, educational, or charitable purpose of the Protestant Episcopal church, in which no trustee is named in the conveyance or will, or in which the trustee so named shall fail to qualify, shall vest the legal title of, in and to said lands, tenements and personal property in the present bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of the diocese in which such society is located or within which such religious, educational or charitable purpose is to be executed, and in his successor or successors forever, in trust for the uses and purposes for which said property is, or may be hereafter acquired, granted or devised. History: Add. 1937, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 458.272
MI Comp L § 458.273 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 223 of 1913 - Protestant Episcopal Bishops (458.271 - 458.273)|Section 458.273 - Authority of Bishop to Make Conveyance; Approval Required.

458.273 Authority of bishop to make conveyance; approval required. Sec. 3.  Any bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in the state of Michigan who may now or hereafter be vested with title to any lands, tenements or personal property in trust for any of the uses and purposes named herein may in his discretion give, grant and convey the same to a corporation incorporated under the laws of the state of Michigan, authorized by the canons of said diocese or by resolution of the diocesan convention thereof to hold such property, subject to all the terms and conditions of the trust under which said bishop received and held the same. History: Add. 1937, Act 197, Imd. Eff. July 20, 1937 ;-- CL 1948, 458.273
MI Comp L § 458.301 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.301 - Congregational Church; Incorporators; Articles, Execution, Contents.

458.301 Congregational church; incorporators; articles, execution, contents. Sec. 1.  It shall be lawful for any number of persons of full age, not less than 5, who may desire to form themselves into a Congregational church, to adopt, execute and acknowledge before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of association, in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, according to the faith and usages of the churches commonly called Congregational, under the name and style set forth in said articles, which shall contain the following items:  First. The name of said church;  Second. The township, village or city, and the county in which said church shall be located;  Third. An agreement to worship and labor together as a church according to the faith and usages of the churches commonly called Congregational. History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11016 ;-- CL 1929, 10950 ;-- CL 1948, 458.301
MI Comp L § 458.302 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.302 - Election, Qualifications, and Terms of Trustees; Filing Articles of Association and Certificate of Election With Department of Commerce; Effect.

458.302 Election, qualifications, and terms of trustees; filing articles of association and certificate of election with department of commerce; effect. Sec. 2.  The persons signing said articles may, at the same time, elect by ballot, or may designate some other time and place for so electing, not less than 3 nor more than 12 trustees, a majority of whom shall be members of said church, to serve until their successors shall be elected. One-third of said trustees as near as may be shall, at the first election, be chosen for 3 years, 1/3 for 2 years, and 1/3 for 1 year, but thereafter, except to fill vacancies, they shall be chosen for 3 years, of which election a full record shall be made, and a certified copy of such record, signed by the presiding officer and secretary of the meeting at which said election is held, together with said articles of association, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of association and the certificate of election of said trustees shall have been so filed for record, the persons who shall have signed said articles, together with those who shall thereafter become members of said church, and, if the articles of association so provide, those persons, being of legal age, who are, and those who shall become regular contributors to the support of said church, shall become and be a body corporate under the name and style adopted in said articles, which name shall conform to the following form, namely: The (insert name or number) Congregational church of (insert name of place of location). History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11017 ;-- CL 1929, 10951 ;-- CL 1948, 458.302 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 458.303 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.303 - Amendment of Articles of Association.

458.303 Amendment of articles of association. Sec. 3.  It shall be lawful for said corporation at any regular or called meeting of its members, due notice having been given as hereinafter provided, by a 2/3 majority of the ballots cast at such meeting, to amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, and such amendment shall become operative when a copy of the same, duly certified by the presiding officer and clerk of such meeting, and acknowledged before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11018 ;-- CL 1929, 10952 ;-- CL 1948, 458.303 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 83, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
MI Comp L § 458.304 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.304 - Right to Vote.

458.304 Right to vote. Sec. 4.  At all meetings of said corporations, subsequent to the first, right to vote upon questions involving the acquirement and disposition of property and the expenditure of money shall be confined to adult members of the church so incorporated, and, if the articles of association so provide, those persons, being of legal age, who are regular contributors to its support: Provided, That if said church shall have suspended worship, the right to vote shall be determined as of the date of such suspension. History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1905, Act 84, Imd. Eff. May 3, 1905 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11019 ;-- CL 1929, 10953 ;-- CL 1948, 458.304
MI Comp L § 458.304a (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.304a - Congregational Churches; By-Laws, Adoption, Subjects, Amendment or Repeal.

458.304a Congregational churches; by-laws, adoption, subjects, amendment or repeal. Sec. 4a.  Every such corporation shall have authority to adopt by-laws at any regular or special meeting called for that purpose, upon the approval of such proposed by-laws by a majority vote of its membership. The notice of such regular or special meeting shall contain a statement that by-laws are to be considered for adoption, alteration, amendment or repeal, except as otherwise prescribed in this act, or the articles of association, said by-laws may determine the qualification of members; the manner in which they shall be admitted, suspended or expelled; the number and official title of the person or persons who control the business and religious affairs of such corporation; their terms of office; the manner of their selection and removal from office; their respective official duties; the time and manner of calling and holding church business meetings and the number of members constituting a quorum; the manner and condition under which property, both real and personal, may be acquired, held and disposed of; provisions for direction and control of the board of trustees in the exercise of their powers and duties; provisions not inconsistent with the articles of association for officers, their designations and duties and for the qualification of members to vote at meetings; and such other by-laws as may be deemed necessary for the management of the business and religious affairs of such corporation. The by-laws may prescribe how the same may be altered, amended or repealed. History: Add. 1955, Act 254, Imd. Eff. June 29, 1955
MI Comp L § 458.305 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.305 - Notice of Meetings; Amendments.

458.305 Notice of meetings; amendments. Sec. 5.  Notice of meetings of said corporation, specifying the time, place, and object thereof, shall be read from the pulpit on the 2 successive Sundays preceding such meeting on which services shall be held: Provided, however, That in case it is proposed to amend the articles of association, the proposed amendment, together with a notice of the meeting called for its consideration, shall be read from the pulpit on the 3 successive Sundays, immediately preceding such meeting on which services shall be held; and the proposed amendment shall not itself be amended, in any material point, in the meeting so called for its consideration: And Provided further, That if there should be no public services at which the notice herein required may be given, said notice may be posted on the church door or published in the town, city or county newspaper whose circulation among the members is greatest, for 3 weeks preceding such meeting, specifying the time and place and object thereof. History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11020 ;-- CL 1929, 10954 ;-- CL 1948, 458.305
MI Comp L § 458.306 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.306 - Powers of Board of Trustees; Limitations; Election of Trustees and Officers.

458.306 Powers of board of trustees; limitations; election of trustees and officers. Sec. 6.  In the management of the secular affairs of the church so incorporated and of the business of said corporation, but subject always to its direction and control, the board of trustees thereof shall have and exercise all such powers of the board of directors of a business corporation as are appropriate to the purposes and business of a religious corporation: Provided, however, That said board of trustees shall not choose, call, settle or dismiss a pastor or fix his salary or buy, sell, convey or incumber real estate or any right thereto or interest therein, unless instructed so to do by said corporation at a regularly called meeting: And provided further, That members of the board of trustees and such other officers as may be provided for in the articles of association shall be elected by ballot at a regularly called meeting of those entitled to vote under the articles of association. History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11021 ;-- CL 1929, 10955 ;-- CL 1948, 458.306
MI Comp L § 458.309 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.309 - Incorporation Under Act; Procedure.

458.309 Incorporation under act; procedure. Sec. 9.  Any church or religious organization, whether incorporated or un-incorporated, may, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, by a 2/3 vote of those persons present and voting, place itself under the provisions of this act, the same as if incorporated under it by adopting and filing articles of association as provided in section 2 hereof. History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11024 ;-- CL 1929, 10958 ;-- CL 1948, 458.309
MI Comp L § 458.310 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)|Section 458.310 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts.

458.310 Construction of inconsistent acts. Sec. 10.  In all cases, whether in law or in equity, that may arise in any of the courts of the state, regarding churches incorporated under this act, or those which by vote shall have put themselves under its provisions, all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith shall be interpreted and construed in such manner as to give full force and effect to the provisions of this act. History: 1901, Act 53, Imd. Eff. Apr. 9, 1901 ;-- Am. 1913, Act 298, Eff. Aug. 14, 1913 ;-- CL 1915, 11025 ;-- CL 1929, 10959 ;-- CL 1948, 458.310
MI Comp L § 458.331 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 47 of 1901 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society (458.331 - 458.333)|Section 458.331 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society; Procedure.

458.331 Consolidation of Congregational church and its ecclesiastical society; procedure. Sec. 1.  That when any Congregational church which has a religious or ecclesiastical society with corporate powers in connection with it, shall, by a 2/3 vote of those entitled to vote therein and voting, at a meeting duly called for the purpose, express by ballot a desire to assume said corporate powers and manage all its affairs, both temporal and spiritual, it shall be the duty of the trustees of the said religious or ecclesiastical society, upon receiving official notice of said vote, at any time within 3 months after receiving such notice, to call a meeting of the said religious or ecclesiastical society, due notice for 3 weeks being given, for the purpose of effecting a union of said church and religious society; and the notice calling such meeting of the religious society shall specify the following objects of the said meeting, together with the time and place where the meeting is to be held, namely:  First. For the purpose of consolidating the religious society with the church in connection, shall the name of the society be changed to that of the church in connection?  Two. For the same purpose shall the membership of the society, after the expiration of 1 year from the time of this vote, be limited to the members of the church in connection, of legal age; or to such members together with the pew holders in said church, if otherwise qualified to vote?  Three. For the same purpose shall the time and place of holding the annual and other meetings of the religious society be so changed as to coincide with the time and place of holding the annual and other meetings of the church in connection? History: 1901, Act 47, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11026 ;-- CL 1929, 10960 ;-- CL 1948, 458.331 Compiler's Notes: This act is expressly repealed by section 3 of Act 303 of 1913, being MCL 458.353, which, however, contains the proviso that this act shall be deemed to be still in force for the enjoyment and protection of all rights now held or enjoyed under and by virtue of this act.
MI Comp L § 458.332 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 47 of 1901 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society (458.331 - 458.333)|Section 458.332 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society; Completion.

458.332 Consolidation of Congregational church and its ecclesiastical society; completion. Sec. 2.  If these questions shall be answered in the affirmative by a 2/3 vote of the legal members of the religious society present and voting, and by ballot, at said meeting, then the said religious society shall thereby be consolidated with the church in connection, and the 2 shall thereafter be 1 body incorporate, possessed of all the records, rights, property, funds and franchises belonging to the said church and its religious society before their union in 1 corporate body. History: 1901, Act 47, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11026a ;-- CL 1929, 10961 ;-- CL 1948, 458.332
MI Comp L § 458.333 (2021)
2021 Michigan Compiled Laws|Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations|Act 47 of 1901 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society (458.331 - 458.333)|Section 458.333 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society; Act Governing Consolidated Church.

458.333 Consolidation of Congregational church and its ecclesiastical society; act governing consolidated church. Sec. 3.  Any church governed according to the rules and usages of the Congregational denomination within the state, with which its religious society has been consolidated under the provisions of this act shall be subject to the provisions of the act, entitled "An act for the organization of corporate Congregational churches," the same as if it had been originally organized under the said act. History: 1901, Act 47, Imd. Eff. Apr. 8, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11026b ;-- CL 1929, 10962 ;-- CL 1948, 458.333 Compiler's Notes: The act referred to in this section is Act 53 of 1901, being MCL 458.301 to 458.310.