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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 40 of 1899 - Protestant Episcopal Churches (458.251 - 458.263) › Section 458.261 - Repeal; Saving Clause.

458.261 Repeal; saving clause.
Sec. 11.
The following entitled acts are hereby repealed, viz.: "An act to provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches," approved February seventeenth, 1857; "An act to amend sections 4, 5, 6 and 7 of an act entitled 'An act to provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches,' approved February seventeenth, 1857, being sections 3083, 3084, 3085 and 3086 of the compiled laws of 1871, and to add a new section thereto,to stand as section 8 of said act," approved May twenty-seventh, 1879; "An act to enable certain Protestant Episcopal churches to reorganize under the statute, approved February seventeenth, 1857, entitled 'An act to provide for the organization of Protestant Episcopal churches,'" approved March fourteenth, 1865; also all other acts amendatory of the above entitled acts, or inconsistent with this act; but the organization of all corporations under the provisions of either of said acts shall be deemed and taken to be organizations under this act, and all rights, obligations and liabilities contracted or incurred by any such corporations thereunder, or under the provisions of any law now in force, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, shall continue of the same force and effect as though such acts of law had not been repealed; all such corporations, from and after the taking effect of this act, shall be subject to all the provisions hereof as fully as though such organization had been perfected hereunder.
History:
1899, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10938 ;-- CL 1929, 10946 ;-- CL 1948, 458.261
Compiler's Notes:
There is no repeal clause in the title of this act.
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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.
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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