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2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688) › Section 457.684 - Filing Copy of Articles and Grand Council Charter With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Power and Authority.

457.684 Filing copy of articles and grand council charter with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; power and authority.
Sec. 4.
A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter of said grand council shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall sign such articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors estate real and personal, of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal which may be changed and altered at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the sum of $50,000.00, and that they and their successors shall have the authority and power to give, grant, sell, lease, demise, and dispose of said real and personal estate or part thereof at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and incomes shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes of such association as mentioned and defined by the constitution thereof. Said association shall have the full power and authority to make and establish rules and regulations for the governing of all the affairs and business of said association according to the laws of this state and the United States, and to designate, elect, or appoint from its members such officers, under such name and styles as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand council.
History:
1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10619 ;-- CL 1929, 10827 ;-- CL 1948, 457.684 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688) › Section 457.685 - Evidence of Existence and Incorporation; Powers.

457.685 Evidence of existence and incorporation; powers.
Sec. 5.
A copy of the records of such articles of association, under the seal of the department of commerce, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such association. Such association when duly formed shall have the power to institute and charter subordinate councils and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute, and establish such constitution, general laws and bylaws as the grand council shall adjudge proper for the regulation and government of such subordinate councils not repugnant to the laws of this state.
History:
1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10620 ;-- CL 1929, 10828 ;-- CL 1948, 457.685 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688) › Section 457.686 - Subordinate Council; Incorporation; Filing Copy of Articles With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Powers.

457.686 Subordinate council; incorporation; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers.
Sec. 6.
Any number of persons, not less than 10, residents of this state being members of the subordinate council of the Alliance Marquette of the state of Michigan, having been duly chartered by the grand council thereof, desiring to become incorporated may make and execute articles of association specifying and providing as in section 2 of this act, and file a copy of the same with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association and provided by the grand council chartering such subordinate council, and by such name they and their successors shall have succession and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, hold, enjoy, grant, sell, give, lease, and demise real and personal estate, of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal and change and alter the same at pleasure, and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation: Provided, Said association shall be limited to the powers and provisions of section 3 of this act regarding real and personal estate, and the proceeds thereof under the rules and regulations of the grand council, and may elect or appoint from among its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of said grand council.
History:
1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10621 ;-- CL 1929, 10829 ;-- CL 1948, 457.686 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688) › Section 457.687 - Location of Business Offices.

457.687 Location of business offices.
Sec. 7.
The business office of the grand council shall be located in the city of Saginaw, county of Saginaw, and state of Michigan, and subordinate councils shall have their business office where said subordinate council shall have been chartered and organized, but the location of the business office of the grand council may be changed at any time by said grand council upon filing a written notice of such change in the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce within 20 days from the time of the change of such location.
History:
1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10622 ;-- CL 1929, 10830 ;-- CL 1948, 457.687 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 101, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 71 of 1901 - Alliance Marquette (457.681 - 457.688) › Section 457.688 - Insurance Business; Funeral Benefits.

457.688 Insurance business; funeral benefits.
Sec. 8.
Corporations in pursuance of this act shall not be considered as engaged in the business of life insurance, nor shall they be subject to the provisions of the statute relating to life insurance companies or associations: Provided, Nothing in this act contained shall permit the making of any contract of insurance except that societies organized hereunder may make provisions for the payment of a funeral benefit of not to exceed 200 dollars.
History:
1901, Act 71, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10623 ;-- CL 1929, 10831 ;-- CL 1948, 457.688
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695) › Section 457.691 - Kalevan Ritarit; Incorporation.

457.691 Kalevan Ritarit; incorporation.
Sec. 1.
Any lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit organized within this state and having a charter from the Grand Lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit, may become incorporated under the provisions of this act.
History:
1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10633 ;-- CL 1929, 10832 ;-- CL 1948, 457.691
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695) › Section 457.692 - Incorporators; Articles of Association, Execution, Contents.

457.692 Incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.
Sec. 2.
Any 12 or more persons, residents of this state, being members in good standing of a lodge of the Kalevan Ritarit, having competent authority from the grand lodge of the order, desirous of becoming incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seals, which articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:
First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance, and their places of residence;
Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in law, and the place of its business office;
Third, The object and purpose of such association shall be to promote the general welfare of the Kalevan Ritarit fraternity during the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.
History:
1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10634 ;-- CL 1929, 10833 ;-- CL 1948, 457.692
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695) › Section 457.693 - Filing Copy of Articles of Association and Charter With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Politic and Corporate; Power and Authority.

457.693 Filing copy of articles of association and charter with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; power and authority.
Sec. 3.
A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter of the Grand Lodge of Kalevan Ritarit, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law, capable to purchase, take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, estate, real, personal and mixed, of using and being used, and to have a common seal which may be altered or changed at their pleasure: Provided, That the value of such real, personal, and mixed estate shall not exceed the sum of $50,000.00. They and their successors shall have power and authority to give, grant, bargain, sell, lease, release, demise, and dispose of said real, personal, and mixed estate or any part thereof at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, gains, profits, and income shall be devoted to the protection and aid of its members and their families and to no other purpose.
History:
1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10635 ;-- CL 1929, 10834 ;-- CL 1948, 457.693 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 119, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695) › Section 457.694 - Rules and By-Laws; Officers.

457.694 Rules and by-laws; officers.
Sec. 4.
Every corporation organized under and in pursuance of this act shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules, regulations and by-laws for regulating and governing all the affairs and business of said corporation, not repugnant to nor inconsistent with the constitution, rules, regulations and edicts of the grand lodge of the order, or the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States, and may elect and appoint from its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand lodge of the order.
History:
1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10636 ;-- CL 1929, 10835 ;-- CL 1948, 457.694
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 80 of 1909 - Kalevan Ritarit (457.691 - 457.695) › Section 457.695 - Evidence of Existence and Incorporation.

457.695 Evidence of existence and incorporation.
Sec. 5.
A copy of the record of such articles of association under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation.
History:
1909, Act 80, Eff. Sept. 1, 1909 ;-- CL 1915, 10637 ;-- CL 1929, 10836 ;-- CL 1948, 457.695 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 119, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.701 - Eskimos; Incorporation of Councils.

457.701 Eskimos; incorporation of councils.
Sec. 1.
The grand council and subordinate councils of the Eskimos may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10837 ;-- CL 1948, 457.701
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.702 - Grand Council; Incorporators; Articles, Execution, Contents.

457.702 Grand council; incorporators; articles, execution, contents.
Sec. 2.
The 5 principal officers of the grand council of the Eskimos of the state of Michigan desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seal, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of the state having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:
First, The names of the persons associated in the first instance, and their place of residence;
Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known;
Third, The place of its principal business office;
Fourth, The period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years;
Fifth, The object and purposes of the association, which shall be to protect and aid its members and their families, to promote the general welfare and the social and moral condition of its members, but neither such purposes nor condition of membership in such association shall include any requirements from the members to discriminate against any person in respect to civil rights because of religious belief or affiliation.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10838 ;-- CL 1948, 457.702
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.703 - Filing Copy of Articles and Constitution With Department of Commerce; Signers of Articles, Associates, and Successors as Body Corporate and Politic; Powers.

457.703 Filing copy of articles and constitution with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body corporate and politic; powers.
Sec. 3.
A copy of said articles of association together with a copy of the constitution of said association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, and known in the law and in fact by the name expressed in such articles of association, and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be a person in the law, capable of purchasing, taking, receiving, owning, and enjoying, through them and their successors, estates real and personal, of suing and being sued, and to have a common seal which may be changed or altered at their pleasure, and they and their successors shall have power to give, grant, sell, demise, and dispose of such real and personal estate, or part thereof, at their will and pleasure, and the proceeds, rents, and income shall be devoted exclusively to the purposes of such association, as mentioned and defined by the constitution thereof.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10839 ;-- CL 1948, 457.703 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.704 - Grand Council; Rules; Officers.

457.704 Grand council; rules; officers.
Sec. 4.
Said association shall have full power and authority to make and establish rules and regulations for the governing of all the affairs and business of said association, according to the laws of this state and the United States, and to designate, elect or appoint from its members such officers, under such names and styles as shall be in accordance with the constitution of the grand council.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10840 ;-- CL 1948, 457.704
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.705 - Evidence of Existence and Incorporation; Powers.

457.705 Evidence of existence and incorporation; powers.
Sec. 5.
A copy of the records of such articles of association under seal of the department of commerce, duly certified according to law, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts of this state of the existence and due incorporation of such association; such association, when duly formed, shall have the power to institute and charter subordinate councils, and from time to time to make, ordain, constitute and establish such constitution, general laws, and bylaws as the grand council shall adjudge proper for the organization and government of such subordinate councils not repugnant to the laws of this state.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10841 ;-- CL 1948, 457.705 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.706 - Subordinate Council; Incorporation; Limitations.

457.706 Subordinate council; incorporation; limitations.
Sec. 6.
Any number of persons, not less than 10, residents of this state, being members of a subordinate council of the Eskimos of the state of Michigan, having been duly chartered by the grand council thereof, desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, specifying and providing as in section 2 of this act, and file a copy of the same with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, and thereupon, the persons who shall have signed such articles of association, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate, known by the name expressed in said articles of association, and provided by the grand council chartering such subordinate council, and by such name they and their associates shall have succession, and shall be persons in the law capable to purchase, give, lease, and demise real and personal estate, of suing and being sued, and may have a common seal, and may change and alter the same at their pleasure; and a certified copy of such articles of association, under the seal of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this state of the existence and due incorporation of such association: Provided, That said association shall be limited to the powers and provisions of section 3 of this act, regarding real and personal estate and the proceeds thereof under the rules and regulations of the grand council, and may elect or appoint from among its members such officers under such name and style as shall be in accordance with the constitution of such grand council.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10842 ;-- CL 1948, 457.706 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.707 - Business Offices; Change in Location; Notice.

457.707 Business offices; change in location; notice.
Sec. 7.
The business office of the grand council shall be located in the village of L'Anse, county of Baraga, and state of Michigan, and subordinate councils shall have their business office where said subordinate council shall have been chartered and organized, and the location of the business office of the grand council may be changed at any time by said grand council, upon filing a written notice of such change in the office of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce within 20 days from the time of the change from such location.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10843 ;-- CL 1948, 457.707 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 121, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 457 - Fraternal Associations › Act 55 of 1917 - Eskimos (457.701 - 457.708) › Section 457.708 - Insurance Business; Funeral Benefits.

457.708 Insurance business; funeral benefits.
Sec. 8.
Corporations in pursuance of this act shall not be considered as engaged in the business of life insurance, nor shall they be subject to the provisions of the statute relating to life insurance companies or associations: Provided, Nothing in this act contained shall permit the making of any contract of insurance except that associations hereunder may make provisions for the payment of a funeral benefit not to exceed 200 dollars.
History:
1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10844 ;-- CL 1948, 457.708
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 207 of 1867 - Roman Catholic Bishops (458.1 - 458.2) › Section 458.2 - Roman Catholic Archbishop, Bishops or Administrators; Powers in Administering Property.

458.2 Roman Catholic archbishop, bishops or administrators; powers in administering property.
Sec. 2.
The archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of Detroit and the several bishops of the Roman Catholic dioceses within the state of Michigan and their successors in office, and administrators of the Roman Catholic dioceses within the state of Michigan, for the purpose of administering the property held by them respectively under this act and in respect thereto, are declared to have and to have had power:
(a) To enter into any and all lawful contracts in respect of the property held by them;
(b) To sue and be sued, complain and defend, in any court, or to be a party to any proceedings before any board, tribunal, commission, or any other public body;
(c) For the purposes of the Roman Catholic church to acquire, purchase, hold, convey, lease, mortgage, and in every way deal in real and personal property of all kinds without limitation; the power to hold real and personal estate shall include the power to take the same by gift, devise or bequest, and upon trusts, either express or implied;
(d) For the purposes of the Roman Catholic church to borrow money and to give promissory notes therefor, and to secure the payment thereof by mortgage or other lien upon real or personal property; to issue, sell or pledge bonds, notes, bills of exchange, debentures and other obligations and evidences of church indebtedness; and to guarantee, purchase, hold, sell, assign or otherwise dispose of the stock, bonds, or securities of corporations;
(e) To appoint agents and attorneys in fact;
(f) To exercise without limitation of the foregoing, any and all powers relating to the temporalities of the Roman Catholic church vested in such archbishop or bishop or administrator by virtue of his office.
History:
Add. 1941, Act 105, Imd. Eff. May 20, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 458.2 ;-- Am. 1954, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Feb. 4, 1954
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 189 of 1941 - Methodist Churches (458.11 - 458.12) › Section 458.11 - Methodist Churches; Change of Name.

458.11 Methodist churches; change of name.
Sec. 1.
This act shall be applicable to the corporations hereinbefore incorporated under any general or special act as a Methodist Episcopal Church or Methodist Protestant Church.
History:
1941, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 458.11
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 189 of 1941 - Methodist Churches (458.11 - 458.12) › Section 458.12 - Methodist Churches; Amendment of Articles of Incorporation to Effect Change.

458.12 Methodist churches; amendment of articles of incorporation to effect change.
Sec. 2.
The articles of association of any ecclesiastical corporation heretofore incorporated under any general or special act of this state as a Methodist Episcopal Church or as a Methodist Protestant Church in the name of which the word "Episcopal" or the word "Protestant" appears after the word "Methodist" are hereby amended by deleting from the name of each of such corporations the word "Episcopal" or the word "Protestant" as the case may be. Such change in the name of any such corporation shall become operative ipso facto upon the effective date of this act without the filing of any amendment to the articles of association of any such corporation.
History:
1941, Act 189, Imd. Eff. June 16, 1941 ;-- CL 1948, 458.12
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.21 - Methodist Episcopal Church; Incorporators.

458.21 Methodist Episcopal church; incorporators.
Sec. 1.
That it shall be lawful for any number of members of the Methodist Episcopal church of full age, not less than 9, with the consent of the presiding elder of the district in which the proposed church is to be located, to organize and procure the incorporation of a Methodist Episcopal church.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10915 ;-- CL 1929, 10846 ;-- CL 1948, 458.21
Former Law:
See Act 110 of 1895.
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.22 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Execution.

458.22 Articles and certificate of consent; execution.
Sec. 2.
The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church. To such articles of association there shall be attached a certificate by the presiding elder of the district in which said church is to be located that the said church was organized by and with the consent of said presiding elder.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10916 ;-- CL 1929, 10847 ;-- CL 1948, 458.22
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.23 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Contents, Form.

458.23 Articles and certificate of consent; contents, form.
Sec. 3.
Said articles of association 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, The time for which said corporation shall be created; Fourth, An agreement to worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church. Said articles may be in the following form:
We, the undersigned, desiring to become incorporated under the provisions of act number ......... of the public acts of 1899, entitled "An act for the organization of corporate Methodist Episcopal churches," do hereby make, execute and adopt the following articles of association, to wit:
First, The name assumed by this corporation, and by which it shall be known in law, is "The .......... Methodist Episcopal church;"
Second, The location of said church shall be in the ........... of ......... county of ............ and state of Michigan;
Third, The time for which said corporation shall be created shall not exceed 30 years from ............., the date of its organization;
Fourth, The members of said church shall worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States of America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church and the annual conference within whose bounds said corporation is situated.
In witness whereof, we, the parties hereby associating for the purpose of giving legal effect to these articles, hereunto sign our names and places of residence.
Done at the ........ of ........, county of ............, and state of Michigan, this .......... day of ..........., A.D. 189....
(Signatures.)
}
SS.
(Residences.)
State of Michigan,
County of ...........................
On this ............ day of ................., A.D. ................., before me, a ................. in and for said county, personally appeared .................................., known to me to be the persons named in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowledged that they executed the same freely and for the intents and purposes therein mentioned.
....................................................................
I, .............. presiding elder of the ................... district, of the ............... annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, the same being the district in which the church mentioned in the foregoing articles of association is to be, or is now located, do hereby certify that such church was organized by and with my consent and concurrence.
Dated at ............., Mich., A.D. 189....
......................................
Presiding Elder.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10917 ;-- CL 1929, 10848 ;-- CL 1948, 458.23
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.24 - Articles of Association; Execution and Acknowledgment; Filing Articles and Certificate With Department of Commerce; Members of Church as Body Politic or Corporation.

458.24 Articles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles and certificate with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation.
Sec. 4.
Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged 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 with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of association and said certificate of the presiding elder shall have been filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the said persons so signing said articles of association, and their associates and fellow members of said church, and all who may thereafter become members of said church according to the discipline, rules, and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church, shall thereby become, and thenceforth be, a body politic or corporation, by the name expressed in said articles of association, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the laws of this state.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10918 ;-- CL 1929, 10849 ;-- CL 1948, 458.24 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.25 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.

458.25 Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
Sec. 5.
Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the discipline, usage and ministerial appointments of the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States of America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church and the annual conference within whose bounds such corporation may be situated.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10919 ;-- CL 1929, 10850 ;-- CL 1948, 458.25
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.26 - Management of Temporalities; Trustees.

458.26 Management of temporalities; trustees.
Sec. 6.
The temporalities of said church shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of not less than 3, nor more than 9 members, to be elected by said corporation, the said trustees to hold their office for the term of 1 year, or until their successors shall be elected and duly qualified. Vacancies in said board may be filled at any time for the balance of the unexpired term by an election as in other cases.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- Am. 1901, Act 9, Imd. Eff. Feb. 20, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 10920 ;-- CL 1929, 10851 ;-- CL 1948, 458.26
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.27 - Powers of Corporation and Board of Trustees; Rights of Ministers and Presiding Elders.

458.27 Powers of corporation and board of trustees; rights of ministers and presiding elders.
Sec. 7.
Said corporation may have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; it may in its corporate name sue and be sued in all courts and places; it shall have power to acquire, hold, sell and convey property, both real and personal, in accordance with this act, and it may recover and hold the debts, demands, rights, privileges and all property, whether real or personal, of whatsoever sort it may be, belonging or appertaining to said church, in whatever manner the same may have been acquired, and in whose hands soever the same may be held, the same as if the right and title had originally been vested in said corporation. The board of trustees may authorize certain of the officers of said board to affix the corporate name and the seal of the corporation, and to execute and attest conveyances, notes, obligations, acquittances and all other necessary legal documents. It may sell, mortgage and dispose of its personal property; and may mortgage and incumber its real estate, but not for the current expenses of the church. It may hold so much land as may be needful for the proper purposes of said church and its parsonage. Said corporation shall at all times permit such ministers, belonging to the Methodist Episcopal church, as shall from time to time be duly authorized by the general conference of said church, or by the annual conference within whose bounds the said corporation may be, to preach and expound God's holy word therein; and shall permit pastors and presiding elders, duly appointed to execute the discipline of said Methodist Episcopal church, to administer the sacraments therein.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10921 ;-- CL 1929, 10852 ;-- CL 1948, 458.27
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.28 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure.

458.28 Amendment of articles; procedure.
Sec. 8.
It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the quarterly conference of said church, to alter or amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or the book of discipline of the Methodist Episcopal church; and such alteration or amendment shall become operative when 2/3 of all the members of the quarterly conference shall execute amended articles and the said amended articles are acknowledged in the same manner as stated in section 3 of this act, and the presiding elder has affixed his certificate thereto, as provided in said section, and the same has been recorded or left for record, as provided in section 4 of this act.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10922 ;-- CL 1929, 10853 ;-- CL 1948, 458.28
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.29 - Sale of Realty; Procedure, Proceeds; Abandoned Property.

458.29 Sale of realty; procedure, proceeds; abandoned property.
Sec. 9.
Whenever it shall become necessary, for the payment of debts or with a view of reinvestment, to make a sale of any real estate belonging to said church, the quarterly conference of said church may, by a vote of a majority of all the members of said quarterly conference and the consent of the pastor of said church and of the presiding elder of the district of which such church may or shall be a part, authorize a sale of said real estate by the trustees of said church, with such limitations and restrictions as the quarterly conference may judge necessary and impose; and the trustees of said church, when so authorized, may sell and convey said property, and with the proceeds of such sale pay the debts of such corporation, or reinvest the said proceeds by the purchase or improvement of other property for the same uses and deeded to the corporation in the same manner as provided in section 7 of this act, as said trustees may be directed by the quarterly conference: Provided, That in all cases the proceeds of such sale, after the payment of debts, if any, if not applied to the purchase or improvement of other property as aforesaid, shall be held by such corporation subject to the order of the annual conference within the bounds of which such property is located. In all cases where property belonging to any church incorporated under the provisions of this act has been abandoned, and is no longer used for the purpose for which said property was acquired, or said corporation has dissolved, or has ceased to exist, the title to the said property belonging to said corporation shall pass to the annual conference within the bounds of which said property is located; and said annual conference may, by such officer or committee as said annual conference may designate for that purpose, apply to the circuit court in chancery, for the county in which such property may be, for license to sell the same; and such license may be granted by said court after such notice of said application as the court may direct; and thereupon said property may be sold, and the proceeds of such sale applied or used as said annual conference may direct.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10923 ;-- CL 1929, 10854 ;-- CL 1948, 458.29
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.30 - Reincorporation Under Act.

458.30 Reincorporation under act.
Sec. 10.
Any Methodist Episcopal church heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may by a 2/3 vote of the members of the quarterly conference, place itself under the provisions of this act, the same as if originally incorporated under it, by 2/3 of the members of said quarterly conference executing articles of association as provided in section 3 of this act, and the presiding elder affixing his certificate thereto, as provided in said section, and recording the same, as provided in section 4 of this act.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10924 ;-- CL 1929, 10855 ;-- CL 1948, 458.30
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.31 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts.

458.31 Construction of inconsistent acts.
Sec. 11.
In all proceedings or suits that may arise, or be brought in any of the courts of this state, touching, or in any way concerning, churches that may be incorporated under this act, or which by vote of the quarterly conference thereof may have placed 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 all the provisions of this act, and to all the rights and privileges granted by this act to churches incorporated or placed thereunder.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10925 ;-- CL 1929, 10856 ;-- CL 1948, 458.31
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.32 - Trustees; Evidence of Authority.

458.32 Trustees; evidence of authority.
Sec. 12.
It is further provided that the execution by the acting trustees of said corporation, in proper form, of any deed, mortgage, note, bond, or other obligation or contract of said corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the proper appointment of said trustees and that the necessary steps have been taken to give them full authority to make such transaction.
History:
1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10926 ;-- CL 1929, 10857 ;-- CL 1948, 458.32
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33) › Section 458.33 - Extension of Corporate Existence; Filing Resolution With Department of Commerce; Effect.

458.33 Extension of corporate existence; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect.
Sec. 13.
Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation may extend its corporate existence from time to time for a term not exceeding 30 years, by causing to be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, a copy of a resolution expressing a desire to so extend its corporate existence, which resolution shall be adopted by such corporation at a meeting called for the purpose by the pastor of the church or the presiding elder of the district within which said corporation is located. When such resolution is filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the corporate existence of such body shall be extended in accordance with the terms of such resolution for a term 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 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10927 ;-- CL 1929, 10858 ;-- CL 1948, 458.33 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 27 of 1905 - Wesleyan Methodist Churches (458.41 - 458.55) › Section 458.41 - Wesleyan Methodist Church; Incorporators.

458.41 Wesleyan Methodist church; incorporators.
Sec. 1.
It shall be lawful for any number of members of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (or church), of full age, not less than 5, to organize and procure the incorporation of a Wesleyan Methodist church.
History:
1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 11044 ;-- CL 1929, 10859 ;-- CL 1948, 458.41
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 27 of 1905 - Wesleyan Methodist Churches (458.41 - 458.55) › Section 458.42 - Articles of Association; Execution.

458.42 Articles of association; execution.
Sec. 2.
The persons desiring to organize such church shall 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, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (or church).
History:
1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 11045 ;-- CL 1929, 10860 ;-- CL 1948, 458.42
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 27 of 1905 - Wesleyan Methodist Churches (458.41 - 458.55) › Section 458.43 - Articles; Contents, Form.

458.43 Articles; contents, form.
Sec. 3.
Said articles of association 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, the time for which said corporation shall be created; fourth, an agreement to worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (or church). Said articles may be in the following form:
We, the undersigned, desiring to become incorporated under the provisions of act number ......... of the public acts of 1905, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of Wesleyan Methodist churches," do hereby make, execute and adopt the following articles of association, to wit:
First, The name assumed by this corporation, and by which it shall be known in law, is "The ................ Wesleyan Methodist Church;"
Second, The location of said church shall be in the ........... of ........., county of .........., and state of Michigan;
Third, The time for which said corporation shall be created shall not exceed 30 years from ..........., the date of its organization;
Fourth, The members of said church shall worship and labor together according to the discipline, rules and usages of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (or church) of America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said connection and the annual conference within whose bounds said corporation is situated.
In witness whereof, we, the parties hereby associating, for the purpose of giving legal effect to these articles, hereunto sign our names and places of residence.
Done at the ...... of ......., county of ......... and state of Michigan this ........ day of ........, A.D. 19....
(Signatures.)
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SS.
(Residences.)
State if Michigan,
County of ...........................
On this ............... day of .............., A.D. 19.........., before me, a ..............., in and for said county, personally appeared .............................., known to me to be the persons named in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and severally acknowledged that they executed the same freely and for the intents and purposes therein mentioned.
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History:
1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 11046 ;-- CL 1929, 10861 ;-- CL 1948, 458.43
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 27 of 1905 - Wesleyan Methodist Churches (458.41 - 458.55) › Section 458.44 - Articles of Association; Execution and Acknowledgment; Filing Articles With Department of Commerce; Members of Church as Body Politic or Corporation.

458.44 Articles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation.
Sec. 4.
Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged 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 with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of association shall have been filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the said persons so signing the said articles of association, and their associates and fellow members of said church, and all who may thereafter become members of said church, according to the discipline, rules, and usages of the Wesleyan Methodist connection or church, shall thereby become, and thenceforth be, a body politic or corporation, by the name expressed in said articles of association, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the laws of this state.
History:
1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 11047 ;-- CL 1929, 10862 ;-- CL 1948, 458.44 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 75, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
2023 Michigan Compiled Laws › Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations › Act 27 of 1905 - Wesleyan Methodist Churches (458.41 - 458.55) › Section 458.45 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.

458.45 Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
Sec. 5.
Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the discipline, usages and ministerial appointments of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (or church) of America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said connection and the annual conference within whose bounds such corporation may be situated.
History:
1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 11048 ;-- CL 1929, 10863 ;-- CL 1948, 458.45