Michigan Compiled Laws Act 26 Of 1907 Methodist Protestant Churches (458.61 - 458.74)

• Section 458.61 Methodist Protestant Church; Incorporators.
  It shall be lawful for any number of persons of full age, not less than 5, residing within the bounds of the charge in...
• Section 458.62 Articles Of Association; Execution.
  The persons desiring to organize such church, shall execute and acknowledge before any person authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, articles of association, in...
• Section 458.63 Articles; Contents, Form.
  Said articles of association shall contain the following items: First, The name of said church; Second, The township, village or city and the county...
• Section 458.64 Filing Articles Of Association With Department Of Commerce; Signers Of Articles, Associates, And Fellow Members As Body Politic Or Corporation; Powers, Rights, And Privileges.
  Said articles of association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of association shall...
• Section 458.65 Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
  Said church, when so organized, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, rules and usages, and...
• Section 458.66 Secular Affairs; Management; Board Of Trustees, Election, Term.
  The secular affairs of said church shall be managed by a board of trustees, consisting of not less than 3, nor more than 9...
• Section 458.67 Powers Of Corporation; Execution Of Legal Documents; Rights Of Ministers.
  Said corporation may have a seal and alter the same at pleasure. It may in its corporate name, sue and be sued in all...
• Section 458.68 Powers Of Trustees; Disposition Of Realty.
  The trustees shall have power, according to the terms and limitations of the discipline of the Methodist Protestant church, as from time to time...
• Section 458.69 Title; Passing To Annual Conference; License To Sell; Dissolution Of Corporation.
  In all cases where property belonging to any church society incorporated under the provisions of this act has been abandoned, or is no longer...
• Section 458.70 Service Of Process.
  In all suits or legal proceedings brought against corporations organized under the provisions of this act, process may be served upon the chairman or...
• Section 458.71 Amendment Of Articles; Procedure.
  It shall be lawful for any church society incorporated under the provisions of this act, at a meeting called for that purpose, of which...
• Section 458.72 Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure.
  Any Methodist Protestant church society, heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may, by a...
• Section 458.73 Construction Of Inconsistent Acts.
  In all proceedings or suits that may arise or be brought in any of the courts of this state, touching or in any way...
• Section 458.74 Trustees; Evidence Of Authority.
  It is further provided that the execution by the trustees of said corporation, of any deed, mortgage, note, bond or other obligation, or contract...

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