Sec. 2.
Any 10 or more residents of this state, being members of said supreme shrine who shall be desirous of becoming incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seals, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this state, having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:
First, The names of persons associating in the first instance and their place of residence;
Second, The name and location of the supreme shrine of which they are members;
Third, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law;
Fourth, The object and purposes of such association which shall be to promote the general welfare of the order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, and make all lawful rules and regulations for the management and government of said supreme shrine and subordinate shrines;
Fifth, To use and operate the ritual of the White Shrine of Jerusalem, a higher degree of adaptive Masonry, as copyrighted by Charles D. Magee, Senior, of Chicago, known as number 9252AA. and recorded by the librarian of congress February thirteenth, 1895;
Sixth, To organize supreme and subordinate bodies under said copyright, and to do all things necessary to carry out the objects and purposes set forth in said ritual, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.
History: 1897, Act 256, Imd. Eff. June 2, 1897 ;-- CL 1897, 7984 ;-- CL 1915, 10428 ;-- CL 1929, 10643 ;-- CL 1948, 457.292
Last modified: October 10, 2016