Michigan Compiled Laws Act 11 Of 1899 Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33)

• Section 458.21 Methodist Episcopal Church; Incorporators.
  That it shall be lawful for any number of members of the Methodist Episcopal church of full age, not less than 9, with the...
• Section 458.22 Articles And Certificate Of Consent; Execution.
  The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds, articles of association in...
• Section 458.23 Articles And Certificate Of Consent; 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 458.24 Articles Of Association; Execution And Acknowledgment; Filing Articles And Certificate With Department Of Commerce; Members Of Church As Body Politic Or Corporation.
  Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of...
• Section 458.25 Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
  Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the discipline, usage and ministerial appointments...
• Section 458.26 Management Of Temporalities; Trustees.
  The temporalities of said church shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of not less than 3, nor more than 9 members,...
• Section 458.27 Powers Of Corporation And Board Of Trustees; Rights Of Ministers And Presiding Elders.
  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 458.28 Amendment Of Articles; Procedure.
  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...
• Section 458.29 Sale Of Realty; Procedure, Proceeds; Abandoned Property.
  Whenever it shall become necessary, for the payment of debts or with a view of reinvestment, to make a sale of any real estate...
• Section 458.30 Reincorporation Under Act.
  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...
• Section 458.31 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 458.32 Trustees; Evidence Of Authority.
  It is further provided that the execution by the acting trustees of said corporation, in proper form, of any deed, mortgage, note, bond, or...
• Section 458.33 Extension Of Corporate Existence; Filing Resolution With Department Of Commerce; Effect.
  Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation may extend its corporate existence from...

Last modified: October 10, 2016