Michigan Compiled Laws 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.
  That the minister or ministers, elders, and deacons, and if during any time there shall be no minister, then the elders and deacons during...
• Section 458.422 Articles; Contents.
  The said articles shall contain: First. The name of the proposed corporation; Second. The city, village or township in which the same is located;...
• Section 458.423 Officers; Membership Qualification; Vacation Or Vacancy, Effect.
  Any person elected to the office of pastor, elder or deacon according to the constitution and usages of the Christian Reformed churches of America...
• Section 458.424 Powers Of Trustees.
  Such trustees may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure, and shall take into their possession and custody all the temporalities...
• Section 458.425 Powers Of Trustees; Powers Of Corporation; Sale Of Land, Investment Of Proceeds.
  Such corporation may also in their own corporate name sue and be sued in all courts and places, and may in its corporate name...
• Section 458.426 Powers Of Trustees; Limitations; Terms Of Grant, Donation Or Other Conveyance, Controlling.
  Said trustees shall also have power and authority to bargain, sell, convey, mortgage, lease or release any real estate belonging to said church or...
• Section 458.427 Amendment Of Articles Of Association.
  At any time after such corporation shall have been duly organized, it shall be lawful for such trustees, at any meeting thereof by a...
• Section 458.428 Incorporation Under Act; Procedure.
  The minister, elders and deacons of any church of the Christian Reformed church of Michigan, the trustees of which have been incorporated under any...
• Section 458.429 Reincorporation Under Act; Saving Clause.
  The trustees of every church organization that have heretofore been incorporated by virtue of the provisions of chapter 176 of volume 1 of Howell's...

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