Michigan Compiled Laws Act 29 Of 1901 Free Methodist Churches (458.81 - 458.93)

• Section 458.81 Free Methodist Church; Incorporators.
  It shall be lawful for any number of members of the Free Methodist church, of full age, not less than 5, with the consent...
• Section 458.82 Articles Of Association And Certificate Of Consent; Execution.
  The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of association in...
• Section 458.83 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 458.84 Articles Of Association; Execution; Acknowledgment; Retention Of Copy; Filing Articles And Certificate Of Consent; Body Politic Or Corporation; Name; Powers, Rights, And Privileges.
  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 458.85 Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
  Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the discipline, usages and ministerial appointments...
• Section 458.86 Secular Affairs, Management; Board Of Trustees, Election, Term, Vacancies.
  The secular affairs of such church shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of not less than 3 nor more than 9...
• Section 458.87 Powers Of Corporation; Execution Of Legal Documents; Rights Of Ministers And District 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 458.88 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 official members of the...
• Section 458.89 Sale Or Mortgage Of Real Estate To Pay Debts Or For Re-investment; Title, Passing To Annual Conference; License To Sell; Procedure.
  When it shall become necessary for the payment of debts or with a view of re-investment, to make a sale or mortgage of any...
• Section 458.90 Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure.
  Any Free Methodist church heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may by a 2/3...
• Section 458.91 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 458.92 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 458.93 Extension Of Corporate Existence; Adoption And Filing Of Resolution; Term; Property And Contract Rights; Corporate Identity.
  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