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Act 207 of 1867 - Roman Catholic Bishops (458.1 - 458.2)
Section 458.1 - Conveyances to Roman Catholic Archbishop, Bishops, and Administrators in Trust for Religious, Educational, or Charitable Purposes. - Sec. 1. All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances,...
Section 458.2 - Roman Catholic Archbishop, Bishops or Administrators; Powers in Administering Property. - Sec. 2. The archbishop of the Roman Catholic archdiocese of...
Act 189 of 1941 - Methodist Churches (458.11 - 458.12)
Section 458.11 - Methodist Churches; Change of Name. - Sec. 1. This act shall be applicable to the corporations...
Section 458.12 - Methodist Churches; Amendment of Articles of Incorporation to Effect Change. - Sec. 2. The articles of association of any ecclesiastical corporation...
Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33)
Section 458.21 - Methodist Episcopal Church; Incorporators. - Sec. 1. That it shall be lawful for any number...
Section 458.22 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Execution. - Sec. 2. The persons desiring to organize such church shall...
Section 458.23 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Contents, Form. - Sec. 3. Said articles of association shall contain the following...
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. - Sec. 4. Said articles of association shall be executed in...
Section 458.25 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity. - Sec. 5. Said church, when so organized, shall be subject...
Section 458.26 - Management of Temporalities; Trustees. - Sec. 6. The temporalities of said church shall be managed...
Section 458.27 - Powers of Corporation and Board of Trustees; Rights of Ministers and Presiding Elders. - Sec. 7. Said corporation may have a seal and alter...
Section 458.28 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure. - Sec. 8. It shall be lawful for any church organized...
Section 458.29 - Sale of Realty; Procedure, Proceeds; Abandoned Property. - Sec. 9. Whenever it shall become necessary, for the payment...
Section 458.30 - Reincorporation Under Act. - Sec. 10. Any Methodist Episcopal church heretofore incorporated, or the...
Section 458.31 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts. - Sec. 11. In all proceedings or suits that may arise,...
Section 458.32 - Trustees; Evidence of Authority. - Sec. 12. It is further provided that the execution by...
Section 458.33 - Extension of Corporate Existence; Filing Resolution With Department of Commerce; Effect. - Sec. 13. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this...
Act 27 of 1905 - Wesleyan Methodist Churches (458.41 - 458.55)
Section 458.41 - Wesleyan Methodist Church; Incorporators. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any number of...
Section 458.42 - Articles of Association; Execution. - Sec. 2. The persons desiring to organize such church shall...
Section 458.43 - Articles; Contents, Form. - Sec. 3. Said articles of association shall contain the following...
Section 458.44 - Articles of Association; Execution and Acknowledgment; Filing Articles With Department of Commerce; Members of Church as Body Politic or Corporation. - Sec. 4. Said articles of association shall be executed in...
Section 458.45 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity. - Sec. 5. Said church, when so organized, shall be subject...
Section 458.46 - Board of Trustees; Election, Term, Vacancies; Secular Affairs. - Sec. 6. The secular affairs of such church shall be...
Section 458.47 - Board of Trustees; Election in Certain Case; Dissolution, Conference Legal Successor; Sale of Property. - Sec. 7. If it shall happen that any church organized...
Section 458.48 - Bylaws. - Sec. 8. The persons forming such corporation may adopt bylaws,...
Section 458.49 - Powers of Corporation; Rights of Ministers. - Sec. 9. Said corporation may have a seal and alter...
Section 458.50 - Alteration or Amendment of Articles or Bylaws. - Sec. 10. It shall be lawful for any church organized...
Section 458.51 - Sale or Mortgage of Real Estate for Re-Investment or to Pay Debts; Title, Passing to Annual Conference. - Sec. 11. When it shall become necessary for the payment...
Section 458.52 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 12. Any Wesleyan Methodist church heretofore incorporated, or the...
Section 458.53 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts. - Sec. 13. In all proceedings or suits that may arise,...
Section 458.54 - Trustees; Evidence of Authority. - Sec. 14. It is further provided that the execution by...
Section 458.55 - Extension of Corporate Existence; Filing Resolution With Department of Commerce; Effect. - Sec. 15. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this...
Act 26 of 1907 - Methodist Protestant Churches (458.61 - 458.74)
Section 458.61 - Methodist Protestant Church; Incorporators. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any number of...
Section 458.62 - Articles of Association; Execution. - Sec. 2. The persons desiring to organize such church, shall...
Section 458.63 - Articles; Contents, Form. - Sec. 3. Said articles of association shall contain the following...
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. - Sec. 4. Said articles of association shall be filed with...
Section 458.65 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity. - Sec. 5. Said church, when so organized, shall be in...
Section 458.66 - Secular Affairs; Management; Board of Trustees, Election, Term. - Sec. 6. The secular affairs of said church shall be...
Section 458.67 - Powers of Corporation; Execution of Legal Documents; Rights of Ministers. - Sec. 7. Said corporation may have a seal and alter...
Section 458.68 - Powers of Trustees; Disposition of Realty. - Sec. 8. The trustees shall have power, according to the...
Section 458.69 - Title; Passing to Annual Conference; License to Sell; Dissolution of Corporation. - Sec. 9. In all cases where property belonging to any...
Section 458.70 - Service of Process. - Sec. 10. In all suits or legal proceedings brought against...
Section 458.71 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure. - Sec. 11. It shall be lawful for any church society...
Section 458.72 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 12. Any Methodist Protestant church society, heretofore incorporated, or...
Section 458.73 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts. - Sec. 13. In all proceedings or suits that may arise...
Section 458.74 - Trustees; Evidence of Authority. - Sec. 14. It is further provided that the execution by...
Act 29 of 1901 - Free Methodist Churches (458.81 - 458.93)
Section 458.81 - Free Methodist Church; Incorporators. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any number of...
Section 458.82 - Articles of Association and Certificate of Consent; Execution. - Sec. 2. The persons desiring to organize such church shall...
Section 458.83 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Contents, Form. - Sec. 3. Said articles of association shall contain the following...
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. - Sec. 4. Said articles of association shall be executed in...
Section 458.85 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity. - Sec. 5. Said church, when so organized, shall be subject...
Section 458.86 - Secular Affairs, Management; Board of Trustees, Election, Term, Vacancies. - Sec. 6. The secular affairs of such church shall be...
Section 458.87 - Powers of Corporation; Execution of Legal Documents; Rights of Ministers and District Elders. - Sec. 7. Said corporation may have a seal and alter...
Section 458.88 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure. - Sec. 8. It shall be lawful for any church organized...
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. - Sec. 9. When it shall become necessary for the payment...
Section 458.90 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 10. Any Free Methodist church heretofore incorporated, or the...
Section 458.91 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts. - Sec. 11. In all proceedings or suits that may arise,...
Section 458.92 - Trustees; Evidence of Authority. - Sec. 12. It is further provided that the execution by...
Section 458.93 - Extension of Corporate Existence; Adoption and Filing of Resolution; Term; Property and Contract Rights; Corporate Identity. - Sec. 13. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this...
Act 54 of 1899 - Baptist Churches (458.101 - 458.112)
Section 458.101 - Baptist Church; Adopting Articles of Incorporation; Election of Deacons or Trustees; Execution, Acknowledgement, Contents, and Filing of Certificate; Corporation; Name. - Sec. 1. That whenever a Baptist church shall desire to...
Section 458.102 - Trustees; Qualifications, Election. - Sec. 2. The deacons or other persons who shall serve...
Section 458.103 - Trustees; Term of Office. - Sec. 3. The deacons or other persons who may be...
Section 458.104 - Trustees; Subject to Control of Church; Purchase and Sale of Realty. - Sec. 4. The trustees shall be subject, in all their...
Section 458.105 - Trustees; Powers. - Sec. 5. Such trustees may have a common seal, and...
Section 458.106 - Trustees; Corporate Powers; Taxation. - Sec. 6. Such trustees may also, in their corporate name,...
Section 458.107 - Trustees; Election in Certain Case; Dissolution, Convention Legal Successor. - Sec. 7. If it shall happen that any church organized...
Section 458.108 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 8. Any Baptist church or any Baptist church and...
Section 458.109 - Certificate of Dissolution; Execution; Acknowledgment; Recording; Powers, Privileges, Duties, Trusts, and Obligations of New Organization. - Sec. 9. If such consent for dissolving such corporation for...
Section 458.110 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure. - Sec. 10. At any time after such church shall have...
Section 458.111 - Amendment of Articles. - Sec. 11. Whenever it shall be purposed to alter or...
Section 458.112 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts. - Sec. 12. In all cases which may arise in any...
Act 42 of 1842 - Baptist Convention (458.151 - 458.159)
Section 458.151 - Baptist Convention; Incorporation, Objects. - Sec. 1. That said association of which John Booth is...
Section 458.152 - Membership. - Sec. 2. All persons now members of said association, and...
Section 458.153 - First Meeting, Calling; Annual Meeting. - Sec. 3. There shall be a meeting of the members...
Section 458.154 - First Meeting; Election of Officers and Directors; Terms of Office; Board of Managers; Powers of Convention. - Sec. 4. At such meeting there shall be elected by...
Section 458.155 - Powers of Corporation; Legal Successor to Certain Dissolved Corporations. - Sec. 5. Such corporation may, by its corporate name, aforesaid,...
Section 458.156 - Donations; Use. - Sec. 6. All money or property given to the corporation,...
Section 458.157 - Members; Powers at Any Meeting. - Sec. 7. The members of the corporation shall have power...
Section 458.158 - By-Laws and Rules. - Sec. 8. All by-laws, rules and regulations now in existence...
Section 458.159 - Repeal of Act. - Sec. 9. This act may be repealed at any time...
Act 32 of 1929 - Dissolution of Baptist Ecclesiastical Societies (458.171 - 458.172)
Section 458.171 - Meeting of Incorporated Society; Calling. - Sec. 1. Whenever any Baptist church in connection with which...
Section 458.172 - Meeting of Incorporated Society; Question Put to Vote; Dissolution of Society; Property, Passing to Incorporated Church. - Sec. 2. At the meeting so called the following question...
Act 265 of 1909 - United Presbyterian Churches (458.201 - 458.213)
Section 458.201 - Presbyterian Church (Usa); Articles of Association; Notice; Adoption; Board of Trustees. - Sec. 1. When a church worshiping according to the faith...
Section 458.202 - Certificate; Execution, Contents. - Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the persons...
Section 458.203 - Certificate; Signatures; Acknowledgment; Filing Copy With Department of Commerce; Trustees, Successors, and Members as Body Corporate; Form of Certificate. - Sec. 3. The certificate shall be signed by the persons...
Section 458.204 - Property Rights of Corporation; Government. - Sec. 4. The corporation shall succeed to all the property...
Section 458.205 - Powers of Corporation. - Sec. 5. Such corporation may have a seal and alter...
Section 458.206 - Trustees; Qualifications; Election; Term. - Sec. 6. The trustees aforesaid, and as well their successors...
Section 458.207 - Trustees; Powers; Disposal of Realty. - Sec. 7. The secular affairs of said church shall, subject...
Section 458.208 - Trustees; Temporary Vacancies. - Sec. 8. If it shall happen that an organization incorporated...
Section 458.209 - Title; Passing to Presbytery; Sale of Property; Dissolution of Corporation. - Sec. 9. In all cases where property belonging to any...
Section 458.211 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure. - Sec. 11. Any church society incorporated under the provisions of...
Section 458.212 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 12. Any Presbyterian church society heretofore incorporated, or whose...
Section 458.213 - Trustees; Evidence of Authority. - Sec. 13. It is further provided that the execution by...
Act 40 of 1899 - Protestant Episcopal Churches (458.251 - 458.263)
Section 458.251 - Protestant Episcopal Church; Incorporation, Procedure; Body Corporate. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any 6 or...
Section 458.252 - Protestant Episcopal Church; Articles, Contents; Name; Location; Vestry Members. - Sec. 2. The articles shall contain: First, The name of...
Section 458.253 - Filing Articles; Acquisition of Title to Property. - Sec. 3. Such articles of agreement, when duly signed and...
Section 458.254 - First Meeting; Calling, Notice; Right to Vote; Election of Vestry Members. - Sec. 4. Any 3 or more persons who have signed...
Section 458.255 - Subsequent Meetings; Right to Vote; Annual and Special Meetings, Notice; Election of Vestry Members, Classification; Rector to Preside; Records. - Sec. 5. At all subsequent meetings, the right to vote...
Section 458.256 - Wardens; Secretary, Treasurer; Meetings of Vestry, Presiding Officer, Quorum, Vacancy. - Sec. 6. The vestry members shall annually choose by ballot...
Section 458.257 - Powers of Vestry; Owner of Pew or Slip. - Sec. 7. The vestry shall have the care and management...
Section 458.258 - Record of Proceedings; Inspection, Evidence. - Sec. 8. The vestry shall keep a record of their...
Section 458.259 - Reorganization and Extension of Corporate Life; Procedure. - Sec. 9. Any Protestant Episcopal church whose corporate term of...
Section 458.260 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure; Existing Amendments Declared Valid. - Sec. 10. Any church incorporated under this act may, at...
Section 458.261 - Repeal; Saving Clause. - Sec. 11. The following entitled acts are hereby repealed, viz.:...
Section 458.262 - Reorganization and Incorporation Under Act, Procedure; Officers. - Sec. 12. Any Protestant Episcopal church, heretofore organized under any...
Section 458.263 - Cathedral; Ex-Officio Rector. - Sec. 13. Should it be desirable to use the church...
Act 223 of 1913 - Protestant Episcopal Bishops (458.271 - 458.273)
Section 458.271 - Conveyances to Bishops of Protestant Episcopal Church in Trust for Certain Purposes. - Sec. 1. All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances...
Section 458.272 - Conditions Under Which Legal Title Vests in Bishop Even Though Not Named in Conveyance. - Sec. 2. All gifts, grants, deeds, wills and other conveyances...
Section 458.273 - Authority of Bishop to Make Conveyance; Approval Required. - Sec. 3. Any bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church in...
Act 53 of 1901 - Congregational Churches (458.301 - 458.310)
Section 458.301 - Congregational Church; Incorporators; Articles, Execution, Contents. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any number of...
Section 458.302 - Election, Qualifications, and Terms of Trustees; Filing Articles of Association and Certificate of Election With Department of Commerce; Effect. - Sec. 2. The persons signing said articles may, at the...
Section 458.303 - Amendment of Articles of Association. - Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for said corporation at...
Section 458.304 - Right to Vote. - Sec. 4. At all meetings of said corporations, subsequent to...
Section 458.304a - Congregational Churches; By-Laws, Adoption, Subjects, Amendment or Repeal. - Sec. 4a. Every such corporation shall have authority to adopt...
Section 458.305 - Notice of Meetings; Amendments. - Sec. 5. Notice of meetings of said corporation, specifying the...
Section 458.306 - Powers of Board of Trustees; Limitations; Election of Trustees and Officers. - Sec. 6. In the management of the secular affairs of...
Section 458.307 - Powers of Corporation; Seal; Offerings and Funds for Certain Purposes. - Sec. 7. Such corporation may have a seal and alter...
Section 458.308 - Corporation Declared Extinct; Dissolution, Procedure; Title, Vesting in Conference, Powers and Duties. - Sec. 8. In all cases where the property of any...
Section 458.309 - Incorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 9. Any church or religious organization, whether incorporated or...
Section 458.310 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts. - Sec. 10. In all cases, whether in law or in...
Act 47 of 1901 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society (458.331 - 458.333)
Section 458.331 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society; Procedure. - Sec. 1. That when any Congregational church which has a...
Section 458.332 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society; Completion. - Sec. 2. If these questions shall be answered in the...
Section 458.333 - Consolidation of Congregational Church and Its Ecclesiastical Society; Act Governing Consolidated Church. - Sec. 3. Any church governed according to the rules and...
Act 303 of 1913 - Dissolution of Congregational Ecclesiastical Societies (458.351 - 458.353)
Section 458.351 - Meeting of Incorporated Society; Calling. - Sec. 1. Whenever any Congregational church, in connection with which...
Section 458.352 - Question to Be Voted; Incorporation of Church; Dissolution of Society. - Sec. 2. At the meeting so called, the following question...
Section 458.353 - Repeal; Saving Clause. - Sec. 3. Act No. 47 of the Public Acts of...
Act 82 of 1899 - Reformed Churches in America (458.401 - 458.408)
Section 458.401 - Reformed Church or Congregation; Trustees; Execution and Acknowledgment of Articles of Association; Filing Copy of Articles With Department of Commerce; Trustees and Successors as Body Politic. - Sec. 1. That the minister or ministers and elders and...
Section 458.402 - Articles; Contents. - Sec. 2. The articles of association of any such corporation...
Section 458.403 - Powers of Trustees. - Sec. 3. The trustees of every church, congregation or society...
Section 458.404 - Receipt of Bequests or Gifts of Money for Investment; Real Estate. - Sec. 4. The trustees of every such church, congregation or...
Section 458.405 - Dissolution; Incumbrance or Alienation of Land. - Sec. 5. No corporation organized or reincorporated under the provisions...
Section 458.406 - Real Estate Not Needed for Church; Sale or Incumbrance. - Sec. 6. It shall be lawful for the trustees of...
Section 458.407 - Extension of Corporate Existence; Term; Filing Resolution With Department of Commerce; Effect. - Sec. 7. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this...
Section 458.408 - Reincorporation Under Act; Saving Clause. - Sec. 8. The trustees of every church, congregation or society...
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. - Sec. 1. That the minister or ministers, elders, and deacons,...
Section 458.422 - Articles; Contents. - Sec. 2. The said articles shall contain: First. The name...
Section 458.423 - Officers; Membership Qualification; Vacation or Vacancy, Effect. - Sec. 3. Any person elected to the office of pastor,...
Section 458.424 - Powers of Trustees. - Sec. 4. Such trustees may have a common seal and...
Section 458.425 - Powers of Trustees; Powers of Corporation; Sale of Land, Investment of Proceeds. - Sec. 5. Such corporation may also in their own corporate...
Section 458.426 - Powers of Trustees; Limitations; Terms of Grant, Donation or Other Conveyance, Controlling. - Sec. 6. Said trustees shall also have power and authority...
Section 458.427 - Amendment of Articles of Association. - Sec. 7. At any time after such corporation shall have...
Section 458.428 - Incorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 8. The minister, elders and deacons of any church...
Section 458.429 - Reincorporation Under Act; Saving Clause. - Sec. 9. The trustees of every church organization that have...
Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)
Section 458.451 - Evangelical Church; Incorporators. - Sec. 1. It shall be lawful for any number of...
Section 458.452 - Articles; Execution; Certificate of Consent. - Sec. 2. The persons desiring to organize such church shall...
Section 458.453 - Articles; Contents. - Sec. 3. Said articles of incorporation shall contain the following...
Section 458.454 - Articles of Incorporation; Execution in Duplicate; Filing Articles and Certificate; Body Politic or Corporation; Powers, Rights, and Privileges. - Sec. 4. Such articles of incorporation shall be executed in...
Section 458.455 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity. - Sec. 5. Said churches, when so incorporated, shall be in...
Section 458.456 - Meetings. - Sec. 6. Said church when so organized may provide by...
Section 458.457 - Powers of Corporation; Rights of Ministers, Presiding Elders and Bishops. - Sec. 7. Said church when so organized shall have all...
Section 458.458 - Articles of Incorporation; Alteration or Amendment; Execution and Filing. - Sec. 8. It shall be lawful for any church organized...
Section 458.459 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure. - Sec. 9. Any church of the Evangelical association heretofore incorporated,...
Section 458.460 - Construction of Acts. - Sec. 10. In all proceedings that may arise or be...
Act 265 of 1949 - United Missionary Churches (458.521 - 458.536)
Section 458.521 - Applicability of Act. - Sec. 1. This act shall be applicable to the corporation...
Section 458.522 - United Missionary Churches; Incorporation; Change of Name in Articles. - Sec. 2. The articles of association of every ecclesiastical corporation...
Section 458.523 - United Missionary Churches; Organization, Number of Persons. - Sec. 3. It shall be lawful for any number of...
Section 458.524 - United Missionary Churches; Articles of Association, Certificate. - Sec. 4. The persons desiring to organize such church shall...
Section 458.525 - United Missionary Churches; Contents and Form of Articles. - Sec. 5. Said articles of association shall contain the following...
Section 458.526 - United Missionary Churches; Triplicate Articles, Delivery to Corporation and Securities Commission; Fees; Filing. - Sec. 6. Triplicate originals of the articles shall be delivered...
Section 458.527 - United Missionary Churches; Government and Policy. - Sec. 7. Said church, when so organized, shall be in...
Section 458.528 - United Missionary Churches; Board of Trustees. - Sec. 8. The secular affairs of said church shall be...
Section 458.529 - United Missionary Churches; Seal; Powers; Conveyance of Property; Discipline; Administration of Sacraments. - Sec. 9. Said corporation may have a seal and alter...
Section 458.530 - United Missionary Churches; Powers of Trustees. - Sec. 10. The trustees shall have power, according to the...
Section 458.531 - United Missionary Churches; Sale of Real Estate, Authorization; Proceeds. - Sec. 11. Whenever it shall become necessary for the payment...
Section 458.532 - United Missionary Churches; Abandonment of Property; License to Sell. - Sec. 12. In all cases where property belonging to any...
Section 458.533 - United Missionary Churches; Amending Articles, Acknowledgment, Certificate, Recording. - Sec. 13. It shall be lawful for any church organized...
Section 458.534 - United Missionary Churches; Suits or Proceedings. - Sec. 14. In all proceedings or suits that may arise,...
Section 458.535 - United Missionary Churches; Execution of Obligations or Contracts by Acting Trustees, Validity. - Sec. 15. It is further provided, that the execution by...
Section 458.536 - Act Repealed; Rights Saved. - Sec. 16. Act No. 225 of the Public Acts of...