Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
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...