Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
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...