Sec. 2.
The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist Episcopal church. To such articles of association there shall be attached a certificate by the presiding elder of the district in which said church is to be located that the said church was organized by and with the consent of said presiding elder.
History: 1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10916 ;-- CL 1929, 10847 ;-- CL 1948, 458.22
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
Act 11 of 1899 - Methodist Episcopal Churches (458.21 - 458.33)
Section 458.21 - Methodist Episcopal Church; Incorporators.
Section 458.22 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Execution.
Section 458.23 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Contents, Form.
Section 458.25 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
Section 458.26 - Management of Temporalities; Trustees.
Section 458.28 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure.
Section 458.29 - Sale of Realty; Procedure, Proceeds; Abandoned Property.
Section 458.30 - Reincorporation Under Act.
Section 458.31 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts.