Sec. 1.
It shall be lawful for any 6 or more persons, professing attachment to the Protestant Episcopal church, to execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, 1 or more duplicate articles of agreement, in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church according to the usages of the Protestant Episcopal church, by the name and style set forth in such articles; and upon the execution and acknowledgment and filing thereof, as herein provided, such church shall become a body politic and corporate, by the name set forth in said articles, in accordance with the constitution, canons, doctrine, discipline and worship of the Protestant Episcopal church.
History: 1899, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10928 ;-- CL 1929, 10936 ;-- CL 1948, 458.251
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
Act 40 of 1899 - Protestant Episcopal Churches (458.251 - 458.263)
Section 458.251 - Protestant Episcopal Church; Incorporation, Procedure; Body Corporate.
Section 458.252 - Protestant Episcopal Church; Articles, Contents; Name; Location; Vestry Members.
Section 458.253 - Filing Articles; Acquisition of Title to Property.
Section 458.254 - First Meeting; Calling, Notice; Right to Vote; Election of Vestry Members.
Section 458.257 - Powers of Vestry; Owner of Pew or Slip.
Section 458.258 - Record of Proceedings; Inspection, Evidence.
Section 458.259 - Reorganization and Extension of Corporate Life; Procedure.
Section 458.260 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure; Existing Amendments Declared Valid.
Section 458.261 - Repeal; Saving Clause.
Section 458.262 - Reorganization and Incorporation Under Act, Procedure; Officers.