Sec. 4.
Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of such duplicate copies shall be retained by such corporation and 1 copy shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of association shall have been filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the said persons so signing the said articles of association, and their associates and fellow members of said church, and all who may thereafter become members of said church, according to the discipline, rules, and usages of the Wesleyan Methodist connection or church, shall thereby become, and thenceforth be, a body politic or corporation, by the name expressed in said articles of association, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the laws of this state.
History: 1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 11047 ;-- CL 1929, 10862 ;-- CL 1948, 458.44 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 75, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Structure 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.
Section 458.42 - Articles of Association; Execution.
Section 458.43 - Articles; Contents, Form.
Section 458.45 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
Section 458.46 - Board of Trustees; Election, Term, Vacancies; Secular Affairs.
Section 458.49 - Powers of Corporation; Rights of Ministers.
Section 458.50 - Alteration or Amendment of Articles or Bylaws.
Section 458.52 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure.
Section 458.53 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts.