Sec. 4.
Such articles of incorporation shall be executed in duplicate. One copy 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 incorporation and said certificate of the preacher in charge shall have been filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the said persons so signing said articles of association, and their associates and fellow members of said church, and all that may thereafter become members of said church as shown by its records from time to time shall thereby become and thenceforth be a body politic or corporation by the name expressed in said articles of incorporation, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the law of this state.
History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10965 ;-- CL 1929, 10986 ;-- CL 1948, 458.454 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 444, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)
Section 458.451 - Evangelical Church; Incorporators.
Section 458.452 - Articles; Execution; Certificate of Consent.
Section 458.453 - Articles; Contents.
Section 458.455 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
Section 458.457 - Powers of Corporation; Rights of Ministers, Presiding Elders and Bishops.
Section 458.458 - Articles of Incorporation; Alteration or Amendment; Execution and Filing.