Michigan Compiled Laws
Act 94 of 1899 - Evangelical Churches (458.451 - 458.460)
Section 458.455 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.

Sec. 5.
Said churches, when so incorporated, shall be in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity subject to the discipline, rules and usages of the Evangelical association as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church and the annual conference in whose bounds such corporation is situated.
History: 1899, Act 94, Imd. Eff. June 1, 1899 ;-- CL 1915, 10966 ;-- CL 1929, 10987 ;-- CL 1948, 458.455