Sec. 4.
Said articles of association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce. When said articles of association shall have been filed, the said persons so signing 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 rules, usages, and discipline of the Methodist Protestant church, shall thereby become and thenceforth be a body politic, or corporation, by the name expressed in the said articles of association, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the laws of this state.
History: 1907, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1907 ;-- CL 1915, 11062 ;-- CL 1929, 10877 ;-- CL 1948, 458.64 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 123, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
Act 26 of 1907 - Methodist Protestant Churches (458.61 - 458.74)
Section 458.61 - Methodist Protestant Church; Incorporators.
Section 458.62 - Articles of Association; Execution.
Section 458.63 - Articles; Contents, Form.
Section 458.65 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
Section 458.66 - Secular Affairs; Management; Board of Trustees, Election, Term.
Section 458.67 - Powers of Corporation; Execution of Legal Documents; Rights of Ministers.
Section 458.68 - Powers of Trustees; Disposition of Realty.
Section 458.69 - Title; Passing to Annual Conference; License to Sell; Dissolution of Corporation.
Section 458.70 - Service of Process.
Section 458.71 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure.
Section 458.72 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure.