Sec. 8.
The trustees shall have power, according to the terms and limitations of the discipline of the Methodist Protestant church, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said church, to purchase, build, repair, lease, sell, rent, mortgage, encumber or otherwise dispose of property: Provided, That in case of selling, mortgaging or otherwise encumbering or disposing of real estate, the consent of the president of the annual conference, within whose bounds the said corporation may be, shall be obtained: And Provided further, That in case the said president shall refuse, or withhold his consent to the selling, mortgaging, encumbering or disposing of real estate, appeal may be had to the said conference at its next session, and said appeal shall be final.
History: 1907, Act 26, Imd. Eff. Mar. 20, 1907 ;-- CL 1915, 11066 ;-- CL 1929, 10881 ;-- CL 1948, 458.68
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.