Sec. 2.
The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Free Methodist church. To such articles of association there shall be attached a certificate by the district elder of the district in which said church is to be located, that the said church was organized by and with the consent of said district elder.
History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11004 ;-- CL 1929, 10889 ;-- CL 1948, 458.82
Structure Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
Act 29 of 1901 - Free Methodist Churches (458.81 - 458.93)
Section 458.81 - Free Methodist Church; Incorporators.
Section 458.82 - Articles of Association and Certificate of Consent; Execution.
Section 458.83 - Articles and Certificate of Consent; Contents, Form.
Section 458.85 - Church Government; Ecclesiastical Polity.
Section 458.86 - Secular Affairs, Management; Board of Trustees, Election, Term, Vacancies.
Section 458.88 - Amendment of Articles; Procedure.
Section 458.90 - Reincorporation Under Act; Procedure.
Section 458.91 - Construction of Inconsistent Acts.