Sec. 4.
Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of such duplicate copies 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 association and said certificate of the district elder shall have been filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, the said persons so signing the 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 discipline, rules, and usages of the Free Methodist church, shall thereby become, and thenceforth be a body politic or corporation, by the name expressed in said articles of association, with all the powers, rights, and privileges appertaining to religious corporations by the laws of this state.
History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901 ;-- CL 1915, 11006 ;-- CL 1929, 10891 ;-- CL 1948, 458.84 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 445, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
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.