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Act 11 of 1899
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES

Act 11 of 1899

AN ACT for the organization of corporate Methodist Episcopal churches; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.


History: 1899, Act 11, Imd. Eff. Mar. 2, 1899 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentTypeDescription
Section 458.21SectionMethodist Episcopal church; incorporators.
Section 458.22SectionArticles and certificate of consent; execution.
Section 458.23SectionArticles and certificate of consent; contents, form.
Section 458.24SectionArticles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles and certificate with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation.
Section 458.25SectionChurch government; ecclesiastical polity.
Section 458.26SectionManagement of temporalities; trustees.
Section 458.27SectionPowers of corporation and board of trustees; rights of ministers and presiding elders.
Section 458.28SectionAmendment of articles; procedure.
Section 458.29SectionSale of realty; procedure, proceeds; abandoned property.
Section 458.30SectionReincorporation under act.
Section 458.31SectionConstruction of inconsistent acts.
Section 458.32SectionTrustees; evidence of authority.
Section 458.33SectionExtension of corporate existence; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect.
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