Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.201
Masonic lodges; incorporation.
That any chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and any chartered lodge of the order of Free and Accepted Masons, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act.
Michigan Compiled Laws — MASONIC LODGES (Act 145 of 1865)
Michigan · statute · 145 of 1865, Mich. Comp. Laws · 10 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.202
Incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.
Any 10 or more residents of this state being members either of any commandery of Knights, Templars, council, chapter of Royal Arch Masons or of any chartered lodge of the order of Free and Accepted Masons or being members of any such commandery, council, chapter or lodge who shall be desirous to become incorporated, ma…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.203
Filing copy of articles and charter with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate.
A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter of the lodge or chapter, of which the persons executing said articles are members, or in case a lodge and chapter are to be incorporated together, a copy of the charters of both such lodge and chapter of which such persons are members of 1 or b…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.204
Erection of buildings; capital stock, creation, shares; property, holding and disposition; cemetery.
Every corporation formed in pursuance with this act may erect and own such suitable edifice, building or hall as to such corporation shall seem proper, with convenient rooms for the meetings of the Masonic bodies, and for this purpose may create a capital stock of not more than 500,000 dollars, to be divided into share…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.205
Board of trustees; election, quorum; officers, appointment, duties.
The stockholders, each of whom shall be entitled to 1 vote for each share of stock held by him, may elect from their number a board of trustees of not less than 6 nor more than 15 members, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum, and the trustees shall appoint from their own number a president, secretary and treas…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.206
Board of trustees; powers.
The management and direction of the interests, affairs and property of such corporation shall be vested in said board of trustees, and said board shall make all needful rules, ordinances and by-laws, regulating the transaction of the business and management of the property, and all the affairs, concerns and interests o…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.207
By-laws and rules; powers of trustees.
Every corporation organized under and in pursuance of this act, shall have full power and authority to provide by its by-laws, from time to time, for the election from its members of such other officers of the corporation, under and by such name and style as shall be in accordance with its Masonic constitution; and ins…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.208
Governing law; amendment of act.
All corporations, formed under this act, shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 73, of the Compiled Laws of this state, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act, and the legislature may alter or amend this act at any time.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.209
Effective date of act.
This act shall take immediate effect.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.210
Incorporated lodge or chapter; surrender of corporate rights, powers, and liabilities; effect; reincorporation.
Any lodge or chapter which shall have been incorporated before this act as amended takes effect as a law, may by a vote of the members of such lodge or chapter at any regular meeting thereof surrender their corporate rights, powers and liabilities; but such surrender shall not in any manner affect any suits which may b…