Michigan · statute · 235 of 1849, Mich. Comp. Laws · 5 active provisions
The grand lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of Michigan; by that name and style are hereby incorporated and declared a body politic and corporate in deed and law with succession, and shall be in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleded [impleaded], answering and being answered, defe…
The officers of said corporation shall be: the grand master, deputy grand master, senior grand warden, junior grand warden, grand treasurer, and grand secretary, for the time being, and they shall constitute the board of directors of said corporation for the transaction of all business authorized by this act.
This act shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 55 of the Revised Statutes of 1846, so far as the same may be applicable.
Said corporation may, under the direction of the grand lodge when assembled, make all by-laws for its government, the government of all constituent lodges under its jurisdiction, the government of all institutions owned, established or maintained by it, and for the transaction of all business of the corporation. Said c…
Said corporation may hold real and personal estate of subordinate lodges in trust for the use of such subordinate lodges, and do all acts and things in law relating thereto as trustees, and may convey the same as above, under the direction of such subordinate lodge and the rules, regulations, and by-laws of the grand l…