Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.271
Order of Eastern Star association; incorporation.
Associations of the Order of the Eastern Star may be incorporated under the provisions of this act.
Michigan Compiled Laws — ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR (Act 35 of 1909)
Michigan · statute · 35 of 1909, Mich. Comp. Laws · 7 active provisions
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.272
Articles of association; execution, contents.
Any 10 or more residents of this state, who are members of any chartered body or of different chartered bodies of the Order of the Eastern Star, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this state having aut…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.273
Filing copy of articles with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body corporate; evidence of existence and incorporation.
A copy of said articles of association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce and thereupon the persons who shall have signed said articles of association, their associates and successors, shall be a body corporate by the name expressed in such articles of association. A…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.274
Powers of corporation; property, holding, disposition.
Every corporation organized under the provisions of this act may take, receive, purchase and hold in its corporate capacity and for its corporate purposes real and personal property, and the same or any part thereof demise, sell, convey, use and dispose of at pleasure; and may erect and own suitable building or buildin…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.275
Powers of corporation; issuance of stock.
Every such corporation shall have full power and authority to provide by its by-laws for the issuing of certificates or shares of stock and for the manner in which the same shall be held and represented.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.276
Membership; election of officers and trustees; terms.
Every such corporation shall elect annually a president, vice president and secretary and shall have power to provide by its by-laws for succession to its original membership and for new membership; and shall provide by its by-laws for election from its members of a board of trustees, and shall fix the number and term…
Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.277
Management and control.
The management and control of the business, affairs and property of such corporation shall be vested in said board of trustees, and said board shall have power to borrow any money and cause to be made and issued any bonds and mortgages authorized by section 4 of this act. Said trustees shall appoint from their number a…