Michigan · statute · 27 of 1905, Mich. Comp. Laws · 15 active provisions
It shall be lawful for any number of members of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (or church), of full age, not less than 5, to organize and procure the incorporation of a Wesleyan Methodist church.
The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgment of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (o…
Said articles of association shall contain the following items: First, the name of said church; second, the township, village or city, and the county in which said church shall be located; third, the time for which said corporation shall be created; fourth, an agreement to worship and labor together according to the di…
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 church, when so organized, shall be subject in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the discipline, usages and ministerial appointments of the Wesleyan Methodist connection (or church) of America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of said connection and…
The secular affairs of such church shall be managed by a board of trustees, consisting of not less than 3 nor more than 9 members, to be elected by ballot by said corporation from the membership of the church. The said trustees shall hold office for such term as the said church shall decide upon, and until their succes…
If it shall happen that any church organized under the provisions of this act shall, from any cause, be found at any time without trustees, such church shall not for that cause lose its corporate existence, but such church may at any time proceed to elect trustees, as provided in this act: Provided, That whenever any c…
The persons forming such corporation may adopt bylaws, and execute and acknowledge them in the same manner as the articles of association above provided for, and such bylaws shall be retained by such corporation. Such bylaws shall prescribe the qualifications of members; the manner in which persons are to become member…
Said corporation may have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; it may, in its corporate name, sue and be sued in all courts and places; it shall have power to acquire, hold, sell and convey property, both real and personal, in accordance with this act, and it may recover and hold the debts, demands, rights, privilege…
It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the members of the same, who are present and voting, to alter and amend its articles of association, or its bylaws, in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or the discipline of the Wesleyan Methodist c…
When it shall become necessary for the payment of debts, or with a view to re-investment, to make a sale or mortgage of any real estate belonging to said church, the members of the church, by a 2/3 majority of the same, who are present and voting, may authorize a sale or mortgage of said real estate by the trustees of…
Any Wesleyan Methodist church heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may by a 2/3 vote of the members of the society, present and voting, place itself under the provisions of this act, the same as if originally incorporated under it, by 2/3 of the mem…
In all proceedings or suits that may arise, or be brought in any of the courts of this state, touching, or in any way concerning churches that may be incorporated under this act, or which by vote of the members of the society thereof may have placed themselves under its provisions, all other acts or parts of acts incon…
It is further provided that the execution by the acting trustees of said corporation, in proper form, of any deed, mortgage, note, bond, or other obligation or contract of said corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the proper appointment of said trustees, and that the necessary steps have been taken to give the…
Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act, whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation, may extend its corporate existence from time to time for a term not exceeding 30 years, by causing to be filed with the office of the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce, a…