2006 Michigan Compiled Laws - Act 27 of 1905


WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCHES

Act 27 of 1905

AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of Wesleyan Methodist churches; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.


History: 1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;--Am. 1982, Act 75, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982




The People of the State of Michigan enact:

DocumentDescription
Section 458.41Wesleyan Methodist church; incorporators.
Section 458.42Articles of association; execution.
Section 458.43Articles; contents, form.
Section 458.44Articles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation.
Section 458.45Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
Section 458.46Board of trustees; election, term, vacancies; secular affairs.
Section 458.47Board of trustees; election in certain case; dissolution, conference legal successor; sale of property.
Section 458.48Bylaws.
Section 458.49Powers of corporation; rights of ministers.
Section 458.50Alteration or amendment of articles or bylaws.
Section 458.51Sale or mortgage of real estate for re-investment or to pay debts; title, passing to annual conference.
Section 458.52Reincorporation under act; procedure.
Section 458.53Construction of inconsistent acts.
Section 458.54Trustees; evidence of authority.
Section 458.55Extension of corporate existence; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect.

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