2012 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 457 — FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS
Act 49 of 1893 — UNITED FRIENDS OF MICHIGAN (457.631 - 457.636)
Section 457.631 — Supreme commandery or chartered subordinate commandery; manner of incorporation.

Sec. 1.

That the supreme commandery of United Friends of Michigan and any subordinate commandery duly chartered by such supreme commandery, pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of said supreme commandery, may become a body corporate and politic in the manner following:

First, At some meeting of the executive committee which shall be composed of 6 members, citizens of the United States, of said supreme commandery, held pursuant to the constitution and laws thereof, a resolution shall be adopted by a vote of 2/3 of said executive committee, expressing the desire and determination of such supreme commandery to become incorporated;

Second, On such resolution being passed, the executive committee shall prepare articles of association, under their hands and the seal of such supreme commandery, setting forth the number, name and location of all subordinate commanderies then in good standing, under the jurisdiction of such supreme commandery, the name by which the supreme commandery is known, the date of its organization, a copy of the resolution mentioned in the first subdivision of this act, the corporate name by which the supreme commandery shall be known in law; the object and purpose of the association is fraternal insurance, to be conducted under the laws controlling life insurance in this state, in which no insurance shall hereafter be taken on a person under 18 or over 50 years of age, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years, to which shall be appended a copy of the constitution and laws of the supreme commandery;

Third, The supreme secretary shall make and annex to such articles of association, an affidavit stating the official position occupied in the supreme commandery by the several members of the executive committee, that the resolution, a copy of which is set out in the articles of association, was duly passed at a meeting of the executive committee, held pursuant to the constitution and that the same was passed by a 2/3 vote of all of said executive committee, that all the statements in said articles of association are true to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, and that the constitution and laws of such supreme commandery, a copy of which is appended to said articles of association, has been adopted by such supreme commandery;

Fourth, A copy of such articles of association, with all the papers mentioned in the second subdivision of this act, and of the affidavit of said supreme secretary, by the supreme secretary duly attested, shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce.

History: 1893, Act 49, Eff. Aug. 28, 1893 ;-- CL 1897, 8116 ;-- CL 1915, 10591 ;-- CL 1929, 10791 ;-- CL 1948, 457.631 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 109, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982