2012 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 457 — FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS
Act 55 of 1917 — ESKIMOS (457.701 - 457.708)
Section 457.702 — Grand council; incorporators; articles, execution, contents.

Sec. 2.

The 5 principal officers of the grand council of the Eskimos of the state of Michigan desiring to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seal, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of the state having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:

First, The names of the persons associated in the first instance, and their place of residence;

Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known;

Third, The place of its principal business office;

Fourth, The period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years;

Fifth, The object and purposes of the association, which shall be to protect and aid its members and their families, to promote the general welfare and the social and moral condition of its members, but neither such purposes nor condition of membership in such association shall include any requirements from the members to discriminate against any person in respect to civil rights because of religious belief or affiliation.

History: 1917, Act 55, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;-- CL 1929, 10838 ;-- CL 1948, 457.702