2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 457 - FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS
Act 1 of 1897 - FORESTERS OF AMERICA (457.551 - 457.559)

FORESTERS OF AMERICA
Act 1 of 1897
AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of grand and subordinate courts of the Foresters of America of the state of Michigan; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.

History: 1897, Act 1, Imd. Eff. Jan. 21, 1897 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 106, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982

• Section 457.551 - Foresters of America; incorporation.
• Section 457.552 - Grand court; incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.
• Section 457.553 - Grand court; filing copy of articles of association, charter, and constitution with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; name; evidence of existence and incorporation.
• Section 457.554 - Grand court; property, holding, disposition.
• Section 457.555 - Subordinate courts; chartering; existing courts; regulation.
• Section 457.556 - Subordinate court; incorporation; making, executing, and filing articles of association with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers; evidence of existence and incorporation.
• Section 457.557 - Governing law; amendment of act.
• Section 457.558 - Business office; location; notice of change.
• Section 457.559 - Erection of building; capital stock, creation, shares.