2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 457 - FRATERNAL ASSOCIATIONS
Act 16 of 1875 - IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN (457.481 - 457.488)

IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN
Act 16 of 1875
AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of tribes and councils of the Improved Order of Red Men, and to repeal chapter 122 of the Compiled Laws, being an act to provide for the incorporation of societies of Pocahontas tribes of Improved Order of Red Men; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.

History: 1875, Act 16, Eff. Aug. 3, 1875 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 90, Imd. Eff. Apr. 19, 1982

• Section 457.481 - Improved Order of Red Men; incorporation.
• Section 457.482 - Great council; incorporators; articles of association, execution, contents.
• Section 457.483 - Great council; filing copy of articles, charter, and constitution with department of commerce; signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers.
• Section 457.484 - Evidence of existence and incorporation.
• Section 457.485 - Subordinate tribes; chartering; existing subordinate tribes; regulation.
• Section 457.486 - Incorporation of tribe of Improved Order of Red Men; making and executing articles of incorporation; filing copy of articles with department of commerce, signers of articles, associates, and successors as body politic and corporate; powers; evidence of existence and incorporation.
• Section 457.487 - Erection of building; capital stock, creation, shares; cemetery.
• Section 457.488 - Governing law; amendment of act.