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Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
Act 29 of 1901 FREE METHODIST CHURCHES (458.81 - 458.93)
AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of Free Methodist churches; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.
History: 1901, Act 29, Imd. Eff. Mar. 26, 1901 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 445, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
- Section 458.81 Free Methodist church; incorporators.
- Section 458.82 Articles of association and certificate of consent; execution.
- Section 458.83 Articles and certificate of consent; contents, form.
- Section 458.84 Articles of association; execution; acknowledgment; retention of copy; filing articles and certificate of consent; body politic or corporation; name; powers, rights, and privileges.
- Section 458.85 Church government; ecclesiastical polity.
- Section 458.86 Secular affairs, management; board of trustees, election, term, vacancies.
- Section 458.87 Powers of corporation; execution of legal documents; rights of ministers and district elders.
- Section 458.88 Amendment of articles; procedure.
- Section 458.89 Sale or mortgage of real estate to pay debts or for re-investment; title, passing to annual conference; license to sell; procedure.
- Section 458.90 Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- Section 458.91 Construction of inconsistent acts.
- Section 458.92 Trustees; evidence of authority.
- Section 458.93 Extension of corporate existence; adoption and filing of resolution; term; property and contract rights; corporate identity.
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