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Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations
Act 54 of 1899 BAPTIST CHURCHES (458.101 - 458.112)
AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of Baptist churches; and to impose certain duties upon the department of commerce.
History: 1899, Act 54, Imd. Eff. May 2, 1899 ;-- Am. 1982, Act 446, Eff. Mar. 30, 1983
- Section 458.101 Baptist church; adopting articles of incorporation; election of deacons or trustees; execution, acknowledgement, contents, and filing of certificate; corporation; name.
- Section 458.102 Trustees; qualifications, election.
- Section 458.103 Trustees; term of office.
- Section 458.104 Trustees; subject to control of church; purchase and sale of realty.
- Section 458.105 Trustees; powers.
- Section 458.106 Trustees; corporate powers; taxation.
- Section 458.107 Trustees; election in certain case; dissolution, convention legal successor.
- Section 458.108 Reincorporation under act; procedure.
- Section 458.109 Certificate of dissolution; execution; acknowledgment; recording; powers, privileges, duties, trusts, and obligations of new organization.
- Section 458.110 Amendment of articles; procedure.
- Section 458.111 Amendment of articles.
- Section 458.112 Construction of inconsistent acts.
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