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Home » US Law » 2022 Michigan Compiled Laws » Chapter 458 - Ecclesiastical Corporations » Act 40 of 1899 - Protestant Episcopal Churches (458.251 - 458.263) » Section 458.252 – Protestant Episcopal Church; Articles, Contents; Name; Location; Vestry Members.
458.252 Protestant Episcopal church; articles, contents; name; location; vestry members.

Sec. 2.

The articles shall contain:

First, The name of the proposed church;

Second, The township or city and county in which it is located;

Third, The number of vestry members, not less than 6 nor more than 15, who shall have charge of the temporal affairs of such church, and the time of the annual meeting, which shall be during the first 2 weeks of January, and no church shall be incorporated, in any township or city, bearing the same name as any other Protestant Episcopal church theretofore organized therein.

History: 1899, Act 40, Imd. Eff. Apr. 18, 1899 ;– CL 1915, 10929 ;– Am. 1917, Act 62, Eff. Aug. 10, 1917 ;– CL 1929, 10937 ;– CL 1948, 458.252 ;– Am. 1954, Act 23, Eff. Aug. 13, 1954 ;– Am. 1957, Act 136, Imd. Eff. May 28, 1957