458.21 Methodist Episcopal church; incorporators. Sec. 1. That it shall be lawful for any number of members of the Methodist Episcopal church of full age, not less than 9, with the consent of the presiding elder of the district in which the proposed church is to be located, to organize and procure the incorporation of […]
458.22 Articles and certificate of consent; execution. Sec. 2. The persons desiring to organize such church shall execute and acknowledge, before any person authorized to take acknowledgement of deeds, articles of association in writing, whereby they shall agree to organize a church, which shall be governed by the discipline, rules and usages of the Methodist […]
458.23 Articles and certificate of consent; contents, form. Sec. 3. Said articles of association shall contain the following items: First, The name of said church; Second, The township, village or city, and the county in which said church shall be located; Third, The time for which said corporation shall be created; Fourth, An agreement to […]
458.24 Articles of association; execution and acknowledgment; filing articles and certificate with department of commerce; members of church as body politic or corporation. Sec. 4. Said articles of association shall be executed in duplicate, and acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgment of deeds. One of such duplicate copies shall be retained […]
458.25 Church government; ecclesiastical polity. Sec. 5. Said church, when so organized, shall be subject in all matters of church government and ecclesiastical polity to the discipline, usage and ministerial appointments of the Methodist Episcopal church in the United States of America, as from time to time authorized and declared by the general conference of […]
458.26 Management of temporalities; trustees. Sec. 6. The temporalities of said church shall be managed by a board of trustees consisting of not less than 3, nor more than 9 members, to be elected by said corporation, the said trustees to hold their office for the term of 1 year, or until their successors shall […]
458.27 Powers of corporation and board of trustees; rights of ministers and presiding elders. Sec. 7. Said corporation may have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; it may in its corporate name sue and be sued in all courts and places; it shall have power to acquire, hold, sell and convey property, both […]
458.28 Amendment of articles; procedure. Sec. 8. It shall be lawful for any church organized under the provisions of this act, by a 2/3 vote of the quarterly conference of said church, to alter or amend its articles of association in any manner not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or the book of […]
458.29 Sale of realty; procedure, proceeds; abandoned property. Sec. 9. Whenever it shall become necessary, for the payment of debts or with a view of reinvestment, to make a sale of any real estate belonging to said church, the quarterly conference of said church may, by a vote of a majority of all the members […]
458.30 Reincorporation under act. Sec. 10. Any Methodist Episcopal church heretofore incorporated, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may by a 2/3 vote of the members of the quarterly conference, place itself under the provisions of this act, the same as if originally incorporated under it, by […]
458.31 Construction of inconsistent acts. Sec. 11. In all proceedings or suits that may arise, or be brought in any of the courts of this state, touching, or in any way concerning, churches that may be incorporated under this act, or which by vote of the quarterly conference thereof may have placed themselves under its […]
458.32 Trustees; evidence of authority. Sec. 12. It is further provided that the execution by the acting trustees of said corporation, in proper form, of any deed, mortgage, note, bond, or other obligation or contract of said corporation, shall be prima facie evidence of the proper appointment of said trustees and that the necessary steps […]
458.33 Extension of corporate existence; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect. Sec. 13. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation may extend its corporate existence from time to time for a term not exceeding 30 years, by causing to be filed with the […]
