458.401 Reformed church or congregation; trustees; execution and acknowledgment of articles of association; filing copy of articles with department of commerce; trustees and successors as body politic. Sec. 1. That the minister or ministers and elders and deacons, and if during any time there be no minister, then the elders and deacons during such time, […]
458.402 Articles; contents. Sec. 2. The articles of association of any such corporation shall state the purpose for which such society is incorporated, the name of the corporation, the period for which it is incorporated, and the name and place of residence of each of the persons associating in the first instance. History: 1899, Act […]
458.403 Powers of trustees. Sec. 3. The trustees of every church, congregation or society hereinabove mentioned, and their successors may respectively have and use a common seal, and may renew and alter the same at their pleasure, and are hereby authorized and empowered to take into their possession and custody all the temporalities belonging to […]
458.404 Receipt of bequests or gifts of money for investment; real estate. Sec. 4. The trustees of every such church, congregation or society, hereinabove mentioned, may receive bequests or gifts of money for investment upon bond or mortgage when the interest of such investment is to be used by such trustees for the lawful purposes […]
458.405 Dissolution; incumbrance or alienation of land. Sec. 5. No corporation organized or reincorporated under the provisions of this act shall be dissolved or disbanded except by and with the consent of the classis to which such church shall belong, and no church building or parsonage, or any land necessarily used in connection therewith for […]
458.406 Real estate not needed for church; sale or incumbrance. Sec. 6. It shall be lawful for the trustees of every such church, congregation or society to sell and convey or mortgage, without the consent of the classis to which such church, congregation or society may belong, all real estate that may belong to such […]
458.407 Extension of corporate existence; term; filing resolution with department of commerce; effect. Sec. 7. Any corporation organized under the provisions of this act whose corporate existence is about to expire by limitation may extend its corporate existence for a term not exceeding 30 years, by filing with the corporation and securities bureau of the […]
458.408 Reincorporation under act; saving clause. Sec. 8. The trustees of every church, congregation or society that have heretofore been incorporated by virtue of the provisions of chapter 173, volume 1, Howell’s annotated statutes of Michigan, providing for the incorporation of Reformed Protestant Dutch churches, and that are now operating thereunder, are hereby reincorporated under […]
