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"An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of Protestant Episcopal churches," approved April eighteenth, eighteen hundred ninety-nine, being sections ten thousand nine hundred twenty-nine and ten thousand nine hundred thirty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 2. Said 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 vestrymen, not less than six nor more than twelve, who shall have charge of the temporal affairs of such church, and the time of the annual meeting, which shall be during the first two 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.

SEC. 5. At all subsequent meetings, the right to vote shall be confined to such persons as shall be authorized by the laws of the church to vote at parish meetings. The annual meeting shall take place during the first two weeks in January. Public notice shall be given of the time and place of holding such meetings, on two Sundays immediately preceding such meeting, by the rector, and in his absence, by either of the wardens at the regular service on such days. In case service shall not be held, notice shall be given either by publishing or posting, as the vestry shall direct, written or printed notices thereof, signed by the rector, or, in case there is no rector, by the secretary of the vestry at least one week prior to such meeting. Special meetings of the parish may be called by the vestry, and a like notice shall be given of any such special meeting as is required for an annual meeting, and the object of such special meeting shall be stated. At the annual meeting, an election of vestrymen shall be held to serve until the next annual meeting, but at such annual meeting it shall be lawful, at the option of said meeting, to classify the vestrymen in three equal classes, as near as may be, one of which classes shall hold their offices for one year, one for two years, and one for three years, and at all subsequent meetings, vestrymen shall be elected for three years, to fill the places made vacant by the class whose term of office shall expire at the time. Any church desiring to discontinue such classification may do so, and thereafter vestrymen shall be elected for one year to fill the places made vacant by the class whose term of office shall expire at the time of election. The vestrymen shall be elected by ballot and shall serve until their successors shall be chosen. The wardens, when present, shall be the judges of the election, and shall permit no person to vote unless qualified as aforesaid; and they shall canvass and declare the result, and a majority of all the votes cast shall be necessary to elect.

In case of the absence of the wardens, or either of them, members of the vestry shall be appointed to act as such judges in the place of the absent warden or wardens. The rector, when present, shall preside at all meetings of the parish. A full and complete record of the proceedings of all such meetings shall be kept by the secretary of the vestry: Pro- Proviso. vided, That vestrymen elected during Easter week in the year nineteen hundred seventeen, at annual meetings as heretofore provided, shall hold office until their successors are elected in due course at the annual meetings of their parishes during the first two weeks of January in the year nineteen hundred eighteen, as herein provided; or in case they are elected for two or more years, until the annual meetings in January corresponding therewith. And it is further provided that the terms of office of vestrymen who have been elected for more than one year, and whose terms of office would otherwise expire during Easter week in nineteen hundred eighteen or nineteen hundred nineteen, shall expire upon the election of their successors at the annual meetings of their parishes in January of those years respectively as herein provided.

Approved April 17, 1917.

[No. 63.]

AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of grand chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star in Michigan.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Any grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Incorporation Star within the State of Michigan may be incorporated under grand and in pursuance of this act in the following manner.

chapter.

association.

SEC. 2. The worthy grand matron, the worthy grand pa- Articles of tron, the associate grand matron, the associate grand patron, the grand secretary, the grand treasurer, the grand conductress and the associate grand conductress of any grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star in this State, together with not less than ten past grand matrons or past grand patrons, residents of this State, and being members of the grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star proposed to be incorporated, having been directed so to do by the said grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, which articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall set forth:

Body politic.

Officers.

Seal, etc.

Proviso.

First, The names of the persons associating themselves in the first instance and their places of residence;

Second, The names and locations of the subordinate chapters of which they are, respectively, members;

Third, The place of its business office and the corporate name by which it shall be known in law, which shall not be similar to that of any other grand chapter which shall have been previously organized under this act;

Fourth, The object and purpose of such association and the period for which it is to be incorporated, which shall not exceed thirty years.

SEC. 3. Such corporation, when duly formed under this act, shall become and be a body politic and corporate in deed and law with succession and shall be in law capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, answering and being answered, defending and being defended in all courts and places whatsoever, as a corporation.

SEC. 4. The officers of said corporation shall be: the worthy grand matron, the worthy grand patron, the associate grand matron, the associate grand patron, the grand secretary, the grand treasurer, the grand conductress, and the associate grand conductress, for the time being, and they shall constitute the board of directors by [of] said corporation for the transaction of all business authorized by this act.

SEC. 5. Said corporation shall have a common seal and may change and alter the same at its pleasure; it may make, under direction of the grand chapter when assembled and established, all by-laws and rules for its government and the government of all subordinate chapters under the jurisdiction of the grand chapter relating to the business and property authorized to be done, held and conveyed by this act; it may take, hold and convey, as may be required from time to time, any real or personal estate for the purpose of its organization and not at any time, exceeding of personal estate, two hundred fifty thousand dollars, and, of real estate, five hundred thousand dollars. It may also take, hold and convey such other property, in any amount of value, whether real or personal, as may be conveyed, devised or bequeathed to said corporation in trust for any use, purpose, organization or institution of said Order of the Eastern Star. All real and personal estate so held may be conveyed by deed or bill of sale in the name of the corporation executed by the worthy grand matron, worthy grand patron and grand secretary for the time being, and in case of real estate acknowledged by them respectively to be the act and deed of the corporation, or by such other person or persons as the board of directors may appoint for that purpose with the seal of said grand chapter attached and such conveyance so executed shall be valid and binding for all intents and purposes whatsoever: Provided, That all property, real or personal, conveyed, devised or be queathed to said corporation in trust for any use, purpose,

organization or institution of said Order of the Eastern Star
shall be held by such corporation and used by it in accordance
with the terms of the instrument by which the same is con-
veyed, devised, or bequeathed, or later modifying instrument
executed by the original donors, their successors or assigns.
SEC. 6. Said corporation may hold real or personal estate, May hold
or both, of subordinate chapters and may do all things in law etc.
relating thereto as trustee, and may convey the same as above
under the direction of such subordinate chapter and the rules,
regulations and by-laws of the grand chapter in relation
thereto.

real estate,

SEC. 7. Any grand chapter of the Order of the Eastern Reincorporation under Star which has been heretofore incorporated under any other act. act of this State may be reincorporated under the provisions of this act upon a proper surrender to the source from which it received them, of all the rights, powers, privileges, property, money, accounts and books of account, bonds and obligations, contracts, actions and rights of actions, and any and all other things which it may have received and which it is not entitled by this act to hold; and such reincorporated organization shall thereupon succeed to any and all rights, privileges, powers and property which it is authorized by this act to hold. Approved April 17, 1917.

[No. 64.]

AN ACT to amend the title and section twelve of act number two hundred sixty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of Presbyterian churches," being section eleven thousand ninety-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fif teen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

section

SECTION 1. The title and section twelve of act two hundred Title and sixty-five of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred nine, en- amended. titled "An act to provide for the incorporation of Presbyterian churches," being section eleven thousand ninety-seven of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, are hereby amended to read as follows:

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Reincorpora

tion.

TITLE.

An Act to provide for the incorporation and reincorporation of Presbyterian churches.

SEC. 12. Any Presbyterian church society heretofore incorporated, or whose corporate term of existence has heretofore expired by limitation, or the trustees of which have heretofore exercised the powers of a body corporate, may, by a two-thirds vote of its qualified members, present and voting, expressed at a meeting called as provided in section eleven hereof, place itself under the provisions of this act the same as if originally incorporated under it, and by executing articles of association as provided in section eleven in case of amendment, and causing the same to be recorded as is further required in case of such amendment. Approved April 17, 1917.

Section amended.

Salary.

[No. 65.]

AN ACT to amend section sixteen of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninetyseven, as amended by act number seventeen of the Public Acts of nineteen hundred seven, approved March nine, nineteen hundred seven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," the same being section fourteen thousand four hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

SECTION 1. Section sixteen of act number one hundred eighty-three of the Public Acts of eighteen hundred ninetyseven, approved May twenty-nine, eighteen hundred ninetyseven, entitled "An act to provide for the appointment and to fix the term of office, duties and compensation of circuit court stenographers in the State of Michigan," the same being section fourteen thousand four hundred eighty-two of the Compiled Laws of nineteen hundred fifteen, is hereby amended to read as follows:

SEC. 16. In the third circuit the stenographer of each division of said court shall be paid an annual salary of three thousand dollars.

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