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Corporate rights.

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lated into the English language, and properly authenticated as a correct translation of the same from the French into the English language, and duly sworn to and acknowledged as such by the person translating the same, before some officer of this State having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, whenever said articles of association and the by-laws have been or shall be originally written in the French language), shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such association shall be formed, and shall be recorded by such clerk in a book to be kept in his office for that purpose; and thereupon the persons who have signed said articles of association, and their successors, shall be a body corporate and politic, and known in law and in fact by the name expressed in such articles of association; and by that name they and their successors shall have succession, and shall be persons in law capable of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common seal, and may alter and change the same at pleasure, and a certified copy of the record of such articles of association, under the seal of the county where the said record is kept, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the duc existence and incorporation of such association in all courts within this State.

(3128.) SEC. 4. The management and direction of the interests, affairs, and property of such association shall be vested in a board of directors of not less than five nor more than twenty, of whom the officers of such association shall be ex officio members of said board.

(3129.) Sec. 5. Every such association shall have full power and authority, by its by-laws or otherwise, from time to time, to designate and elect from among its members such officers of such association as it may see fit, under such name and style as may be in accordance with its constitution.

(3130.) SEC. 6. Any number of members, not less than ten, belonging to one or more such associations as is provided for in the foregoing sections, after becoming incorporated themselves, may proceed in like manner to form a State society of St. Jean Baptiste, in the manner, as near as may be, herein before provided for the incorporation of associations by residents of counties, but shall in addition thereto file a copy of its articles of association. its constitution, and by-laws, with the Secretary of State, to be kept and recorded by him in a book kept for that purpose in his office; and such State association shall have such powers as may be granted to it, and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed for it, by the county associations taking part in its organization:

And provided, That its object and purpose shall be in accordance Proviso. with the provisions of this act establishing county associations of

St. Jean Baptiste: And provided further, That the county asso- Further proviso. ciations taking part in its organization may endow it with all requisite powers of superior jurisdiction, and the power of organizing new societies of St. Jean Baptiste, as from time to time it may deem necessary or proper.

SEC. 7. This act shall take immediate effect.

An Act to provide for the incorporation of associations, conventions, conferences, or religious bodies, for literary, religious, or other benevolent purposes.

[Approved March 27, 1867. Laws of 1867, p. 263.]

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(3131.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, Authorized to That it shall be lawful for any number of persons, not less than nine, who may be desirous of forming themselves into an association, convention, conference, or religious body, and who shall sign articles of association for that purpose, to assemble together at such place as they may select, and, by a plurality of votes by bal- Election of lot, elect any number of discreet persons, not less than three nor more than nine in number, as trustees, to take charge of the property belonging to, and to transact all the affairs relative to the temporalities of such association, convention, conference, or religious body, with all the powers and privileges, and subject to all the provisions and restrictions, applicable in chapter fifty-five of the Revised Statutes of eighteen hundred and forty-six, being chapter seventy-three of the Compiled Laws.

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(3132.) SEC. 2. Said corporation may hold real and personal Real and perestate, not exceeding in value one hundred thousand dollars, to be limited. devoted exclusively to the diffusion of Christian knowledge by means of missionaries, publications, and other agencies.

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(3133.) SEC. 3. Any corporation formed under this act shall, Report when rewhenever required by the Attorney General, Secretary of State, or either House of the State Legislature, report a full statement of its affairs to the party so requiring.

CHAPTER CIX.

INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING.

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An Act to provide for the incorporation of institutions of learning.

[Approved February 9, 1855. Laws of 1855, p. 51.]

(3134.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any number of persons, not less than five, may become a corporation for the purpose of founding and establishing a college, seminary, academy, or other institution of learning, by complying Subscription of with the provisions of this act. When stock, legacies, bequests, or donations, to the amount of thirty thousand dollars, for any such college, or five thousand dollars for any such seminary, academy, or other institution of learning, so intended to be founded and established, shall be in good faith subscribed or given, and twenty per cent thereon actually paid in, as herein required, such persons may elect trustees for such college, seminary, academy, or other Articles of asso- institution of learning; and thereupon said trustees shall severally subscribe articles of association, in which shall be set forth the name, character, and object of the corporation; the amount of capital stock so subscribed, bequeathed, donated, or given, and the amount paid in; the names and place of residence of the trustees; the length of time they shall continue in office, not to exceed thirty years; the manner in which their successors shall be elected, who shall not be less than five nor more than thirty-five, and the place where such college or other institution shall be located. Said artiWhere to be filed cles of association, when subscribed as aforesaid, shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State; but such articles shall not be

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filed until there is annexed thereto an affidavit, made by at least Affidavit to be three of such trustees, that the amount of stock required by this section has been in good faith subscribed, and that twenty per cent thereon has been paid in; and thereupon the persons who have Body corporate, subscribed said articles, with such other persons as may from time to time become donors to such institution, or if such articles of association so declare, the trustees elected as herein provided shall be a body corporate and politic, capable of suing and being sued, and Common seal. may have a common seal, which they may make and alter at pleasure, and be capable in law of receiving by gift, subscription, bequest, will, donation, or device, and of purchasing, holding, and conveying any real estate or personal property whatsoever, for the purpose of founding, establishing, and conducting any such college, seminary, academy, or other institution of learning, and may alter or May amend amend said articles of association, such alteration or amendment ciation. not being inconsistent with the foregoing provisions of this section. But in case of alteration or amendment, they shall, within twenty days thereafter, file a copy of such amendment, duly certified by said trustees, with the Secretary of State.1

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(3135.) SEc. 2. A copy of any such articles of association, filed in Certified copy of pursuance of this act, with a copy of the affidavit annexed thereto, and certified by the Secretary of State to be a copy, shall, in all courts and places, be presumptive evidence of the incorporation of such institution, and of all the facts therein stated.

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(3136.) SEC. 3. The trustees of any college or seminary incorpo- Additional powrated under the provisions of this act, besides the general powers seminary incorand privileges of a corporation, shall have powerFirst. To elect their own chairman or clerk;

Second. Upon the death, resignation, or other vacancy in the

office of any trustee, to elect another in his place;

Third. To declare vacant the seat of any trustee who shall absent himself from five successive meetings of the board;

Fourth. To take and hold, by gift, grant, or devise, any real or personal property, the annual income or revenue of which shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars;

Fifth. To sell, mortgage, let, or otherwise use such property in such manner as they shall deem most conducive to the educational interests of such corporation;

Sixth. To direct and prescribe the course of study and discipline to be observed in the college, seminary, or academy: Provided,

1 As amended by Act 7 of the Laws of 1862, p. 8, approved and took effect January 15, 1862.

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That no religious test whatever shall be required of any pupil in such institution;

Seventh. To appoint a president, professors, tutors, and such other officers and agents as they may deem necessary, who shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the trustees;

Eighth. To grant such literary honors as are usually granted by any such college or similar institutions in the United States, and in testimony thereof to give suitable diplomas, under their seal, and the signatures of such officers of the institution as they may deem expedient: Provided, That the course of study pursued in such college be in all respects as thorough and comprehensive as is usually pursued in similar institutions in the United States;

Ninth. To ascertain and fix the salaries of the president, profesors, and other officers and agents;

Tenth. And to make all ordinances and by-laws necessary and proper to carry into effect the foregoing powers.

(3137.) SEC. 4. Every diploma granted by such trustees shall entitle the possessor to all the immunities which, by usage or statute, are allowed to possessors of similar diplomas granted by any similar institution in the United States.

(3138.) SEC. 5. The trustees of any academy incorporated under academy incor- the provisions of this act, besides the general powers and privileges of a corporation, shall have power

porated under this act.

Corporation subject to visitation

First. To take and hold, by gift, grant, subscription, bequest, or devise, any property, personal or real, the annual income or revenue of which shall not exceed four thousand dollars;

Second. To sell, mortgage, let, or otherwise use and dispose of such property for the benefit of such academy;

Third. To direct and prescribe the course of study and discipline in such academy;

Fourth. To appoint a treasurer, clerk, principal, and such other officers and agents as they shall deem necessary, who shall hold their offices during the pleasure of the trustees;

Fifth. To ascertain and fix the salaries of all the officers of the academy;

Sixth. To make all ordinances and by-laws necessary to carry into effect the foregoing powers.

(3139.) SEC. 6. Any institution incorporated under the proand examination visions of this act, shall be always subject to the visitation and examination of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, and also to a board of visitors [three in number], to be annually appointed

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