Section 458.49 - Powers of corporation; rights of ministers.
WESLEYAN METHODIST CHURCHES (EXCERPT)
Act 27 of 1905
458.49 Powers of corporation; rights of ministers.
Sec. 9.
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 real and personal, in accordance with this act, and it may recover and hold the debts, demands, rights, privileges, and all property, whether real or personal, of whatever sort it may be, belonging or appertaining to said church, in whatever manner the same may have been acquired, and in whose hands soever the same may be held, the same as if the right and title had originally been invested in said corporation. It may sell (but not mortgage) or otherwise dispose of its personal property. And it may, under restrictions hereinafter provided, sell, mortgage, or otherwise dispose of or encumber its real estate, but not for current expenses. It may hold so much land as may be needful for the proper purposes of said church and its parsonage. It may also hold for a period not to exceed 10 years, real estate, which may be conveyed or devised to it or to said trustees to be sold and the proceeds to be used in any way for the benefit of said church, as directed in the conveyance or will. Said corporation shall at all times permit such ministers belonging to the Wesleyan Methodist church, as shall from time to time be duly authorized by the general conference of said connection (or church) or by the annual conference, within whose bounds the said corporation may be, to preach and expound God's holy word therein; and shall permit pastors duly appointed to execute the discipline of the Wesleyan Methodist connection, and to administer the sacraments therein.
History: 1905, Act 27, Imd. Eff. Mar. 22, 1905 ;-- CL 1915, 11052 ;-- CL 1929, 10867 ;-- CL 1948, 458.49