No two to have same name. Specific tax to be paid to State. (3215.) SEC. 7. No two such associations incorporated under this act shall transact business under the same name. (3216.) SEC. 8. Every association organized under the provisions of this act shall pay to the State Treasurer, on or before the second Monday of January in each year, during its corporate existence, one per cent upon its capital actually invested, deducting the real estate held by such association; which amount shall be in lieu of all other taxes or assessments. All real estate owned by such association may be taxed as other real estate in the city, village, or township where the same may be situated. SEC. 9. This act shall take immediate effect. Incorporation authorized. Masonic orders. Articles of association. An Act to provide for the incorporation of Masonic lodges. [Approved March 10, 1865. Laws of 1865, p. 251.] (3217.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That any chapter of Royal Arch Masons, and any chartered lodge of the order of Free and Accepted Masons, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act. (3218.) SEC. 2. Any ten or more residents of this State, being members either of any commandery of Knights Templars, council, chapter of Royal Arch Masons, or of any chartered lodge of the order of Free and Accepted Masons, or being members of any such commandery, council, chapter, or lodge, who shall be desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, which said articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer of this State having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth First. The names of persons associating in the first instance, and their place[s] of residence; Second. The name and location of the lodge of which they are members, or the name and location of the commandery, council, or chapter of which they are members; and in case it is the intention to incorporate a lodge and chapter together, the names of both such lodge and chapter shall be stated or given; Third. The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law; Fourth. The object and purpose of such association, which shall be to promote the general welfare of the Masonic fraternity; and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years.1 must be filed. (3219.) SEC. 3. A copy of said articles of association, together Copy of articles with a copy of the charter of the lodge or chapter of which the persons executing said articles are members, or, in case a lodge and chapter are to be incorporated together, a copy of the charters of both such lodge and chapter of which such persons are members of one or both, shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such corporation 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 shall have signed said articles of Body corporate. association, their associates, and successors, shall be a body politic and corporate, by the name expressed in such articles of association; and by that name they and their successors shall have Powers of. succession, and shall be persons in the law capable of suing and being sued, and they and their successors may have a common Common seal. seal, and the same may change and alter at pleasure; and a certi- Copy of articles fied copy of the record of such articles of association, under the evidence. seal of the county where the said record is kept, shall be received as prima facie evidence in all courts in this State, of the existence and due incorporation of such corporation.1 may be used in erect building (3220.) SEC. 4. Every corporation formed in pursuance of this Corporation to act may erect and own such suitable edifice, building, or hall, as and own. to such corporation shall seem proper, with convenient rooms for the meetings of the Masonic fraternity, and for that may create a Capital stock, capital stock of not more than seventy-five thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of not more than fifty dollars each, and may take, receive, purchase, and hold, in its corporate capacity, real and May own ground personal estate, and the same, or any part thereof, demise, convey, 1 As amended by Act 141 of the Laws of 1867, p. 196, approved and took effect March 27, 1867. limit of. for cemetery. Elect trustees. A quorum. Elect officers. Powers of board of trustees. Proviso. Powers of bylaws. Trustees not necessary. mortgage, use, and dispose of at pleasure; and any such corporation may take, purchase, hold, and own such suitable lot or parcel of ground as may be convenient for the purpose of a cemetery; and may make all lawful rules and regulations for the disposition of lots and the burial of the dead therein, as to such corporation may seem proper.1 (3221.) SEC. 5. The stockholders, each of whom shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him, may elect from their number a board of trustees, of not less than six nor more than nine members, a majority of whom shall form a quorum; and the trustees shall appoint from their own number a president, secretary, and treasurer, who shall perform the duties of their offices in accordance with the rules and regulations which may be prescribed by the board of trustees.' (3222.) SEC. 6. The management and direction of the interests, affairs, and property of such corporation shall be vested in said. board of trustees, and said board shall make all needful rules, ordinances, and by-laws, regulating the transaction of the business and management of the property, and all the affairs, concerns, and interests of such corporation, and providing for the time and manner of electing the officers and trustees of the corporation, and the length of the term of office of the trustees, a part of whom, after the first election, shall be chosen annually: Provided, That such rules, ordinances, and by-laws shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the grand lodge of the order of Free Masons of the State of Michigan, and the Constitution and laws of the United States and this State. (3223.) SEC. 7. Every corporation organized under and in pursuance of this act shall have full power and authority to provide by its by-laws, from time to time, for the election from its members of such other officers of the corporation, under and by such name and style as shall be in accordance with its Masonic constitution; and instead of appointing a board of trustees to have the management and control of its property, interests, and affairs, as provided in sections five and six of this act, may, if the corporation so choose, provide in its by-laws that the property, affairs, and interests of the corporation shall be managed and controlled by such persons or officers of the corporation, or in such manner, as the corporation shall from time to time provide for that purpose in such by-laws; and the corporation may enact all such by-laws, rules, and regula 1 As amended by Act 180 of the Laws of 1867, p. 234, approved and took effect March 27, tions as may be necessary for its government, and for the care and mer law. (3224.) SEC. 8. All corporations formed under this act shall be Subject to forsubject to the provisions of chapter seventy-three of the Compiled Laws of this State, so far as the same may be applicable to corporations formed under this act; and the Legislature may alter or Legislature may amend this act at any time. 2 SEC. 9. This act shall take immediate effect. amend. render corporate (3225.) SEC. 10. Any lodge or chapter which shall have been Power to surincorporated before this act as amended takes effect as a law, may, rights. by a vote of the members of such lodge or chapter, at any regular meeting thereof, surrender their corporate rights, powers, and liabilities, but such surrender shall not in any manner affect any suits Surrender not to affect pending which may be pending, or any action or causes of action accrued suits. or accruing, or any rights which any person may have acquired, by virtue of such incorporation; but before such surrender shall be For surrender valid, a certificate of the proper officer, under the seal of such lodge or chapter, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which such lodge or chapter may be, certifying that such lodge or chapter has voted to surrender its corporate rights; and any such lodge or chapter having so surrendered its corporate rights may be again incorporated, in conformity with this act as hereby amended. 3 3 to be valid. 1 See note to section 4 of this act. As amended by Act 61 of the Laws of 1869, p. 105, approved and took effect March 26, 1869. 3 As added by Act 141 of the Laws of 1867, p. 196, approved and took effect March 21, 1867. CHAPTER CXIX. INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. Incorporation authorized. Articles of assoeiation. Contents of. Articles, where filed, An Act to provide for the incorporation of lodges and encampments of the Independ ent Order of Odd Fellows." [Approved March 15, 1865. Laws of 1865, p. 330.] (3226.) SECTION 1. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That the grand and subordinate lodges of the "Independent Order of Odd Fellows," of the State of Michigan, may be incorporated in pursuance of the provisions of this act. (3227.) SEC. 2. Any five or more persons, resident of this State, being members of any grand lodge of the "Independent Order of Odd Fellows," of the State of Michigan, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seal, which said articles of association shall be acknowl edged before some officer of the State having authority to take acknowledgment of deeds, and shall set forth First. The names of persons associating in the first instance, and their places of residence ; Second. The corporate name by which such association shall be known in the law, and the place of its business office; Third. The object and purpose of such association, which shall be to promote the general welfare of the fraternity known as the "Independent Order of Odd Fellows," and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding thirty years. (3228.) SEC. 3. A copy of said articles of association, together with a copy of the charter and constitution of said grand lodge, |