Articles of Incorporation of the First Baptist Church of Curtis

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Articles of Incorporation of the First Baptist Church of Curtis


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Curtis Dec. 9, 1893

Articles of Incorporation of the First Baptist Church of Curtis Alcona Co 
located in the Township of Curtis County of Alcona and State of Michigan. On 
the 11th day of March 1890, the Trustees went by resolution approved at a 
regular meeting of the Church, directed to prepare articles of Corporation and 
to submit them to the Church for adoption on the 10th day of June 1890.  On the 
10th day of June 1890 in pursuance of the above resolution the Trustees 
submitted articles of corporation, which were adopted as follows:  The name of 
this Corporation shall be the First Baptist Church of Curtis located in the 
Township of Curtis, County of Alcona and State of Michigan.  The officers shall 
consist of a board of Trustees....three in number, there shall be male citizens 
of the United States twenty one years of age or over and and [sic] shall be 
elected by ballot for a term of three years at the annual meeting of the 
Church, except that at the first meeting, one third of the members shall be 
elected for one year, one third for two years and one third for three years and 
thereafter one third of the the number shall be elected each year for the full 
term of three years the trustees shall be members of the Church in good 
standing, the annual meeting of the Church shall be on the Saturday before the 
first Monday in September and seven members shall constitute a quoram for the 
transaction of business.. Trustees John Bowser, E. D. Curtis, Orra Spencer

Acknowledged before me a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Curtis Alcona 
County Michigan. G. S. Merritt

Recorded and Filed Aug 11th, 1893.

This is a copy of the original.

State of Michigan
Alcona County
Clerks Office
George Ruston Clerk Harrisville Mich
Dec 5th 1893.  Per J. Bnun Curtis
my deer [sic] yours of 29th was received enclosed fined [sic] articles of 
incorporation of the First Baptist Church of Curtis. They are recorded 
according to law.  Yours truly. George Rutson. No charges please make a copy of 
these articles and send the original back to me.

Submitted by Ronald J. Sortor
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