Michigan Compiled Laws, Chapter 457. Fraternal Associations § 457.541

Sec. 1. That any subordinate court of the Ancient Order of Foresters duly organized within this state, under and pursuant to the provisions of the constitution and laws of the Ancient Order of Foresters' friendly society may become a body corporate and politic in the manner following:

First, At some regular court of such order a resolution shall be put to vote of the members thereof expressing the desire and determination of said court to be incorporated, and directing the officers thereof to perfect such incorporation, and if such resolution receives a 2/3 vote of the members present it shall be declared passed, otherwise lost;

Second, On such resolution being so passed, the worthy chief ranger and the recording secretary shall prepare articles of association under their hands and the seal of the court, setting forth the number of persons then in good standing in the court desiring incorporation, the name by which the court is known, the date of its organization, a copy of the resolution mentioned in the first subdivision of this act, the corporate name by which the court shall be known in the law, the object and purposes of the association, which shall in no way conflict or be inconsistent with the object and purposes of the Ancient Order of Foresters' friendly society as stated in its constitution, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years;

Third, A copy of such articles of association shall be filed with the corporation and securities bureau of the department of commerce;

Fourth, The worthy chief ranger and the recording secretary executing such articles of association or incorporation shall make and annex thereto, before filing, an affidavit stating that they are respectively members of and occupy the official positions above named in said court; that the resolution, a copy of which is set out in the articles of association, was duly passed at a regular meeting of said court, and received a 2/3 majority of all members present, and that all the statements in said articles of association are true, to the best to  1 their and each of their knowledge and belief, and that said court is organized and acting under the constitution of the Ancient Order of Foresters' friendly society.