Mich. Comp. Laws § 457.432
Any 10 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of the grand council of the Royal Arcanum of the state of Michigan, desirous to become incorporated, may make and execute articles of association, under their hands and seals, which articles of association shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall set forth:
First, The names of the persons associating in the first instance, and their places of residence;
Second, The corporate name by which such association shall be known in law;
Third, The object and purpose of such association, which shall be to promote the general welfare of the fraternity known as the grand council of the Royal Arcanum, and the period for which it is incorporated, not exceeding 30 years.
MCL 457.432