Any 25 or more persons, residents of this state, being members of a national society of Colonial Dames of America in Michigan, desiring to be incorporated, may make and execute articles of association under their hands and seals, which shall be acknowledged before some officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds and shall set forth:

     First, The names and places of residence of the persons associating in the first instance;

     Second, The corporate name by which the association shall be known, provided that no persons associating under this act shall be allowed to take the same name as any association heretofore incorporated; the place of its principal business office, and the period for which it is incorporated, which shall not exceed 30 years;

     Third, The object and purpose of the association, which shall be to collect manuscripts, traditions, relics and mementoes of by-gone days for preservation, and to hold from time to time, as the society may direct, a loan exhibition to commemorate the success of the American revolution and consequent birth of our glorious republic; to diffuse healthful and intelligent information in whatever concerns the past and tends to create popular interest in American history; and, with a true spirit of patriotism, seek to inspire genuine love of country in every heart within its range of influence; and to teach the young that it is a sacred obligation to do justice and honor to heroic ancestors whose ability, valor, sufferings and achievements are worthy of praise.