1. 1907-07-19 —
   The Chicago `Bahai Assembly' filed an affidavit of incorporation, the first Bahá'í community to acquire legal status. [BFA2:278]
   • The incorporation is in the name of the community rather than the governing body. [BFA2:278–9]
2. 1932-02-17 — The Chicago Bahá'í Assembly incorporated, the first local spiritual assembly in the world to do so. This set the pattern for other Assemblies. [GPB336, Century of LIght p57]
3. 1938-01-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of Australia and New Zealand incorporated. [GPB336]
4. 1939-08-00 — The National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the British Isles incorporated as an unlimited non-profit company under the Companies Act of 1929. GPB336
5. 1957-04-21 —
   The National Spiritual Assembly of Alaska was formed and incorporated immediately upon formation. [HE31]
   • This was the first time a political entity (i.e. the United States) was subdivided to form a national spiritual assembly. [BW13:270]
   • In 1927 the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States and Canada resolved, in their Declaration of Trust and By-law of the National Spiritual Assembly, to exclude Alaska and Hawaii and all United States trusts and territories including Puerto Rico from their jurisdiction. [Constitution of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of the United States]
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1. 1955-06-07 — The Ottawa Spiritual Assembly was incorporated. Those serving on the Assembly at the time were: Gladys Alberta Harvey,, Mary Alice Andrews; John Davies, Clarence Stanley Andrews, Thomas Garth Harvey, Winnifred Isabella Harvey, Edna Louisa Hughes, Andre-Eric Nutis and John Roger White.
2. 1969-11-24 — The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Halifax achieved incorporation status. The members were: Shirley MacDonald, Ruth McClung, John Edmonds, Joyce Edmonds, Fran Maclean, A. Russell McClung, Sarah Lynk, Keye Walford and Audrey Rayne. [BN July 1970 p 9]

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