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The Act to incorporate the German Society of Montreal is a public act of the Parliament of the Province of Canada, introduced, passed and assented to in the 3rd Session of the 8th Parliament in 1865, the 28th year of the reign of Queen Victoria. The purpose of the legislation to vest the German Society of Montreal, a charitable association founded in 1865 with corporate powers to better achieve its mission.[1]
The introduction of Bill 53 (A bill to incorporate the German Society of Montreal) followed a petition (Petition 126) by Henry Meyer, Ernest Idler, J. P. Seybold, Gottlieb Reinhard, Christian Beck and David Maysenholder, all officers and members of the German Society in February 1865.
The introduction and adoption of the Act can be tracked through the Journals of the Legislative Assembly[2] and Council[3] of the Province of Canada.
After Canadian Confederation (1867), the powers of the provincial and the federal parliaments were divided. The Commission for the Revision and Consolidation of the General Statutes of the Province of Quebec, found that acts like the German Society's incorporation act fell under provincial jurisdiction and should be considered private acts.[4]
As a result of the revision of the Statutes of Quebec, the Act to incorporate the German Society of Montreal was listed in Appendix B of acts considered to be acts of private nature, and was thus not consolidated in the Revised Statutes of Quebec.[5]