ROBERT M. McLANE, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

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this section shall affect the law relating to riot, un-

lawful assembly, breach of the peace, or any offence

Not affect.

against any person or against property.

Approved April 8, 1884.

Chapter 267.

AN ACT to provide for the formation of " Trade

Union," under the provisions of article twenty-six

of the Code of Public General Laws of this State,

as the same was enacted by the act of eighteen

hundred and sixty-eight, chapter four hundred and

seventy-one, and under the supplements thereto,

and to define the powers of the corporations so

authorized to be formed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly

of Maryland, That any five or more persons, citizens

of the United States, a majority of whom are citi-

zens of this state, who are engaged in the same occu-

pation or employment, or in similar occupation or

employment, may organize and form as a corporation,
to be known as a " Trade Union," with such addi-

Organize, trarla
unions.

tions to the said name as they may adopt and set forth

in their Certificate, to promote the well being of their

every day life, and for mutual assistance in securing

the most favorable conditions for the labor of its

members; and as a beneficial society, under the pro-

visions of article twenty-six of the Code of Public

General Laws of this state, as the same was enacted

by the act of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chap-

ter four hundred and seventy-one and its supplements,

in the manner in which other corporations provided

for in said act are authorized to be formed; each of

said trade unions so organized and found as a corpora-

Possess all

tion, shall possess all the powers and be subject to all

powers.

the regulations in said act, and in its supplements

contained, affecting beneficial societies or associations

authorized to be incorporated under the provisions of

said act and its supplements.

Approved April 8, 1884.