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of sections 330A-330B shall refuse through any of its conductors or
agents to accept the coupons of such mileage book for transportation,
according to the terms of said sections, then the person to whom suck
refusal is made shall be entitled to recover as liquidated damages from
said railroad corporation the sum of fifty dollars for each refusal or
neglect to issue said book or accept said coupons, which damages shall
be recoverable before any justice of the peace of any county in the
State of Maryland or in Baltimore City in which said railroad has an
office or place of business.

331.

See section 325A.

334.

See article 101, section 14.

336.

See section 435B.

Religious Corporations.
339.

As to the sale of liquor near camp-meetings, the disturbance of worship,
etc., see article 27, section 424, et seq.

See article 36 et seq. of the Declaration of Rights.

1910, ch. 756 (p. 83). 1912, ch. 218.

355. If any church or congregation organized or incorporated as
a religious corporation since the year eighteen hundred under any law
of this State hath failed or omitted within the time prescribed by said
law to file in the proper office for record the agreement, plan or certifi-
cate of incorporation adopted by the said church or congregation and if
the said agreement, plan or certificate of incorporation hath heretofore,
though after the time prescribed by said law, been filed for record
in the proper office, then, in such case, the said agreement, plan or
certificate of incorporation having been so filed for record shall be
effective for creating and making the said church or congregation a
proper and lawful religious body corporate, and the same is hereby
made a religious body corporate, at, from and after the date of the
said agreement, plan or certificate of incorporation, in all respects,
and to all intents and purposes, as if the said agreement, plan or cer-
tificate of incorporation had been duly filed for record within the time
prescribed by such law, and the failure to file the agreement, plan or
certificate of incorporation shall in no wise affect the validity or effect
of the said church or congregation as a valid and lawful religious body
corporate, and all the proceedings, acts and transactions carried on,
done and performed in the name or under the authority of such agree-
ment, plan or certificate of incorporation, including the choice and
election of trustees, in all respects, and to all intents and purposes
shall be as valid and binding as if the said agreement, plan or certifi-
cate of incorporation had been duly filed for record, and in proper time,