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Chapter 267.
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AN ACT to provide for the formation of " Trade
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Union," under the provisions of article twenty-six
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of the Code of Public General Laws of this State,
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as the same was enacted by the act of eighteen
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hundred and sixty-eight, chapter four hundred and
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seventy-one, and under the supplements thereto,
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and to define the powers of the corporations so
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authorized to be formed.
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SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
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of Maryland, That any five or more persons, citizens
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of the United States, a majority of whom are citi-
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zens of this state, who are engaged in the same occu-
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pation or employment, or in similar occupation or
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employment, may organize and form as a corporation,
to be known as a " Trade Union," with such addi-
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Organize, trarla
unions.
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tions to the said name as they may adopt and set forth
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in their Certificate, to promote the well being of their
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every day life, and for mutual assistance in securing
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the most favorable conditions for the labor of its
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members; and as a beneficial society, under the pro-
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visions of article twenty-six of the Code of Public
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General Laws of this state, as the same was enacted
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by the act of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, chap-
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ter four hundred and seventy-one and its supplements,
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in the manner in which other corporations provided
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for in said act are authorized to be formed; each of
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said trade unions so organized and found as a corpora-
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Possess all
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tion, shall possess all the powers and be subject to all
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powers.
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the regulations in said act, and in its supplements
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contained, affecting beneficial societies or associations
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authorized to be incorporated under the provisions of
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said act and its supplements.
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Approved April 8, 1884.
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