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LAWS OF MARYLAND.
CHAPTER 163.

AN ACT to regulate the hours of work of Con-
ductors, Drivers and Employees of Horse
Railway Companies of this State.

SECTION I. Be it enacted by the General As-
sembly of Maryland, That no Horse Railway
Company, incorporated under the laws of this
State, and no officer, agent or servant of such
corporation, and no person or firm owning or
operating any line or lines of horse railways
within the limits of this State, and no agent or
servant of such firm or person shall require,

Twelve-hour
contracts.

permit or suffer its, his or their conductors or
drivers, or any of them, or any employees in its,
his or their services, or under his, its or their
control, to work for more than twelve hours
during each or any day of twenty-four hours,
and shall make no contract or agreement with
such employees, or any of them, providing that
they or he shall work for more than twelve
hours during each or any day of twenty-four
hours.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any corpora-
tion which shall in any manner violate any of
the provisions of this act, shall be deemed to
have misused or abused its corporate powers
and franchises, and the Attorney-General of
the State, upon the application in writing,
made by any citizen of this State, accompanied

Forfeiture.

by sufficient proof of the violation of any of
the provisions of this act, shall forthwith,
without further authorization, institute pro-
ceedings for the forfeiture of the charter of
such corporation, by petition in the name of
the State, in the manner provided by the laws
of this State for the enforcement of the for-
feiture of the charter of any corporation,
which has abused or misused its corporate
powers or franchises.