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employer under certain conditions, providing penalties
for the violation thereof, and providing that any corpo-
ration, association, or organization responsible for such
unlawful occupation shall be financially liable for dam-
age caused thereby.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1939 Edi-
tion), title "Crimes and Punishments", sub-title "Boun-
daries", said new section to be known as Section 24A, to
follow immediately after Section 24 of said Article, and
to read as follows:

24A. It shall be unlawful for any employee or former
employee or group or groups thereof to remain upon land,
premises or property or in buildings under the legal con-
trol of his or their employer after a notice to leave shall
have been given by said employer or his duly authorized
agent when the purpose of effect of such refusal to leave
is to deprive such employer of the substantial possession,
control or use of such land, premises, property or building,
provided that nothing in this section shall be construed to
include within its provisions such refusal to leave under a
bona fide claim of right or ownership of said land, prop-
erty, premises, or building.

Any corporation, association, or organization responsi-
ble for such illegal occupation of private property shall be
financially liable for whatever loss of revenue or loss from
damage inflicted that the owners of said property have
suffered as a result of said occupation.

Any person violating the provisions of this section shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5. 00) and not
more than Fifty Dollars ($50. 00).

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1941.

Approved May 29, 1941.

CHAPTER 341.
(Senate Bill 192)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section
94 of Article 11 of the Code of Public General Laws of
Maryland entitled "Banks and Trust Companies", which

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