56 • LAWS OP MARYLAND [CH. 22

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1954.

Approved March 2, 1954.

CHAPTER 22
(House Bill 35)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
134 of Article 23 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Corporations", sub-title "Record-
ing and Filing with the State Tax Commission", correct-
ing an error in the text of said section, as contained in
the Code.

WHEREAS, Section 134 of Article 23 of the Code was
amended as Section 206 of Chapter 135 of the Acts of 1951;
and

WHEREAS, through inadvertence, several lines were
omitted at the end of said section, as contained in the 1951
Code; now therefore

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That Section 134 of Article 23 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Corporations",
sub-title "Recording and Filing with the State Tax Com-
mission", be and it is hereby repealed and re-enacted, with
amendments, to read as follows:

134. (Unincorporated Associations.) Every unincorpo-
rated association or joint stock company having a recog-
nized group name may sue or be sued in such group name
in any action affecting the common property, rights and
liabilities of such association or joint stock company.
Such action shall have the same force and effect as regards
the common property, rights and liabilities of such asso-
ciation or joint stock company as if it were -prosecuted by
or against all the members or shareholders thereof. No
such action shall abate by reason of the death, resignation,
removal or incapacity of any officer, member or share-

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