50                                Laws of Maryland                         [Ch. 41

CHAPTER 41
(House Bill 140)

AN ACT to add ten ELEVEN new sections to Article 89 of the Anno-
tated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and 1955 Supplement), title
"Department of Labor and Industry", said new sections to be
known as Sections 12C to 12L 12M, inclusive, to follow immediately
after Section 12B thereof, and to be under the new sub-title "Labor
Disputes in Public Utilities", providing for the resolution of in-
dustrial disputes and differences arising between employers and
employees concerning wages, hours and other terms and conditions
of employment in public utilities; for certification to the Governor
of Disputes between Public Utility Employers and their employees,
and ARBITRATION procedure to be pursued in connection there-
with; for seizure of plants

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, FACILITIES OR PROP-
ERTY, INCLUDING FUNDS OF A UTILITY BY THE GOV-
ERNOR in prescribed manner and under certain conditions and
subsequent operation thereof; FOR COMPULSORY ARBITRA-
TION OF LABOR DISPUTES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUM-
STANCES; FOR PROHIBITION OF CONCERTED ACTIVI-
TIES INTERFERING WITH OPERATION OF SEIZED UTILI-
TY; for termination of seizure, protection of property rights and
restoration of property taken thereunder; for injunctive, legal or
equitable relief under this sub-title and limitations thereon; FOR
MAKING SECTIONS 63 TO 75 OF ARTICLE 100 OF THE
ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND INAPPLICABLE TO
SUCH RELIEF; for appointment of Emergency Board of Arbi-
tration and composition, powers and duties thereof and limitations
thereon; for conduct of parties to the dispute and rendering of
public utility services by said parties; for conduct of any other
parties during seizure, with reference to said plants or facilities:
and

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PROVIDING FOR THE EXCLUSION
FROM THE EFFECTS OF THIS ACT DISPUTES INVOLVING
EMPLOYEES subject to the Federal Railway Labor Act.

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That

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& ELEVEN new sections be and they are hereby added to
Article 89 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1951 Edition and
1955 Supplement), title "Department of Labor and Industry", said
new sections to be known as Sections 12C to

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12M, inclusive, to
follow immediately after Section 12B thereof, to be under the new
sub-title "Labor Disputes in Public Utilities", and to read as follows:

Labor Disputes in Public Utilities

12C. Findings.—The General Assembly hereby finds that public
utility services as hereinafter defined are essential to the public
health

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, safety AND GENERAL WELFARE, and that the settle-
ment of industrial disputes which threaten substantial interruption
of such services is therefore affected with a public interest; that the
adjustment of differences concerning wages, hours and other terms

Explanation: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.
[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.