LD 657
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LR 1319
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§171. Formation of trusts forbidden

 
It shall be is unlawful for any firm or incorporated company,
or any number of firms or incorporated companies, or any
unincorporated company or association of persons or stockholders,
organized for the purpose of manufacturing, producing, refining
or mining any article or product which that enters into general
use and consumption by the people, to form or organize any trust
or to enter into any combination of firms, incorporated or
unincorporated companies or association of stockholders, or to
delegate to any one or more board or boards of trustees or
directors the power to conduct and direct the business of the
whole number of firms, corporations, companies or associations
which may that have formed or which may that propose to form a
trust, combination or association inconsistent with this section
and contrary to public policy. No association or corporation
organized for the sole purpose of marketing fish, shellfish or
any of the fish products or agricultural products of this State,
or for the sole purpose of marketing, producing or trucking,
pulpwood or saw logs, the members of or stockholders in which are
actually engaged in the production of such products, or in the
selling, canning or otherwise preserving of fish products, or
selling, cutting or trucking of pulpwood or saw logs, shall may
be deemed to be a conspiracy or a combination or in restraint of
trade or an attempt to lessen competition or to fix prices
arbitrarily; nor shall may the marketing contracts and agreements
between such association or corporation and its members or
stockholders be considered illegal as such or in unlawful
restraint of trade or as part of a conspiracy or combination to
accomplish an improper or illegal purpose.


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