NL Constitution

The National League Constitution was the first ever governing text of Major League Baseball. It read as follows:

The objects of this League are:

1. To encourage, foster, and elevate the game of baseball.
2. To enact and enforce proper rules for the exhibition and conduct of the game.
3. To make baseball playing respectable and honorable.
4. To protect and promote the mutual interests of professional baseball clubs and professional baseball players; and
5. To establish and regulate the baseball championship of the United States.

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