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Banks and
bankers to
close at cer-
tain hours on
Saturdays.
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96 A. It shall be lawful for banks and bankets in the City
of Cumberland to close their doors for business at twelve
o'clock, noon, on each and every Saturday in the year, and
every Saturday in the year, after twelve o'clock, noon,
shall be a legal half-holiday, so far as regards the present-
ing for payment or acceptance and the protesting and giv-
ing notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank
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Checks, drafts
etc.
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checks, drafts, promissory notes and other negotiable paper,
and for these purposes shall be treated and considered as
the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and all
such bills, checks, drafts and notes, presentable for accept-
ance or payment on Saturdays, shall be deemed to be pre-
sentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business
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When payable
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cay next succeeding; provided, however, that all bills of
exchange, drafts and promissory notes made after the passage
of this Act, except those payable at sight or on demand,
which shall be deemed to be otherwise payable on any half-
holiday Saturday, shall be deemed to be and shall be payable
on the next succeeding secular or business day; and, provided
further, that for the purpose of protesting or otherwise hold-
ing liable any party to any bill of exchange, bank checks,
draft or promissory note, and which shall not have been paid
before twelve o'clock at noon on any half-holiday Saturday,
a demand of acceptance or payment thereof may be made,
and notice of protest or dishonor thereof may be given on the
next succeeding secular or business day; and," provided
further, that, when any person shall receive for collection in
said City of Cumberland, any bill of exchange, bank check
or promissory note due and presentable for acceptance or pay-
ment on any half-holiday Saturday, such person shall not be
deemed guilty of any neglect or omission of duty, nor incur
any liability in not presenting for payment or acceptance or
collecting such bill of exchange, bank check, draft or promis-
sory note on that day; and, provided further, that in con-
structing this section, every half-holiday Saturday shall,
until twelve o'clock, noon, be deemed a secular business day;
nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of Sections
9 and 10 of Article 13 of the Code of Public General Laws,
applicable to any Saturday, whenever the same, under the
provision of said section, shall be a legal holiday.
96 B. Whenever any bill of exchange, bank check, draft or
promissory note shall be presented for payment in the City of
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