GREAT SEAL OF MARYLAND. 101

between this State and the United States, the States and terri-
tories thereof, and foreign States; in all which cases the
Great Seal shall be used; and the Secretary of the Senate
and Chief Clerk of the House of Delegates, respectively, shall
have unrestricted access to and use of the Great Seal, for the
purpose of affixing the same to bills which shall have passed
the General Assembly preparatory to presenting ,the same to
the Governor for his approval.

The Governor shall not affix the Great Seal to any docu-
ment without accompanying it with his signature; nor shall
he permit any paper issuing from his department to be sealed
therewith without affixing his signature thereto.

The Governor is authorized to cause the Great Seal to be
affixed to patents issued by the Commissioner of the Land
Office and to copies of Laws and resolutions certified by the
Clerk of the Court of Appeals.

(P. G. L., Articles 41, sections i, 2, j and 4.)

LEGAL HOLIDAYS-

The following days have been established in Maryland as
Bank Holidays:

1. New Year's Day, January 1st.

2. Washington's Birthday, February 22d.

3. Decoration Day, May 30th.

4. Independence Day, July 4th.

5. Christmas Day, December 25th.

6. Good Friday.

7. General Election Day.

8. Congressional Election Day.

9. AH special days that may be appointed or recommended
by the Governor of this State or the President of the United
States as the days of thanksgiving, fasting and prayer or
other religious observance, or for the general cessation of
business.

10. Sundays.

LABOR'S HOLIDAY.

Labor's Holiday, first Monday in September.

By an act of the Congress of the United States, approved
June 28th, 1894, it was enacted that the first Monday of
September, in each year, being the day celebrated and
known as Labor's Holiday, was made a legal public holiday,
to all intents and purposes, in the same manner as Christmas,
the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February,
the thirtieth day of May and the fourth day of July are by
law public holidays.