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between this State and the United States, the States and Ter-
ritories 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., Article 41, Sections 1, 2, 3 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. Defenders' Day, September 12th.

6. Columbus Day, October 12th.

7. Christmas Day, December 25th.

8. Good Friday.

9. General Election Day.

10. Congressional Election Day.

11. All special days that may be appointed or recom-
mended 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 cessa-
tion of business.

12. Sundays.

Whenever the first day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the
fourth day of July, or twenty-fifth day of December, shall, lether of them,
occur on Sunday, the Monday next following shall be deemed and shall be
treated as a public holiday, for all or any the purposes aforesaid: provided,
however, that In such case all bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, and
promissory notes, which would otherwise be presentable for acceptance or for

Sayment on either of the Mondays so observed as a holiday, shall be
eemed to be presentable for acceptance or for payment on the Saturday
next preceding such holiday; and such Monday so observed shall, for all
purposes whatever, as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and
of the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank
checks, drafts and promissory notes, be also treated and considered as Is the
first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. (P. G. L., Art. 13, Sec. 10,
p. 116.)