MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION.

LEGAL HOLIDAYS.

1. Fixed.

January 1................................................................................................................New Year's Day
February 12................................„......................................................................Lincoln's Birthday
February 22.............................................................................................Washington's Birthday
March 25.............................................................................................................................MARYLAND Day
May 30..............................................................................................................................Decoration Day
July 4.........................'..'......................................„.........................................................Independence Day *
September 12....................................................................................„..........................Defenders' Day
October 12........................................................................................................................Columbus Day
November 11..................................................................................................................Armistice Day
December 25..................................................................................................................Christmas Day.

Should any of the dates listed above fall on a Sunday, the holiday
is observed on the following Monday, with the single exception of
February 12, Lincoln's Birthday..

2. Movable.

The Friday before Easter Day........................................................................Good Friday
The first Monday in September.........................................................................Labor Day
All days of General and Congressional Elections..

All special days that may be appointed or recommended by the
Governor of Maryland or the President of the United States..

3. Saturdays.

It is lawful for banks in Maryland to close their doors at twelve
o'clock noon on every Saturday of the year. After twelve o'clock noon,
Saturday is a legal holiday. This does not apply in the following
counties; Baltimore, Caroline, Howard, and Talbot. (1947 Supple-
ment to the Annotated Code of Public General Laws, Art. 13, Sec. 11)..

Special Observances.

Resolutions of the General Assembly have authorized the Governor
to proclaim special "Days" as follows:
Republic of Lithuania Day (Res. No. 8, 1935)..............................February 16
Arbor Day (Res. No. 7, 1894)................................................................One day in April
General Pulaski Memorial Day (Res. No. 6, 1931)........................October 11
Republic of Czechoslovakia Day (Res. No. 8, 1936)........................October 28.

Frederick County Only.

Repudiation Day: After twelve o'clock noon, November 23 is a
legal bank half-holiday (Ch. 610, Acts 1894)..

NAME AND ORIGIN OF COUNTIES.

ALLEGANY.

The name is from the Indian word Oolikhanna meaning "Beautiful
Stream." It was erected by an Act of Assembly, Chapter 29, Acts of
1789. The County seat is Cumberland..