MARYLAND MANUAL 433

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

1. Fixed

January l...............................................................................................................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 ^...........................................................................................................Defenders' Day

October 12.......................................................................................................................Columbus Day

November ll................................................................................................................Annistice Day

December 25..............................................................................................................Christmas Day

Should any of the dates listed above fall on a Sunday, the holiday
is observed on the following Monday.

2. Movable

The Friday before Easter Day....................................................................Good Friday

The first Monday in September........................ ...............................................Labor Day

The fourth Thursday in November..............................................Thanksgiving 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. 5, 1931)........................October 11

Republic of Czechoslovakia Day (Res. No. 3, 1935)........................October 28

Frederick County Only

Repudiation Day: After twelve o'clock noon, November 23 is a
legal bank half-holiday (Ch. 510, Acts 1894).

NAMES AND ORIGINS 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.