LEGAL HOLIDAYS
1. Fixed |
January 1 (Acts 1862, chap. 70)
New Year's Day |
January 15 (Acts 1974, chap. 440)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday |
February 12 (Acts 1947, chap. 729)
Lincoln's Birthday |
February 22 (Acts 1862, chap. 70)
Washington's Birthday |
March 25 (Acts 1916, chap. 633)
Maryland Day |
May 30 (Acts 1890, chap. 238)
Memorial Day |
July 4 (Acts 1862, chap. 70)
Independence Day |
September 12 (Acts 1908, chap. 181)
Defenders' Day |
October 12 (Acts 1908, chap. 181)
Columbus Day |
November 11 (Acts 1927, chap. 239)
Armistice Day
(Acts 1957, chap. 252) |
Veterans' Day |
December 25 (Acts 1862, chap. 70)
Christmas Day |
Should any of the dates listed above fall
on a Sunday, the holiday is observed on the
following Monday (Acts of 1882, chap. 23).
Effective January 1, 1971 (Acts 1969,
chap. 206), certain holidays were observed
on Mondays, as follows: |
Third Monday in February —
Washington's Birthday |
Last Monday in May —
Memorial Day |
Second Monday in October —
Columbus Day |
Fourth Monday in October —
Veterans' Day |
Effective from the date of passage of the
Act, Memorial Day is now celebrated on
May 30 instead of the fourth Monday in
May and Veterans' Day on November 11
(Acts 1974, chap. 589). |
Effective July 1, 1974, Columbus Day is
now celebrated on October 12 instead of |
the second Monday in October (Acts 1974,
chap. 711). |
There are no changes in the observance
of any of the other days (Code 1957, 1968
Repl. Vol., 1975 Supp., Art. 13, sees. 9,
11,12). |
If any of the holidays enumerated in Sec-
tion 9 of Article 13 should occur on Satur- |
day, the Friday immediately preceding shall
be deemed and treated as a holiday (Acts
of 1970, chap. 359; Code 1957, 1964 Repl.
Vol., 1975 Supp., Art. 100, sec. 77). |
2. Movable |
The Friday before Easter Sunday (Acts
1882, chap. 23), Good Friday. |
The first Monday in September (Acts
1916, chap. 633), Labor Day. |
The fourth Thursday in November (Acts
1890, chap. 238), Thanksgiving Day. |
All days of general and congressional
Elections (Acts 1882, chap. 23). |
Days of public thanksgiving, fasting,
prayer or other religious observance pro-
claimed by the Governor (Acts 1862, chap.
70) or by the President of the United States
(Acts of 1882, chap. 23). |
The Governor may declare bank holidays
in case of an emergency resulting from
fire, flood, storms, snow. robbery, riot or
other causes (Acts of 1966, chap. 243). |
3. Saturdays |
It is lawful for any banking institution to
remain closed on any one or more or all
Saturdays if this closing is authorized by
resolution of its board of directors. Any |
Saturday on which such bank may remain
closed shall constitute a legal holiday (Code
1957, 1968 Repl. Vol., Art. 13, sec. 10). |
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 Howard and Talbot |
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