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
Third Monday in February (Acts 1969, chap. 206)
Washington's Birthday
March 25 (Acts 1916, chap. 633)
Maryland Day
May 30 (Acts 1974, chap. 589)
Memorial Day
July 4 (Acts 1862, chap. 70)
Independence Day
September 12 (Acts 1908, chap. 181)
Defenders' Day
October 12 (Acts 1974, chap. 711)
Columbus Day
November 11
Armistice Day (Acts 1927, chap. 239)
Veterans' Day (Acts 1974, chap. 589)
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).
If any of the holidays enumerated should oc-
cur on Saturday, the Friday immediately preced-
ing shall be deemed and treated as a holiday
(Acts of 1970, chap. 359; Code 1957, Art. 13,
sec. 13).
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.

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All days of general and congressional Elections
(Acts 1882, chap. 23).
Days of public thanksgiving, fasting, prayer, or
other religious observance proclaimed by the Gov-
ernor (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).
Saturdays
It is lawful for any banking institution to re-
main 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, 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 counties (Code 1957, Art, 13, sec, 13).
Special Observances
"The General Assembly has authorized the
Governor to proclaim special "Days" as follows;
February 16 (Res. No. 8, 1935)
Republic of Lithuania Day
One day in April (Res. No. 7, 1884)
Arbor Day
April 13 (Ch. 54, 1973)
John Hanson Day
May 1 (Ch. 115, 1962)
Law Day, U.S.A.
September 14 (Res. No. 11, 1964)
National Anthem Day
September 17 (Res. No. 8, 1951)
Constitution Day
October 11 (Res. No. 5, 1931)
General Pulaski Memorial Day
October 15 (Ch. 19, 1951)
Poetry Day
October 28 (Res. No. 3, 1935)
Republic of Czechoslovakia Day