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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 occur
on Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding
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.

All days of general and congressional Elections
(Acts 1882, chap.23).

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Days of public thanksgiving, tasting, prayer, or
other religious observance proclaimed by the
Governor (Acts 1862, chap. 70) or by the Presi-
dent 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 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 Sat-
urday of the year. After twelve o'clock noon, Sat-
urday 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 Gov-
ernor 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

 



 
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