1934 ARTICLE 8.

1914. ch. 100, sec. 4.

44. Every person conducting a sale in violation of Section 41 of this
Article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars in the
discretion of the court.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES.

1900, ch. 87.

45. It shall be lawful for banks and bankers in Cecil County to close
their doors for business at twelve o'clock, noon, on each and every Satur-
day in the year, and every Saturday in the year after twelve o'clock, noon,
shall be a legal half holiday, so far as regards the presenting for payment
or acceptance, and the presenting and giving notice of the dishonor of
bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, piromissory notes and other negoti-
able paper, and for these purposes shall be treated and considered as the
first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, and all such bills, checks,
drafts and notes presentable for payment or acceptance on Saturday shall
be deemed to be presentable for payment or acceptance on the secular or
business day next succeeding; provided, however, that all bills of ex-
change, drafts and promissory notes made after the passage of this Act,
except those payable at sight or on demand, which shall be otherwise pay-
able on any half holiday Saturday, shall be deemed to be and shall be pay-
able on the next secular or business day; and further provided, that for
the purpose of protesting or otherwise holding liable any party to any bill
of exchange, bank check, draft or promissory note, and which shall not
have been paid before twelve o'clock at noon on any half holiday Satur-
day, a demand of acceptance or payment thereof may be made, and notice
of protest or dishonor thereof may be given on the next succeeding secular
or business day; and provided further, that when any person shall receive
for collection in said county any bills of exchange, bank check or draft or
promissory note, due and presentable for acceptance or payment on any
half holiday Saturday, such person shall not be deemed guilty of any neg-
lect or omission of duty, nor incur any liability in not presenting for pay-
ment or acceptance or collecting such bill of exchange, bank check, draft
or promissory note on that day; and provided further, that in construing
this section every half holiday Saturday shall, until twelve o'clock noon,
be deemed a secular business day. Nothing in this section shall affect the
provisions of Sections 9 and 10 of Article 13 of the Code of Public Gen-
eral Laws, applicable to any Saturday whenever the same under the pro-
visions of said sections shall be a legal holiday.

BIRDS AND GAME.

(All local laws relating to Birds and Game were repealed by ch. 568, 1927. See
Supplement to Annotated Code, Art 00.)