548 ARTICLE 3.

1896, ch. 240, sec. 2. B. Co. C. (1916), sec. 20. 1928, sec. 41.

41. Any person violating this subtitle shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, before a justice of the peace,
shall be liable to a fine of not less than two dollars ($2) nor more than
five dollars ($5) for each and every offense.

BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES.

1898, ch. 152, sec. 3. B. Co. C. (191G), sec. 21. 1928, sec. 42.

42. It shall be lawful for banks and bankers in Baltimore County to
close their doors for business at twelve o'clock noon on each and every
Saturday in the year; after twelve o'clock noon shall be a legal half-holi-
day, so far as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance, and the
protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of bills of exchange, bank
checks, drafts, promissory notes aud other negotiable 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 acceptance or payment on Saturdays shall be deemed to
be presentable for acceptance or payment on the secular or business days
next succeeding; provided, however, that all bills of exchange, drafts and
promissory notes made after the passage of this Act, except those pay-
able at sight or on demand, which shall be otherwise payable on any half-
holiday Saturday, shall be deemed to be and shall be payable on the next
succeeding secular or business day; and provided further, that for the
purpose of protesting or otherwise holding liable any party to any bill
of exchange, bank check, drafts, or promissory note, and which shall not
have been paid before twelve o'clock at noon on any half-holiday Saturday,
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 Baltimore County any bill of exchange, bank check,
or promissory note due and presentable for acceptance or payment on any
half-holiday Saturday, such person shall not be deemed guilty of any
neglect or omission of duty nor incur any liability in not presentiug for
payment or acceptance or collecting such bill of exchange, bank check,
draft, or promissory note on that day; and provided further, that in con-
struing 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 General Laws, applicable to any Saturday whenever the same,
under the provisions of said section, shall be a legal holiday.

BIRDS AND GAME.

43-51. Repealed by ch. 568, 1927. 1929 Supplement to Annotated
Code of Maryland, Article 99.