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	SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That any one violating
	the provisions of the preceding section shall, upon
	conviction before a justice of the peace of said coun-
	ties, be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars
	nor more than ten dollars, for each offence, and upon	Fine for vio- lation.
	failing to pay such fine and cost of prosecution shall
	be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail of
	the county in which the offence has been committed
	for a period not exceeding ten days, said fine to be
	paid to the county commissioners for the use of the
	county ; provided, however, that any person so con- victed shall have the right of appeal to the next
	term of the county court.
	Approved April 10, 1880.

	CHAPTER 426.
	AN ACT to repeal section nine, article fourteen,
	Code of Public General Laws, title "Bills of Ex-
	change and Promissory Notes," and to re-enact
	the same with amendments so as to make Good
	Friday and the day of general elections legal
	holidays.
	SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly
	of Maryland, That sections nine and ten of article fourteen of the Code of Public General Laws, title	Repealed and re-enacted.
	"Bills of Exchange and Promissory Notes," be and
	the same are hereby repealed and re-enacted to read
	as follows :
	SEC. 9. When bills of exchange or promissory
	notes become due and payable on Christmas day, or	When paya-
	New Year's day, or on the fourth day of July, on	ble.
	the twenty-second of February, on Good Friday, the
	day of the general elections, or on any day of public
	thanksgiving or humiliation and prayer proclaimed
	by the Governor of this State or by the authority of
	the Legislature thereof, the same shall be payable