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Saturday
half-holiday.
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74 A. It shall be lawful for banks and bankers in the city of
Annapolis to close their doors for business at twelve o'clock
noon on each and every Saturday in the year, and every Satur-
day in the year, after twelve o'clock noon, shall be a legal half-
holiday, so far as regards the presenting for payment or accept-
ance and the protesting and giving notice of the dishonor of
bills of exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes and
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 busi-
ness day next succeeding; provided, however, that all bills of
exchange, drafts and promissory notes made after the passage
of this act, except those payable 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, draft 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 dis-
honor 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 city of Annapolis, any bill
of exchange, bank check or promissory note due and present-
able for acceptance or payment on any half-holiday Saturday,
such person shall not be deemed guilty of any neglect or omis-
sion 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 pro-
visions 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.
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