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LLOYD LOWNDES, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.
County," under the new sub title "Bills of Exchange and
Promissory Notes," to follow section 37, and be designated as
section 37 A, and to read as follows :
37 A. It shall be lawful for banks and bankers in Harford
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county to close their doors for business at twelve o'clock noon
on each and every Saturday 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 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 Sun-
day; and all such bills, checks, drafts and notes presentable for
payment or acceptance on Saturdays shall be deemed to be
presentable for payment or acceptance 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 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 cheek, 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 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,
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 neglect or omission of duty nor incur
any liability in not presenting for payment or acceptance or
collecting such bill of exchange, bank check, draft or promis-
sory 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 General Laws, applicable to
any Saturday, whenever the same, under the provisions of said
sections, shall be a legal holiday.
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Hours of clos-
ing banks on
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