EMERSON C. HARRINGTON, GOVERNOR. 1421

BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY NOTES.

151. It shall be lawful for banks and bankers in Harford
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-holi-
day, so far as regards the presenting for payment or acceptance
and the protesting and giving notice of tie dishonor of bills of
exchange, bank checks, drafts, promissory notes and other nego-
tiable paper, and for these purposes shall be treated and consid-
ered as the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday;
and all such bills, checks, drafts and notes presentable for pay-
ment or acceptance on Saturdays shall be deemed to be pre-
sentable 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 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 pro-
testing 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 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 accept-
ance 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. -Noth-
ing in this section shall affect the provisions of Sections 9, and
10 of Article 13 of the Code of Public General Laws, appli-
cable to any Saturday, whenever the same, under the provi-
sions of said Sections, shall be a legal holiday.

BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND

HARFORD COUNTIES.

152. The following boundary line between Baltimore and
Harford Counties is hereby established, to wit: Beginning at a