434                         LAWS OF MARYLAND.                [CH. 153

after Section 69 of said Article, relating to transactions of
banks and trust companies on Saturday afternoon after
twelve o'clock noon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of
Maryland, That a new section be and it is hereby added to
Article 11 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edi-
tion), title "Banks & Trust Companies," sub-title "General
Regulations," said new section to be known as Section 69A,
to follow immediately after Section 69 of said Article, and to
read as follows:

69A. Nothing in any law of this State shall in any manner
whatsoever affect the validity of, or render void or voidable,
the payment, certification or acceptance of a check or other
negotiable instrument or any other transaction by a bank or
trust company in this State, because done or performed on any
Saturday between twelve o'clock noon and midnight, provided
that such action be during the customary business hours of
said bank and that said bank is actually open for business and
provided such payment, certification, acceptance, or other trans-
action would be valid if done or performed before twelve o'clock
noon on such Saturday; provided further, that nothing herein
shall be construed to compel any bank or trust company in
this State, which by law or custom is entitled to close at twelve
o'clock noon on any Saturday, to keep open for the transaction
of business or to perform any of the acts or transactions afore-
said, on any Saturday after such hour except at its own option.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted. That this Act shall take
effect June 1, 1931.

Approved April 17, 1931.

CHAPTER 153.

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
449 of Article 16 of the Public Local Laws of Maryland,
title "Montgomery County," sub-title "Roads," as said sec-
tion and Article were edited by Horace E. Flack and legal-
ized by Chapter No. 193 of the Acts of the General Assem-