THEODORE R. MCKELDIN, GOVERNOR 845

CHAPTER 443
(Senate Bill 488)

AN ACT to repeal and reenact, with amendments, Section
610A of Article 27 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1951 Edition), title "Crimes and Punishments, " sub-
title "Sabbath Breaking", to authorize the exhibition of
motion pictures within the corporate limits of the Town
of Church Hill, Queen Anne's County, after the hour
of 2 P. M. on Sundays; to repeal all Public General
and Public Local Laws inconsistent therewith to the
extent of such inconsistency and to provide for a refer-
endum vote thereon.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 610A of Article 27 of the Annotated Code
of Maryland (1951 Edition), title "Crimes and Punish-
ments, " sub-title "Sabbath Breaking", be and it is hereby
repealed and re-enacted, with amendments to read as
follows:

610A. Nothing contained in Section 578 or 605 of this
Article shall be construed to prohibit or make unlawful
the exhibition within the corporate limits of the Town of
Centerville, and the Town of Church Hill in Queen Anne's
County of motion pictures after the hour of 2 P. M. on the
first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, whether
the same be exhibited with or without a charge or admis-
sion fee, provided, however, that such exhibition shall he
subject to all provisions of law relating to licensing and
censorship applicable to motion picture exhibitions on
week days. The work or employment of any operator,
ticket seller or any other employees or attendants in con-
nection with any such exhibition of motion pictures shall
not be unlawful because performed on Sundays. Any
exhibition of motion pictures on Sundays, except as hereby
authorized, shall be unlawful and subject to the provisions
and penalties of said Section 578 and 605 of this Article.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all laws and
parts of laws, whether public general or public local laws,
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, be and the
same are hereby repealed with respect to any exhibition

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EXPLANATION: Italics indicate new matter added to existing law.

[Brackets] indicate matter stricken from existing law.
CAPITALS indicate amendments to bill.
Strike out indicates matter stricken out of bill.