1658                              LAWS OF MARYLAND                       [CH. 764

Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,,
That new Section 534M be and it is hereby added to Article 27 of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Supplement), title "Crimes and
Punishments," subtitle "Sabbath Breaking," to follow immediately
after Section 534L thereof and to read as follows:

(a)    In Wicomico County AND IN HARFORD COUNTY, except
as specifically in this section otherwise provided, it is unlawful on
Sunday for any wholesale or retail establishment to conduct busi-
ness for labor or profit in the usual manner and location or to operate
its establishments in any manner for the general public. It shall not
cause, direct, permit, or otherwise any employee or agent to engage
in or conduct business on its behalf on Sunday.

(b)    Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the operation
of any of the following types of retail establishments is allowed on
Sunday:

1.    Drugstores whose principal business is the sale of drugs and
related items.

2.    Delicatessens whose principal business is the sale of delicates-
sens and related food items.

3.    Bakeries and bakeshops.

4. Gasoline stations whose principal business is the sale of gaso-
line, oil, and other automobile maintenance items.

5. Restaurants, grills and snack bars.

(c)    Nothing in this section applies to:

1.    Farmers.

2.    Nurserymen

3.    Small business convenience stores with not more than two
(2) persons on any one shift.

(d)    Nothing in this section is applicable to any person who by
reasons of his religious conviction observes a day other than Sunday
as his day of rest and actually refrains from labor or secular business
on that day, and whose establishment is closed for business on that
day. The term "a day other than Sunday" as used herein shall mean
any consecutive twenty-four hour period.

(e)    Notwithstanding any provision of this section, any estab-
lishment which offers service as its primary business is allowed to
operate on Sunday.

(f)    Industries where continuous processing or manufacturing
is required by the very nature of the process involved are allowed
to operate on Sunday.

(g)    All recreational activities, sports, and amusements are per-
mitted on Sunday, provided however, that commercial recreational
activities, sports and amusements shall be permitted only between
the hours of 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. and 9:00 P.M. and midnight,
swim clubs excepted.

(h) Nothing EXCEPT AS IN THIS SECTION SPECIFICALLY
PROVIDED, NOTHING in this section shall be deemed or construed

534M.