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the secular or business day next succeeding such holiday. The third
Sunday in January of each and every year shall be known as "Martin
Luther King Day" and shall be a day of prayer in honor of Martin
Luther King. The Governor of this State shall have the power by
proclamation to appoint a day or days for the general cessation of
business in any one or more of the political subdivisions of the State,
in case of emergency from fire, flood or otherwise, with the same
legal consequences as hereinabove provided. In case of emergency
from fire, flood, storm, snow, robbery, riot, or other cause of any
kind whatsoever in any part of the State, the Governor shall have
the further power by proclamation to appoint a day or days during
which banking institutions (as defined in Article 11 of the Annotated
Code of Maryland) within the area or areas designated in the proc-
lamation may remain closed, in which case the appointed day or
days shall be treated and considered as the first day of the week,
commonly called Sunday, with the same legal consequences as herein-
above provided. If the emergency condition is confined to one or more
particular banking institutions or branch offices, the proclamation
shall be limited to the institutions or offices so designated. In the
event an emergency condition arises and it is not practicable to obtain
a proclamation prior to actual closing, the institutions so affected
may, by the action of the chairman of the board of directors or the
president of the institution, effect a closing; and such closing shall
have the same force and effect as a proclamation. In such instances
where the chairman of the board or the president elects to effect an
emergency closing he shall, as soon as possible, but in no event later
than twenty-four (24) hours after closing, notify the Governor or his
representative of the reasons for closing. In any case, the emergency
closing shall have the force and effect of a proclamation only (a)
until the first of the following events occurs: (1) the issuance of a
proclamation by the Governor pertaining to the emergency closing,
(2) notice to the institution that the Governor declines to issue a
proclamation, or (3) reopening of the institution by the chairman of
the board or the president; or (b) until five o'clock on the third day
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays) following the day
on which the chairman or the president closed the institution.

Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall take effect
July 1, 1972.

Approved May 26, 1972.

CHAPTER 505
(House Bill 332)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact with amendments Section 19(f)
of Article 51 of the Annotated Code of Maryland, (1968 Replace-
ment Volume and 1971 Supplement), title "Juries" to provide
that jurors shall receive certain sums of money as expenses THAT
IN CALVERT, CHARLES, PRINCE GEORGE'S AND ST.
MARY'S COUNTIES JURORS SHALL RECEIVE EXPENSE
MONEY IN LIEU OF RECEIVING A JUROR'S SALARY.