1508                                      LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 718

(3)  BAKERIES AND BAKE SHOPS.

(4)  GASOLINE STATIONS WHOSE PRINCIPAL BUSINESS IS THE
SALE OF GASOLINE, OIL, AND OTHER AUTOMOBILE MAINTENANCE
ITEMS.

(5)  RESTAURANTS, GRILLS, AND SNACK BARS.

(C)  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION APPLIES TO:

(1)  FARMERS.

(2)  NURSERYMEN.

(3)  ANTIQUE DEALERS AND FLEA MARKETS.

(D)  NOTHING IN THIS SECTION IS APPLICABLE TO ANY PERSON
WHO BY REASON 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)       INDUSTRIES WHERE CONTINUOUS PROCESSING OR
MANUFACTURING IS REQUIRED BY THE VERY NATURE OF THE
PROCESS INVOLVED ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE ON SUNDAY.

(F)  ALL RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES, SPORTS, AND AMUSEMENTS
ARE PERMITTED ON SUNDAY.

(G)     NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE DEEMED OR
CONSTRUED TO AMEND OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW WITH
REFERENCE TO THE PROHIBITION OF WORK, SPORT, BUSINESS,
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES, OR THE SERVICE OF PROCESS ON
SUNDAY.

(H) THE STATE'S ATTORNEY OF FREDERICK COUNTY MAY
PETITION THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE COUNTY TO ENJOIN ANY
VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.

(I) ANY PERSON, FIRM OR CORPORATION VIOLATING THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR
AND, UPON CONVICTION, IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING
PENALTIES. A CONVICTION UNDER THIS SECTION IS TO BE
PUNISHED BY A FINE NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1,000.0), FOR EACH EMPLOYEE CAUSED, DIRECTED, PERMITTED
OR AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.
NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT
ANY FINE UPON ANY EMPLOYEE OR AGENT WHO HAS BEEN
CAUSED OR DIRECTED BY HIS EMPLOYER TO VIOLATE THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That if any provision of
this Act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid for
any reason, the invalidity shall not affect the other provisions or any other
application of this Act which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or
application, and to this end all the provisions of this Act are declared to be
severable.