1570                                     LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 744

534K.

Nothing contained in §§ 492, 521 and 522 of this article, amended from time to
time, shall be applicable within Baltimore County [.] OR HARFORD COUNTY.

534M.

(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 business 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 authorize any employee or agent to engage in or
conduct business on its behalf on Sunday.

(b)  Notwithstanding any provisions 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 delicatessens and related
food items.

3.  Bakeries and bakeshops.

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.  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 establishment 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) [In Harford County all recreational activities, sports, and amusements are
permitted 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. I In Wicomico County
all recreational activities, sports, and amusements are permitted on Sundays
between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and midnight.

(h) Except as in this section specifically provided, nothing in this section shall be
deemed or construed to amend other provisions of law with reference to the
prohibition of work, business, alcoholic beverage sales, or the service of process on
Sunday, nor shall anything herein be construed to permit any new or used car