2915
HOWARD COUNTY

Dollars ($100.00), in the discretion of the Court, for
the first offense; and if convicted a second time for
a violation of this section, the person or persons, or
body politic or corporate, shall be fined a sum not
less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than
Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and, if a natural
person, shall be imprisoned not less than ten nor more
than thirty days, in the discretion of the Court; and
in the case of any conviction or convictions under
this section subsequent to the second, such person or
persons, or body politic or corporate, shall be fined
on each occasion a sum at least double that imposed
upon him, her, them or it on the last preceding
conviction, but in no case more than Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00); and if a natural person, shall be
imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than sixty
days, in the discretion of the Court.

(c)    All fines imposed under this section
shall be paid to the County Executive of Howard
County. Any person or persons, or body politic or
corporate, availing themselves of this section
pertaining to motion pictures must first procure a
license and pay a license fee, such as is now required
for motion pictures on other than the Lord's Day,
commonly called Sunday, no additional fee, however,
being required because of this section authorizing
Sunday operation.

(d)    Sections 483 and 485 of Article 27 of
the Annotated Code of Maryland (1924 Edition), title
"Crimes and Punishments," subtitle "Sabbath Breaking,"
shall not apply to Howard County and shall be repealed
in so far as said sections prohibit the exhibition of
motion pictures on Sunday in Howard County. (1936, Sp.
Sess., Ch. 125.)]

This Bill, having been approved by the Executive and
returned to the Council, stands enacted on February
15, 1972.