2214                                                LAWS OF MARYLAND                         [Ch. 652

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Sections 492 and 522 of Article 27 -
Crimes and Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) be and they
are hereby repealed and re—enacted, with amendments, to
read as follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
492.

No person whatsoever shall work or do any bodily
labor on the Lord's day, commonly called Sunday; and no
person having children or servants shall command, or
wittingly or willingly suffer any of them to do any
manner of work or labor on the Lord's day (works of
necessity and charity always excepted), nor shall suffer
or permit any children or servants to profane the Lord's
day by gaming, fishing, fowling, hunting, or unlawful
pastime or recreation; and every person transgressing
this section and being hereof convicted shall forfeit
five dollars, which, if the fine is imposed by a circuit
court of any county or the Criminal Court of Baltimore,
shall be applied to the use of the county or city as the
case may be. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary,
the provisions of this section shall not apply:

(1)   To Baltimore County, Prince George's County,
Washington County, Harford County, [or] Montgomery
County, or DORCHESTER COUNTY, OR

(2)   To any person who conscientiously believes that
the seventh day of the week ought to be observed as the
Sabbath and who actually refrains from secular business
and labor on that day, and whose business establishment
or establishments or employer's business establishment or
establishments (whether a sole proprietorship,
partnership or corporation) are actually closed on that
day; or

(3)   To any person who conscientiously believes that
the Sabbath begins at sundown on Friday night and ends at
sundown on Saturday night and who actually refrains from
secular business and labor during such period, and whose
business establishment or establishments or employer's
business establishment or establishments (whether a sole
proprietorship, partnership or corporation) are actually
closed during such period.

522.

It shall not be lawful to keep open or use any