2216                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND [Ch. 652

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1973 Supplement) to read as
follows:

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments
521.

(K) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY TO
DORCHESTER COUNTY.

SECTION 3. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That Section
534D of Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments, of the
Annotated Code of Maryland (1971 Replacement Volume and
1973 Supplement) be and it is hereby repealed and
re—enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

534D.

Nothing contained in §§ 492 and 522 of this article
shall be construed to prohibit or make unlawful the
operation, within the boundaries of Dorchester County of
any bowling alley, tenpin alley, [or] duckpin alley OR
POOLROOM between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on
the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday, with
or without a charge or fee; provided, however, that all
bowling alleys, tenpin alleys, or duckpin alleys operated
shall be subject to all provisions of law relating to
bowling alley, tenpin alley, or duckpin alley operations
on weekdays. The work or employment of any operator or
any employees or attendants in connection with any such
operation of a bowling alley, tenpin alley, or duckpin
alley shall not be unlawful because performed on Sundays.
Any operation of bowling alleys, tenpin alleys, or
duckpin alleys on Sundays, except as hereby authorized,
shall be unlawful and subject to the provisions and
penalties of said §§ 492 and 522 of this article.

SECTION 4. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That before
this Act becomes effective it shall first be submitted to
a referendum of the legally qualified voters of
Dorchester County at the general election to be held in
November of 1974. There shall be printed on the ballots
or ballot labels to be used at the election the title of
this Act and underneath the title, on separate lines, a
square or box to the right of and opposite the words:
"For Sunday Activities" and a corresponding square or box
to the right of and opposite the words "Against Sunday
Activities", so that the voters of the county are able to
designate his or her decision for or against the
provisions of this Act. If a majority of the votes cast
in the election are "For Sunday Activities", then the
provisions of this Act shall become effective, but if a