MARVIN MANDEL, Governor

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health and safety and having been passed by a yea and nay
vote supported by three—fifths of all the members elected
to each of the two Houses of the General Assembly, the
same shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved May 4, 1976.

CHAPTER 465
(House Bill 1014)

AN ACT concerning

[[Anne Arundel County -]] Sabbath Breaking

FOR the purpose of exempting [[Anne Arundel County]]
fishing from certain laws on Sabbath Breaking in
certain cases.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 492

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1971 Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That Section 492 of Article 27 - Crimes and
Punishments, of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1971
Replacement Volume and 1975 Supplement) be and it is
hereby repealed and reenacted, with amendments, to read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: