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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 512

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

(b)   Notwithstanding any OTHER provision of this
section, the operation of any of the following types of
retail establishments, 10 SELL OR DELIVER ONLY THOSE ITEMS
ENUMERATED IN THIS SECTION, is allowed on Sunday:

(1)   [Drug stores whose principal business is the
sale of drugs, health, hygienic, beauty aids, and related
items.] RETAILERS WHO MAY SELL AND DELIVER TOBACCO
PRODUCTS, CANDY, SODAS AND SOFT DRINKS, ICE CREAM, ICES AND
OTHER CONFECTIONERY, HOSIERY, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES,
STATIONERY ITEMS, GREETING CARDS, BOOKS, SOUVENIRS, FILM AND
CAMERA SUPPLIES, DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, TOILET ARTICLES,
HYGIENIC ITEMS, BABY NEEDS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND RELATED
ITEMS, COSMETICS AND BEAUTY AIDS, AND FOOD OR FOODSTUFFS
PREPARED OR INTENDED FOR HUMAN OR HOUSEHOLD PET CONSUMPTION.

(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] THIS section [applies] DOES NOT
APPLY to:

(1)  Farmers.

(2)  Nurserymen.

(3)  Antique dealers and flea markets.

(d)  [Nothing in this] THIS section is NOT applicable to
any person who by reason 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] MEANS any consecutive [twenty-four] 24—hour
period.

(e)    Industries where continuous processing or
manufacturing is required by the very nature of the process
involved [are allowed to] MAY operate on Sunday.

(f)  All recreational activities, sports, and amusements
are permitted on Sunday.

(g)   [Nothing in this] THIS section [shall] MAY NOT be
deemed or construed to amend other provisions of law with
reference to the prohibition of work, sport, business,