1504                                       LAWS OF MARYLAND                                    Ch. 523

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement;

BY repealing

Article 27 — Crimes and Punishments

Section 516

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1976 Replacement Volume and 1978 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
be repealed, amended, or enacted to read as follows: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, 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, Worcester County,
Montgomery County, Dorchester County, Charles County, [or]
TALBOT 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.