1508

LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 523

(j) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the
provisions of this section shall not apply to Washington
County.

(k) The provisions of this section do not apply to
Dorchester County.

(1) Notwithstanding anything in this section to the
contrary, in Kent County the provisions of this section do
not apply to establishments with less than eight persons on
any one shift at any store location, excluding security
personnel and concessions operated by different merchants.

(m) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
this section does not apply to Garrett County. However, a
dealer may not sell a new or used automobile or truck on
Sunday.

522.

It shall not be lawful to keep open or use any dancing
saloon, opera house, tenpin alley, barber saloon or ball
alley within this State on the Sabbath day, commonly called
Sunday; and any person or persons, or body politic or
corporate, who shall violate any provision of this section,
or cause or knowingly permit the same to be violated by a
person or persons in his, her or its employ shall be liable
to indictment in any court of this State having criminal
jurisdiction, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined a
sum not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred
dollars, in the discretion of the court, for the first
offense; and if convicted a second time for a violation of
this section, the person or persons or body politic or
corporate shall be fined a sum not less than one hundred nor
more than five hundred dollars; and if a natural person
shall be imprisoned, not less than ten nor more than thirty
days in the discretion of the court; and in the case of any
conviction or convictions under this section subsequent to
the second, such person or persons, body politic or
corporate shall be fined on each occasion a sum of at least
double that imposed upon him, her, them or it on the last
preceding conviction; and if a natural person, shall be
imprisoned not less than thirty nor more than sixty days in
the discretion of the court; all fines to be imposed under
this section shall be paid to the State, Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary the provisions of this section
shall not apply:

(1)    To Baltimore County, Harford County, Prince
George's County, Washington County, Worcester County,
Montgomery County, or Dorchester County, [or] 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