2930                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND                                 Ch. 784

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) This section does not apply to:

(1)  Farmers.

(2)  Nurserymen.

(3)  Antique dealers and flea markets.

(D)  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS
SECTION, ANY RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT MAY CONDUCT BUSINESS IN
THE USUAL MANNER ON THE FOUR CONSECUTIVE SUCCESSIVE SUNDAYS
THAT IMMEDIATELY PRECEDE DECEMBER 25.

(E)  [(d)] 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 means any
consecutive 24-hour period.

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

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

(H) (1) EXCEPT IN CASES OF AN EMERGENCY DECLARED BY
THE FEDERAL, STATE, OR COUNTY GOVERNMENT, EVERY
NONMANAGERIAL OR NONPROFESSIONAL PERSON EMPLOYED IN ANY
RETAIL OR WHOLESALE ESTABLISHMENT MAY CHOOSE SUNDAY OR HIS
SABBATH AS A DAY OF REST AND, UPON THE FILING OF WRITTEN
NOTICE BY THE EMPLOYEE WITH THE EMPLOYER THAT THE EMPLOYEE
CHOOSES THIS DAY AS A DAY OF REST, NO EMPLOYER MAY
DISCHARGE, DISCIPLINE, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST, OR PENALIZE THE
EMPLOYEE IN ANY MANNER FOR EXERCISING HIS RIGHTS UNDER THIS

SUBSECTION.