HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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(a)  In Wicomico County, except as specifically in this
section otherwise provided, it is unlawful on Sunday for any
wholesale or retail establishment to conduct business for
labor or profit in the usual manner and location or to
operate its establishments in any manner for the general
public. It shall not cause, direct, permit, or authorize any
employee or agent to engage in or conduct business on its
behalf on Sunday.

(b)  Notwithstanding any provisions of this section,
the operation of any of the following types of retail
establishments is allowed on Sunday:

1.  Drugstores whose principal business is the
sale of drugs and related items.

2.  SUPERMARKETS AND FOOD STORES.

[2.] 3. Delicatessens whose principal business
is the sale of delicatessens and related food items.

[3.] 4. Bakeries and bakeshops.

[4.] 5. Gasoline stations whose principal
business is the sale of gasoline, oil, and other automobile
maintenance items.

[5.] 6. Restaurants, grills and snack bars.

(c)  Nothing in this section applies to:

1.  Farmers.

2.  Nurserymen.

3.  Small business convenience stores with not
more than two (2) persons on any one shift.

(d)  Nothing in this section is applicable to any
person who by reasons 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 any
consecutive twenty-four hour period.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved April 13, 1982.