Ch. 589

LAWS OF MARYLAND

or department store in which stalls or departments are rented or
concessions given to individual merchants or vendors shall be
considered as one establishment and each stall or department

thereof is not a separate establishment. Nothing in this

subsection shall be construed to allow any person or retailer to
sell, dispose of, barter, deal in, deliver, give away, show, or
offer for sale any motor vehicle or any certificate of title for
any motot vehicle on Sunday.

(c) (B) Any person violating any one of the provisions of
this section shall be liable to indictment in any court in this
State having criminal jurisdiction, and upon conviction thereof
shall be fined a sum of not less than twenty nor more than fifty
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 so offending shall be fined a sum not less
than $50 nor more than $500, and be imprisoned for not less than
10 nor more than 30. days, in the discretion of the court, and
his, her or their license, if any was issued, shall be declared
null and void by the judge of said court; and it shall not be
lawful for such person or persons to obtain another license for
the period of twelve months from the time of such conviction, nor
shall a license be obtained by any other person or persons to
carry on said business on the premises or elsewhere, if the
person, so as aforesaid convicted, has any interest whatever
therein, or shall derive any profit whatever therefrom; and in
case of being convicted more than twice for a violation of this
section, such person or persons on each occasion shall be
imprisoned for not less than thirty nor more than sixty days, and
fined a sum not less than double that imposed on such person or
persons on the last preceding conviction; and his, her or their
license, if any was issued, shall be declared null and void by
the court, and no new license shall be issued to such person or
persons for a period of two years from the time of such
conviction, nor to anyone else to carry on said business wherein
he or she. is in anywise interested, as before provided for the
second violation of the provisions of this section; all the fines
to be imposed under this section shall be paid to the State.

(d) (C) This section is not to apply to apothecaries and
such apothecaries may sell on Sunday drugs, medicines, and patent
medicines as on weekdays; and this section shall not apply to the
sale of newspapers and periodicals.

(e) (D) In Allegany County this section shall not apply to
or prohibit retail sales on any Sunday by:

(1) Food stores, drugstores, bakery or baked goods
stores, newsstands, selling and/or delivering newspapers and
periodicals, gasoline service stations, nurseries or shops
selling flowers and plants, or roadside vending stands selling
fruits, vegetables, or plants and flowers; provided that, for the
entire time during which any such retail establishment is open on

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