Ch. 589                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

3. Any business with not more than eight (8) persons
on any one shift on Sunday with the exception of persons or
retailers engaged in the sale of motor vehicles.

(d) Nothing in this section is 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 shall mean any consecutive twenty-four hour period.

(e)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section, any
establishment which offers service as its primary business is
allowed to operate on Sunday.

(f)  Industries where continuous processing or manufacturing
is required by the very nature of the process involved are
allowed to operate on Sunday.

(g)  All recreational activities, sports, and amusements are
permitted on Sunday.

(h) Nothing in this section shall be deemed or construed to
amend other provisions of law with reference to the prohibition
of work, sport, business, alcoholic beverage sales, or the
service of process on Sunday.

(i) The State's Attorney of Calvert County may petition the
circuit court of such county to enjoin any violation of this
section.                               

(j) Any person, firm or corporation violating the
provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon
conviction, is subject to the following penalties. A conviction
under this section is to be punished by a fine not to exceed one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00), for each employee caused, directed,
permitted or authorized to work in violation of this section.
Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit any fine
upon any employee or agent who has been caused or directed by his
employer to violate the provisions of this section.]

[534N-1.

(a)  The provisions of this section apply only to Anne
Arundel County.

(b)  (1) 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 establishment in
any manner for the general public.

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